14 February 2012

Our Tomorrow: A World Without Feminists, Contraception, and Domestic Violence

So you thought it was all about freedom of religion, government out of our lives, and the virtue of women, didn't you?

Right.

In fact, it's all about putting us women right back in our places. In the 19th century.

Oh, to be back in those halcyon days, when men were men and women were HOME.

'Rick Santorum...in his 2005 book, “It Takes a Family,”...disparaged “radical feminists” for giving women the idea that they might find greater fulfillment outside the home.'

And dare they venture as far as to join the military, well, they'll get just what they deserve: raped.

'In response to...a new Pentagon report on sexual abuse in the military [that states that since 2006, there's been a 64% increase in violent sexual assaults]', Fox News contributor Liz Trotta says, 'Now, what did they expect?'

And now, audaciously! '...feminists...[are directing the Pentagon] to spend a lot of money. They have sexual counselors all over the place, victims’ advocates, sexual response coordinators. … So, you have this whole bureaucracy upon bureaucracy being built up with all kinds of levels of people to support women in the military who are now being raped too much.'

Oh, if they'd just stayed HOME! Where women are cherished, treasured, pedastaled. And beaten.

'Current [domestic violence] law in New Hampshire states...that an officer “has the discretion to decide when an arrest is warranted with or without corroborating evidence.” This means that if an officer shows up to a house, he or she takes a look at the scene to assess the situation and makes a decision about whether the alleged assault took place.

But a piece of legislation proposed by state Republicans would require police to get a judge or justice of the peace to issue a warrant for the alleged perpetrator’s arrest...So even if a cop shows up, the victim is covered in bruises, the neighbors say they heard screaming, and there is a hole punched in the wall...it is not too difficult to figure out what happens next: “The officer leaves [to get a warrant], and the abuser renews his attack with even more ferocity, punishing his victim for having called for help.”


And should those cherished women wish to choose when and how many children they'd like to have and raise....think again, 21st/19th century fairer sex...

'Republican legislators are trying to extend the exemption (extended to Catholic charities, hospitals, and universities...which would allow religious groups to opt out of the mandate [to provide free contraceptive care] and require insurers to provide birth control directly to consumers) to any employer opposed to birth control, not just the Catholic church.'

Dear women! Beware of conservative outrage—and the laws that follow—cloaked in the dictates of religion, the 'veneration' of women, and the demonization of government.

The real target is you.

04 February 2012

Spending in the Twilight Zone

Two statements submitted for your approval:

'Overall spending by all candidates in 2012 is predicted to eclipse an astounding $8 billion.'

And,

'As part of the drive to cut spending, the Obama administration and Congress have trimmed the energy-assistance program that helps the poor — 65,000 households in Maine alone — to pay their heating bills.'

Let's try two more...

'[Obama attended] a $35,000-per-person [campaign fundraising] event at MK Restaurant, where he [ate] dinner...including...Maine salmon with asparagus and shaved fennel, seared Maine sea scallops, rosemary braised short ribs, and parsnip puree.'

And,

'The average amount [of energy assistance] given [in Maine] is $483, down from $804 last year, all at a time when the price of oil has risen more than 40 cents in a year, to $3.71 a gallon...Mainers try to make do. They warm up in idling cars, then dash inside and dive under the covers. They pour a few gallons of kerosene into their oil tank and hope it lasts.'

Two final statements submitted for your approval:

'The Romney plan “would throw 10 million low-income people off the benefit rolls, cut benefits by thousands of dollars a year, or some combination of the two. These cuts would primarily affect very-low-income families with children, seniors and people with disabilities.”

And,

[Mainer] Mr. Hartford, 68, has a bad shoulder, Mrs. Hartford, 71, needs a wheelchair, and the two survive on $1,200 a month. So far this year they have received $360 in heating assistance...about a quarter of last year’s allocation. There is no oil to burn, so the cold takes up residence, beside the dog and the four cats, under the velvet painting of Jesus. The couple has no choice but to run up their electric bill. They turn on the stove’s burners and circulate the heat with a small fan. They run the dryer’s hose back into the basement to keep pipes from freezing, even when there were no clothes to dry.'

The Twilight Zone? No...this is our present reality...

'And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone...'

'Mr. Hartford drove up to Hometown Energy’s small office in his weathered gray Lincoln, walked inside, and made his desperate offer: the title to his car for some oil.'