I got out, I voted, and dammit I'm proud of it.  No its not that its hard, its just my responsibility as an American, as a woman ( Read more... )

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=189749&title=john-mccains-air-quotes

Its five minutes long, but well worth it.  Couldn't get the bastard to embed, so you'll have to click and check it out on Comedy Central's website.

Also have a rant on Sarah Palin for tomorrow, after I get the source from the quote from him tonight.

For my morning rant, I will reference this:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26525268/?GT1=43001

Bah.  This woman is STUPID and the ENTIRE Republican Party is too enthralled with kissing her ass to notice.  Yet more proof that if you show a man a pretty face, he'll smile and nod.  IDIOTS!

Palin acknowledged that she had not been in politics for long, ( Read more... )

On Friday I watched 20/20 because the House rerun on USA I'd seen about 40 million times. Anywho, 20/20 was exploring the reasons why Memphis has the highest infant mortality rate in the country right now. One of the reasons is girls are having babies at drastically young ages, and the younger you are, the more likely you are to go into labor ( Read more... )

Connor's 1st birthday party was this past Saturday. He turned a year old on Thursday. I survived, and I think I'm dealing better with it. This year just went by too fast for me! I'm making sure to enjoy every minute I get with him now, because in 15 years I'm going to be the "evil old lady" mom instead of the nifty mommy I am now in his eyes ( Read more... )

Linky to what I will be ranting about ( Read more... )

Rep. Cynthia Davis from Missouri, a state-level rep, has proposed a bill that would BAN abortion in Missouri. Unless the mother is dying, abortion would be illegal. Here is the text on the bill from Missouri's website ( Read more... )

So 34 years ago, the supreme court ruled on a contraversial case called Roe v. Wade. They basically said women have the right to decide what to do with their own bodies. They ruled abortion as being legal. Rape and incest victims everywhere now had recourse if they should turn up pregnant from their attackers. Dangerous back-alley abortions ( Read more... )

Regardless of what you think of Planned Parenthood or Abortions, if you go to a so-called clinic that claims to offer the services that you are looking for, only to find you have been decieved, that would piss you off, no ( Read more... )