Cal Thomas

More than 40 million children have been killed legally in America since the Supreme Court imposed Roe vs. Wade on the nation 32 years ago next month. Democrats seem unconcerned that so many discarded members of the human family are not with us.

“Unconcerned”? Does Cal really mean Democrats are sub-human baby killers? Doesn’t he really think we delight in killing and crave more babies to quench our endless satanic appetites?

Idiot. Cal Thomas is a selfish idiot. No one wants abortion; no one likes abortion. What we want is freedom and control over our own lives. We want to decide for ourselves if and when we are ready to be parents. We don’t want our children born by accident. We don’t want our children born into dire poverty. We don’t want our children born into homes without a father or with an abusive mate. We don’t want children having children. We don’t want 50 year old women forced to bear children. We don’t want anyone forced to bear a child she isn’t able to love and care for. We don’t want our sisters, mothers, daughters, wives, girlfriends to die. We want the freedom to decide our own medical options. We don?t want old men who will never have to face this terrible choice deciding our fate.

Cal, it’s none of your goddamn business. I suggest you work to reduce poverty and to make sure everyone has access to birth control and the knowledge to use it. Then we will respect your “concern.”

Cal ends with: What would be wrong with laws that empower women through additional information, even while abortion remains legal?

What a disingenuous ass. Cal knows fully well that the Radical Right is working every day to deny information to women and to deny options. He is in no way interested in empowering or informing women. But, like the snake in the bible, he speaks pleasantly and reasonably. He says what he needs to say to advance his cause: the destruction of your freedom and rights. mjh

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In the election, 20% of voters indicated “moral values” (a very vague phrase) guided their choice. Though this is a small percentage, certainly smaller than the percentage that believe all people were created equal or that there should be a wall separating church and state, nonetheless, this small percentage has us all atwitter. My question to those with such certainty: am I moral?

I have never killed, robbed or beaten anyone. If I have been cruel, I hope it was a long time ago. Am I moral?

My moral superiors need no more time or information to judge me, but let me add something. I am a middle aged white straight male who has been loyal to his beloved wife for 23 years. I own a very small business. I vote and pay taxes. I am sometimes nice to strangers. Am I moral?

I don’t mean to exaggerate, but my small circle of friends includes people not exactly like me: women, gays, some people of color, Republicans, young and old, church goers, Jews and gentiles. Am I moral?

Finally, if there is still any doubt in anyone’s mind, let me stress: I don’t believe in god and the Bible guides me less than Aesop’s Fables. I joke that I’m an “antagnostic,” one who doubts there is a god but wouldn’t like him if there were one. For some of our fellow citizens, I might as well have just shown my cloven hooves and tail. And yet, without a church or spiritual leader, I’ve lead a moderate life that just doesn’t strike me as immoral or *not* guided by moral values. At least I am not working every day to compel others to think the same way I do or become second-class citizens. I’m not exploiting cultural divisions to consolidate power and warp this country into something the Founders would revolt against. THAT would be immoral. mjh

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Letter:Moore calls on liberals to protest inauguration – Daily Lobo – Opinion

I want to let my congressman know I don’t want them wasting another dime of taxpayer money on this tinfoil-hattery.

Chayal Boded
UNM community member

Every American must believe he or she has a reason to vote and that his or her vote will be counted. That issue should unite Left and Right. To say the various problems that have already been documented ultimately don’t change the results and therefore don’t really matter is unacceptable.

Some people may have gone too far in challenging this elections results. However, it may be worse to completely dismiss every complaint as “tin-foil hattery.”

In fact, there were too few voting machines in the urban areas that went for Kerry — does anyone have any idea how many people were turned away from the polls across the country? Or why more machines weren’t available when we all knew turnout would be a record? Is it acceptable to you that many people stood in the rain and cold for hours before voting?

Before the election, Republicans talked loudly about Democratic Party dirty tricks they were sure were in the works. After, some outside the Republican Party are worried it went the other way. All of us need to work together to make this process more reliable AND verifiable. The election of 2004 may not have shaken confidences the way 2000 did, but it did not put all concerns to rest.

Do we want to go through this again in 2008? mjh

[printed 11/30/04]

Please express my heartfelt thanks to Michael Moore for helping re-elect President Bush.

LS
Fort Worth, TX

Voting for Bush because of Michael Moore is like voting for Kerry because of Lush Limbaugh. If Moore or Limbaugh made up your mind, if *either* was your main motivation, maybe you really are a moron. Ask around.

What we learned is that if one party claims for itself *everything* that is good at the most basic and personal level (family, freedom, faith) while projecting onto the other party everything that is bad (weakness, duplicity, corruption), those who say they are good and their enemies are bad will persuade some people. The 55.5 Million who voted for Kerry were not persuaded. The 80 Million who did not vote may not have been persuaded. Three percent is a mandate for caution.

The Radical Right has hammered a wedge into the heart of the nation for at least 12 years (think Gingrich and the impeachment of Clinton) using some of the most incendiary language (think Limbaugh). Now, after a brutal campaign in which no one can think Bush/Cheney/Swiftvets took the high road, we’re all supposed to be nice again. You can show us how it’s done in two years. You reap what you sow.

peace, mjh

Published: Friday, November 12, 2004

Albuquerque Tribune Online
Trippin’ on their way toward Utopia, by Jeffry Gardner

[Liberals] revel in the knowledge that their youthful incivility and lawlessness has today become an accepted practice of the left when it wants something it can’t get at the polls or in the courts. …

Anyway, Chicago’s summer of ’68 is the perfect date and place to begin charting the demise of civility in our political process. That fiasco set the stage for Florida 2000 and – well, what we’ll witness in the weeks ahead, I’m sure. …

[I]t’s today’s American liberals who have made [liberalism] a bad word. Today liberal appears to represent nothing but nihilistic division and hypocrisy.

Somebody throw cold water on Jeffry Gardner — he’s having a flashback.

It is interesting that Gardner so resents those who demonstrated at the Democratic Convention in 1968. There’s very good reason to believe those young people contributed to Nixon’s two elections — the law of unintended consequences being what it is.

While we’re remembering the ‘class’ of Dick Nixon, who can forget he resigned in shame? It’s the easy defeat of the extremist Goldwater and liberal rejoicing at the downfall of the criminal Nixon that has powered the Radical Right for decades (Cheney and Rumsfeld worked for Nixon, learning from the master).

Now, you have your revenge. Don’t bother going back in time to fight — you’ve won right here and now. Enjoy it, just as the rest of us will enjoy the steady swing of the pendulum. And maybe another shameful resignation! mjh

ABQjournal: Rough and Tumble of Politics Now Spawns Hatred By John Dendahl, For the Journal

The surprise now is the pure hatred Bush’s opponents have mobilized, beginning at the conclusion of the 2000 election. Bush is clearly not hateful personally, and he has done nothing to disgrace his office as did his predecessor.

Yet hatred, rather than spirited disagreement, has been a staple of the opposition for nearly four years.

It was harsh of the “liberal” Albuquerque Journal to publish Dimdahl the day after the day after. It’s like sending Vlad the Impaler to tend to the injured on the battlefield — and handing him a box of salt as he slithers out the door.

Dimdahl, the mother of all angry white males, the master of viciousness, is still shocked at the antipathy of half the nation towards a president who puts the Bible above the Constitution (itself an impeachable offense). How could anybody dislike such a nice guy, whose loyalists did everything they could to demonize Kerry. Such a nice guy, whose supporters believe dissent is treason, maybe blasphemy. A decent man whose victory depended on hiding the rising abortion rate in his “culture of life” and his playing into the hands of an enemy whose goal is to bankrupt the country. A fine fellow who can’t think of a single mistake he’s made. A simple man who is in a bit over his head but willing to resolutely wreak the world. What’s to dislike?

In a column that reads like 3 bad columns instead of the usual one, Dimdahl expresses admiration for the prior misguided war-mongering president from Texas (is it in the water down there?), through a curious … what? not really a defense of the Hammer, Tom Delay, more of a rebuke of Delay’s weakness (here we see the inevitable self-destruction of a pack of mean people), ending with the beatification of Duhbya. Of course, he manages another swipe at Clinton in the process, which makes me remember Nixon, who resigned in shame — is that why Republicans don’t name buildings after him?

As for uniting and forgiving, you’ll see me reach out to Dimdahl when it’s time to feed him crow. Won’t be long now. mjh

PS: Some will say it is unfair to call the Journal conservative for publishing Dimdahl (and endorsing Bush). Afterall, look at the balance provided by printing the liberal Ellen Goodman’s column, in which she explains what was wrong with Kerry. I’m looking for the column that says more people voted against Bush than have ever voted against any president.

I remember when Tricky Dick Nixon won re-election using fear to defeat liberals. This is worse because we were much closer to winning and now we’re still going to endure BUllSHit about a “mandate.” More lies; four more years of lies.

I feel sorry for John Kerry, John Edwards, and their families. They worked very hard and deserved better. I feel sorry for the nearly 50 million of us who saw that change is necessary and good.

I don’t feel sorry for the homophobes, the dangerous fools who would tinker with the Constitution to codify bigotry; the Security Mom’s who are so afraid they’ll sacrifice their own rights for nothing; the zealots who think they voted for the man who agrees with their “moral values” (like lying, slander, making war).

At least we can all look forward to the dumbfounded look on Bush’s face when he finally has enough rope to hang himself — he sure has plenty now. I look forward to his impeachment and great shame when the lies finally aren’t enough. I can’t wait to see his party raise taxes (as they will have to) and institute the draft. In the short term, I’d like to see the faces of those who bought the “culture of life” lie while missing the fact that the abortion rate has risen under Duhbya, who also has the blood of 100,000 Iraqis on his hands — will we ever be even?

Already, the Democrats are arguing. One blog I used to respect mentioned a “too liberal” candidate and agenda — buying Rove’s lie about liberalism. Well, Kerry was almost too conservative for me, and I have a right to representation. I do NOT live in the Christian Republic of America. Rove is not my Ayatollah.

I think it’s time to break free of the Democrats who envy Republicans. We need to shatter and destroy these two old parties. Then, let there be a Liberal Party, a Conservative Party and a Moderate Party. Let us show our true colors, stay true to ourselves, and govern through shifting alliances that might represent 2/3rds of America on some issues instead of 50% united in fear, lies and hatred. mjh