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Farewell (Till 2014)

11/9/2012

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Well, it's finally over.  And the crooks and liars actually managed to get out our vote instead of repress it.

Congratulations to Elizabeth Warren.  I am so looking forward to watching her kick some butt in D.C.  I'm assuming Scott Brown is going to retire his truck and take his Hummer out of storage.
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Good to see the back end of this baby.
Also congrats to the women (and men) who turned out to turn out Richard Mourdock and Todd Akin from the halls of Congress.  Maybe they'll have time to visit the library and read up on the human body, sex, and science in general.

I worry about South Carolina, though.  We may not be as dumb and dirty as Florida, but we do have the governor who spent a fortune of taxpayer dollars to make sure those old folks who have been voting since 1960 show some photo ID, while sleazoids were working to keep potential opponents off the ballot, crooks were robocalling misinformation, and crazies were putting flyers out at Doschers telling people to vote on Wednesday.

Next time we'll need to be more on top of it than we have been.  I hate to say it, but that means we need to start now.  After Alvin Greene two years ago, and this year's Peas & Carrots, we need to reform our election laws as well as our state Democratic Party, and we mostly need to work to inform the people of South Carolina about the people who represent us.

It's time to retire this blog, but I hope you'll continue to follow me at The Ironic Cherry.

Thanks to those two great women that this blog has followed, Bobbie Rose and Carol Tempel.  I'm hoping we hear lots more from them as well.

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A Woman's Right

10/7/2012

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Some have confused the right to have an abortion with the desire to have an abortion.

Let me put that nonsense to rest.

I have never met a woman who desired an abortion.  Abortions are painful, if not always physically, then emotionally.  Women do not take, and have not ever, taken this decision lightly.

It is absurd and bizarre to suggest that women look forward to having an abortion so that they can get on with their irresponsible sex lives.

That is one myth that those who spew hatred and call it Christianity have spread.  They call themselves "pro-life."

In fact, those lawmakers who are on the front lines against abortion have risen to greater heights of tyranny over women by working lately to outlaw access to birth control.

Many of them claim that they "pray" on it.  I would say the word is "prey."

Because to deny a woman ready access to birth control insures a greater likelihood of pregnancy, poverty and subjugation to those in power.

Here's the irony.  Those same lawmakers who claim to value life are the ones who are in the forefront of legislating cuts to aid for women and families in need.  They have and will continue to cut access to health care, food stamps, child care and education.  They will tirelessly work to allow employers the "freedom" to cut wages, increase hours and reduce or remove benefits.

And when they talk about the need for these cuts, suddenly the argument is one of the national debt, no longer about the value of life.

Those who value life in fact work to insure good education and living wages, health care and housing.  Teens who have known their family's financial security and have had access to a good education tend to want to work towards a good future for themselves.  They are less likely to get pregnant if they have real and accurate information about sex and birth control.  And if they make a tragic mistake and find themselves pregnant, and are surrounded by a caring environment, they are more likely to make the right choice.

And that's what women deserve, and what our daughters deserve:  the right to make the right choice.

When we vote this November, we have women who are running for office that understand the real moral arguments surrounding the abortion issue.  And they will fight, here in South Carolina and in Congress, to assure women the quality of life that will encourage them to make good choices, and the right to do so.
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