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in a perfect world...
Please sign this here petition to protest uber-anti-abortion Susan Orr being appointed Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs (man, that job title is a mouthful!).
I haven't been keeping up on current affairs, except in the most tenuous ways, because it keeps getting more and more depressing. I need to tune in more, because exciting things are happening as the Bush administration finally draws to a close, but I still get depressed when I hear Democratic candidates quizzed about how many times a week they go to church, or side remarks about Hilary's big thighs. Because we all know that a woman with big thighs can't possibly lead a nation!
All I want is for my government to be smart. I don't care if they are religious. In fact, I'm more likely to vote for them if they aren't. And education isn't everything, but for goddess sake, tell me you believe in evolution! It's depressing that admitting you have some kind of scientific knowledge can make you lose votes in this country. Stop telling me that you sing in the church choir every Sunday. Stop telling me that your greatest hero is your mom. Stop playing dumb for America. Use one big word in a sentence, and you have my vote!
And if you are against abortion, then fine! Let's work together to stop it. Those of us who are pro-choice don't necessarily like abortion, it's just that sometimes the condom breaks and you're eighteen and about to go to college and what are you gonna do? And I'm not talking about myself there...I have never never never had an unplanned pregnancy because I have always used some type of birth control, and what do you know? It works! Let's join hands and teach young kids about the wonders of birth control. Let's develop new kinds of birth control that works better and doesn't throw female hormones out of whack so much. My mom talked to me about birth control long before sex was even much of an urge for me, and that worked out so much better than if she ignored the subject and just told me never to have sex.
Of course, now that I'm a grown up and don't really plan on having kids ever, my mom would probably kill for me to mess up my birth control.
I haven't been keeping up on current affairs, except in the most tenuous ways, because it keeps getting more and more depressing. I need to tune in more, because exciting things are happening as the Bush administration finally draws to a close, but I still get depressed when I hear Democratic candidates quizzed about how many times a week they go to church, or side remarks about Hilary's big thighs. Because we all know that a woman with big thighs can't possibly lead a nation!
All I want is for my government to be smart. I don't care if they are religious. In fact, I'm more likely to vote for them if they aren't. And education isn't everything, but for goddess sake, tell me you believe in evolution! It's depressing that admitting you have some kind of scientific knowledge can make you lose votes in this country. Stop telling me that you sing in the church choir every Sunday. Stop telling me that your greatest hero is your mom. Stop playing dumb for America. Use one big word in a sentence, and you have my vote!
And if you are against abortion, then fine! Let's work together to stop it. Those of us who are pro-choice don't necessarily like abortion, it's just that sometimes the condom breaks and you're eighteen and about to go to college and what are you gonna do? And I'm not talking about myself there...I have never never never had an unplanned pregnancy because I have always used some type of birth control, and what do you know? It works! Let's join hands and teach young kids about the wonders of birth control. Let's develop new kinds of birth control that works better and doesn't throw female hormones out of whack so much. My mom talked to me about birth control long before sex was even much of an urge for me, and that worked out so much better than if she ignored the subject and just told me never to have sex.
Of course, now that I'm a grown up and don't really plan on having kids ever, my mom would probably kill for me to mess up my birth control.
