I'm sick.
Sick and tired of being sick and tired of the myriad ways we treat our young people in this country as ignorants and incompetants. What is so magical about the age of 18? Nothing. Some 18 year olds are regurgitating fools while others are enlightened souls capable of seeing the issues from multiple perspectives, capable of good judgement, motivated to make the world a better place.
We are encouraging foolishness. This country was founded on the spilled blood of our youth. During the American Revolutionary War, there are records of boys as young as 7 serving. There was an 11 year old who was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Civil War, with the official citation noting his birth date.
While I do not encourage any minor child to seek entry into the armed services, or escape the protections of the labor laws which are good policy and have developed for the protection of our young people, I think it is disgustingly hypocritical to say a person can sign up to potentially die for his or her country at 18, yet not be fully educated on what they are dying for prior to the enlistment period.
Obama's message is simple and non-partisan. It focuses on accountability. Is that not the same as what Bush Jr. was pretenting to advocate when he focused on standardized testing? (In actuality, he was probably seeking to profit politically off the big business of privatization of the public school systems.) Basically FOX news has just found another non-controversial issue and created drama to distract the American people from what is really important: this country.
Love,
Rani
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
My Right to My Body
There is nothing I love more than to watch a bunch of old guys talk on T.V. about whether I should be permitted to have a choice to an abortion or not.
When you get a vagina, and get raped, or are the victim of incest, come tell me what you think. Because then I'll really care. I really will.
It's interesting to me that these issues get raised on television right after a conference held by the President that was about the economy. In essence, these commentators are saying, "Never mind the financial crisis. Don't worry about healthcare. Just ignore that little situation going on between North and South Korea. Let's argue about abortion!"
Per person, we spend twice as much as other industrialized nations do on health care. This includes countries that insure their entire poplulations. Yet our rate of return on that investment BLOWS. Meaning specifically, 20% of our population under 65 is uninsured, and 29% of the "covered" population is so woefully under-insured that they postpone getting medical care they need. So essentially 49% of Americans are un- or under-insured. Great.
I say, with half the people out there running around paying out of pocket for medical care, we don't need to worry about abortions anymore. We're all broke, and they're too expensive anyway! I imagine that even if you're an insured woman's whose life is at stake if you go through with a pregnancy do to a complication, I'm sure the health insurance company will consider the procedure just about as medically necessary as a breast enhancement.
Hey, it's a free market, we love capitalism, right?? So why abort, when we could be selling those babies on ebay to pay off our credit cards?!
Seriously, did you know that most abortions are conducted in the states of NY, TX and FL by unmarried (80%) women under 25 (50%)? That was reported by the CDC, not me. Doesn't that tell you something about our nation's young women? That maybe they could use some education, some protection (literally in terms of condoms, but also society's protection--real and meaningful support?).
But from my personal experience with friends and women I know who have undergone the procedure, it has not been easy for them. It has created a life with a great deal of mourning and regret. Sometimes the decision ends up causing death to the mother, but arguably, there is always a sense of loss that causes permanent harm to the psyche.
I don't know if we'll ever know the answer to when a child becomes a child, whether it's inside or at birth. I don't think we are ever going to agree on this and it seems useless to debate it while in the meanwhile, kids are having unprotected sex because they aren't getting the right information.
What I do know is that along the way, these young women didn't have the support they needed. Often times parents and society pressure their daughters into the decision. Sometimes it's the very families going to church on Sundays. Meanwhile, the good Godfearing men who got them knocked up--sometimes through rape or incest--screwed and ran. Why aren't men being taught to not rape? Are you seriously going to tell me these women, who have survived the unspeakable, are "pro-death?"
I guess you want us to pump out the babies, but then when a little girl is born, she's left to fend for herself. Thanks a lot.
No woman is pro-abortion. We are all pro-life. When are you going to get it.
When you get a vagina, and get raped, or are the victim of incest, come tell me what you think. Because then I'll really care. I really will.
It's interesting to me that these issues get raised on television right after a conference held by the President that was about the economy. In essence, these commentators are saying, "Never mind the financial crisis. Don't worry about healthcare. Just ignore that little situation going on between North and South Korea. Let's argue about abortion!"
Per person, we spend twice as much as other industrialized nations do on health care. This includes countries that insure their entire poplulations. Yet our rate of return on that investment BLOWS. Meaning specifically, 20% of our population under 65 is uninsured, and 29% of the "covered" population is so woefully under-insured that they postpone getting medical care they need. So essentially 49% of Americans are un- or under-insured. Great.
I say, with half the people out there running around paying out of pocket for medical care, we don't need to worry about abortions anymore. We're all broke, and they're too expensive anyway! I imagine that even if you're an insured woman's whose life is at stake if you go through with a pregnancy do to a complication, I'm sure the health insurance company will consider the procedure just about as medically necessary as a breast enhancement.
Hey, it's a free market, we love capitalism, right?? So why abort, when we could be selling those babies on ebay to pay off our credit cards?!
Seriously, did you know that most abortions are conducted in the states of NY, TX and FL by unmarried (80%) women under 25 (50%)? That was reported by the CDC, not me. Doesn't that tell you something about our nation's young women? That maybe they could use some education, some protection (literally in terms of condoms, but also society's protection--real and meaningful support?).
But from my personal experience with friends and women I know who have undergone the procedure, it has not been easy for them. It has created a life with a great deal of mourning and regret. Sometimes the decision ends up causing death to the mother, but arguably, there is always a sense of loss that causes permanent harm to the psyche.
I don't know if we'll ever know the answer to when a child becomes a child, whether it's inside or at birth. I don't think we are ever going to agree on this and it seems useless to debate it while in the meanwhile, kids are having unprotected sex because they aren't getting the right information.
What I do know is that along the way, these young women didn't have the support they needed. Often times parents and society pressure their daughters into the decision. Sometimes it's the very families going to church on Sundays. Meanwhile, the good Godfearing men who got them knocked up--sometimes through rape or incest--screwed and ran. Why aren't men being taught to not rape? Are you seriously going to tell me these women, who have survived the unspeakable, are "pro-death?"
I guess you want us to pump out the babies, but then when a little girl is born, she's left to fend for herself. Thanks a lot.
No woman is pro-abortion. We are all pro-life. When are you going to get it.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Rush Limbaugh's Ultimate Loserdom Never Ceases to Amaze Me
Why would President Obama waste his time in "debating" a moron like Limbaugh? He's more dangerous than violent rap song or satanic death metal. He's a radio guy masquerading as a political leader with something to say. Today's misguided youth may attempt to imitate this loser. Where are the children protection advocates?
And where's Howard Stern when you need him? At least he puts hot chicks on his show. They may both be radio entertainers, but Howard doesn't need to pretend to be the voice of a major political party to get attention. He just exploits other people.
In my view, Limbaugh still has a serious case of untreated addiction going on. This is a lot like the behavior of George W. Bush, who in a dry-drunk, attempted to lead the country.
If you ask me, Rush could use a 12-step program, and maybe a God in his life.
And where's Howard Stern when you need him? At least he puts hot chicks on his show. They may both be radio entertainers, but Howard doesn't need to pretend to be the voice of a major political party to get attention. He just exploits other people.
In my view, Limbaugh still has a serious case of untreated addiction going on. This is a lot like the behavior of George W. Bush, who in a dry-drunk, attempted to lead the country.
If you ask me, Rush could use a 12-step program, and maybe a God in his life.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
On C-Span 3, Talk Radio and the Blogosphere
The question posed on today's show was whether blogs and alternative media sources are actually helpful in the political process.
I believe Mr. Levine did an excellent job of putting forth the liberal argument. Particularly when so many of the students tended to be vehement Republicans.
While to me such blogs have been helpful in giving me real insight as to what the public really thinks on the various issues (perhaps too much insight, at times), I beleive a certain level of social and personal responsibility must be raised.
We must take care when we enter our opinion into these forums. Too often, we are nonchalant, attacking, or merely reactionary in our blog posts (myself not exempt from this phenomenon at times). When we post our opinions in such a way, without grounding our analyses in facts, we have the potential to do great harm in misinforming others, who may rely upon what we spout. Do we not realize that we are essentially self-publishing for the world to see?
Free speech is a right we have earned. Yet not all speech is protected. Words are the most powerful tools--or weapons--we have. Only we can choose in which direction we wish to use them. If enough of us use our words on these blogs merely as weapons, and not as the building-blocks of what can one day prove to be a great society, we render the entire forum useless. It becomes a place of violence instead of a place of constructive commentary.
Our voice, our words, are important. Let us not waste them.
I believe Mr. Levine did an excellent job of putting forth the liberal argument. Particularly when so many of the students tended to be vehement Republicans.
While to me such blogs have been helpful in giving me real insight as to what the public really thinks on the various issues (perhaps too much insight, at times), I beleive a certain level of social and personal responsibility must be raised.
We must take care when we enter our opinion into these forums. Too often, we are nonchalant, attacking, or merely reactionary in our blog posts (myself not exempt from this phenomenon at times). When we post our opinions in such a way, without grounding our analyses in facts, we have the potential to do great harm in misinforming others, who may rely upon what we spout. Do we not realize that we are essentially self-publishing for the world to see?
Free speech is a right we have earned. Yet not all speech is protected. Words are the most powerful tools--or weapons--we have. Only we can choose in which direction we wish to use them. If enough of us use our words on these blogs merely as weapons, and not as the building-blocks of what can one day prove to be a great society, we render the entire forum useless. It becomes a place of violence instead of a place of constructive commentary.
Our voice, our words, are important. Let us not waste them.
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