World of Suck

Can you smell the shredder overheating? I can. I predict that in 2008 the paper shredders in the White House, more specifically in the offices of the feral Vice President, will be working overtime. Data won't just be lost, it will be expunged. It will cease to exist, as well as any records of the records.

I'd put money on the fact that the "missing emails" from the RNC accounts in the case of the fired US attourneys is just a drop in the bucket. Given that Cheney has refused to cooperate with any rules or regulations regarding data management and information oversight it's totally predictable that he will do his damndest to ensure that any records of what went on within his offices is destroyed.

It'll make what Anderson did for Enron look like daycamp for preschoolers.

The following is a quote from the esteemed Republican representative from Pennsylvania:

"The Mexico policy exists to draw a bright line between U.S. family planning policy and abortion,...However, it appears that there are some out there who wish to blur this line, (which) is what leads to coercive abortions and forced sterilizations."

Retard. How is funding contraceptives leading to coercive abortions and forced sterilizations? In fact whom, other than perhaps the Chinese, actually does these things? Since the whole issue we're addressing funding for family planning in Mexico City are you inferring that the Mexicans would be doing that? If we funded birth control pills and condoms?

It's not terribly surprising that a republican from Pennsylvania would just spew bullshit rhetoric to try and emotionalize an already emotional issue. Posturing idiots don't have much of an problem with making shit up just to get attention and paint themselves as heros.

Of course the underlying issue is the fact that many organizations that support family planning, also offer abortion services. And in our wisdom, the US feels that we need to force the viewpoints of "some" Americans on the rest of the world by denying ANY funding to those services.

So what about the spread of sexually transmitted disease? What about the fact that the number of abortions will actually RISE if we don't fund contraception? Where do those items fit into your reality... oh that's right they don't because their logic doesn't make you feel like a big man.

Well here's a clue, idiot. You're not a big man. You're a jackass.

Destroying human life in the hopes of saving human life is not ethical -- and it is not the only option before us.

Bush said that in a speech concerning his planned veto of the new stem cell research bill.

I find it interesting. Destroying life is unethical, even to save life. Interesting position. If that is his stance, how does he mesh that with the Iraq war? Even to save lives (ours or Iraqi) it would be unethical to attack because it would destroy life (Iraqi soldiers, citizens and American soldiers). Sounds like a Gandhi-style position of non-violence to me.

I suppose they didn't consider the ramification of such a broad ethical claim?