And others of them may have grown up to be the next Jack the Ripper, Adolph Hitler, or even worse, Barack Obama!

How babies turn out is a crap shoot mostly depending upon the attitudes and philosophies of their parents, or whoever else may have raised the little bastards, and their environment. An unwanted child, if raised by its parents, will most likely turn out to be a miserable child of equally miserable parents and has a much better than average chance of being a problem for the criminal justice system and a financial burden on the rest of the country.

We know where the ignorance actually dwells.

By now you’ve likely heard -- and perhaps felt your jaw drop over -- Todd Akin’s interview, in which the Republican Senate candidate from Missouri admitted that he believes a******n should be illegal even in cases of rape, because “if it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” If you follow that logic to its end, Akin means: Ladies, if you say you got pregnant after being raped, you’re probably lying about being raped.
Of course, the scientific facts are far from being on Akin’s side, which should be embarrassing for a member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. While it may be true that female ducks have evolved in such a way that they now have a biological anti-pregnancy response to forced sex, human beings most definitely have not. As the Washington Post’s Sarah Kliff notes, many scientific studies have proven that the you-only-conceive-if-aroused theory is complete bunk. In fact, one study from 2003 even showed that rape victims may be more likely to get pregnant than individuals on the whole.
Akin’s assertion doesn’t make sense in other ways, either. For instance, there’s no sensible reason for the vast majority of mentally stable women to ever “cry rape.” As Amanda Marcotte notes at the American Prospect, “Why would a woman trying to put a one-night stand behind her invite grilling by detectives and defense attorneys? Why would someone so concerned about maintaining the illusion of purity subject her sex life to examination by a crowd of jurors?”

Akin responded to the firestorm over his comments by claiming he “misspoke,” while plenty of members of the media have characterized the incident as a gaffe. But harmless gaffe it is not. As heartening as it is to see pressure for Akin to withdraw his Senate bid, there is a real concern that the situation will be forgotten when the news cycle eventually moves on. Because the reality is that this story is not merely about one inept Republican putting his foot in his mouth. Rather, Akin’s statement fits into the framework of the ongoing Republican assault on reproductive rights, and more broadly, our society’s pernicious rape culture (which is perpetuated not just by Republicans, but some self-identified progressives as well). Akin doesn’t stand alone.
The mistaken notion that one’s body can somehow elude pregnancy when not aroused dates back centuries and is still a popular myth -- though one rarely shared in public -- among some anti-choicers today.

Within hours of Akin’s remark, journalists were producing detailed accounts of similarly absurd comments on a******n, rape and birth control from GOP officials and pundits, all of which showed a complete callousness toward science and women’s autonomy. To put Akin-gate in context, here are eight of the worst that we at AlterNet could find, past and present, but the full gamut of this sort of talk goes far, far beyond the following short list.
1. Other absurd Republican contributions to the “rape doesn’t lead to babies” myth. As Anna North reported earlier this year, other Republicans paved the way for Akin’s recent statements. In 1995, Republican Henry Aldridge stated that when a woman is raped, “the juices don’t flow,” and in 1988 another Republican congressman stated that women emit “a certain secretion” that stops pregnancy when they are raped. (Which has led many of us to wonder, which is it, guys? Do these mythical juices flow, or do they stop flowing, when a woman is raped?)

2. The daddy of all these rape theories. The National Right to Life Committee’s John C. Willke’s claims in an article that the “trauma” of rape prevents pregnancy -- i.e., he “basically just makes s**t up,” writes Katie J. M. Baker at Jezebel.
3. GOP donor asks, "Want contraception? Put an aspirin between your knees." This line, now a total cultural punch line, came from Foster Friess, who was a big donor to Rick Santorum before moving on to support Romney. The video clip featuring Friess’ comments and Andrea Mitchell’s flummoxed response went v***l this spring.

Friess: This contraceptive thing, my gosh it's such inexpensive, back in my days we used Bayer aspirin for contraception, the gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly.
Mitchell: Um, excuse me, I'm trying to catch my breath from that Mr. Friess, frankly..
4. GOP lawmakers seek to legally redefine rape as “forcible rape” so fewer women will qualify as victims. Remember the media firestorm around the “war on women”? One of its major fronts consisted of congressional shenanigans around the definition of rape in the noxious H.R. 3 “No Taxpayer Funding for A******n” bill. These efforts included Akin and V.P. candidate Paul Ryan and were aimed at siphoning off the number of a******n-funding exemptions so that only the rarest few qualified. What offended women most -- and eventually scuttled the bill -- was the idea that the government could weigh whether your rape “counted” or not.
Garance Franke-Ruta explains: According to the bill, there would be exemptions only for something called "forcible rape." (Presumably, this is the same thing Willke called "assault rape" and Akin called "legitimate rape," as opposed to what Willke called "consensual" "statutory" rape.) After a public outcry, Smith retreated from his first draft of the bill and reinstituted the Hyde language, though an additional provision was added later to clarify that the bill will "not allow the Federal Government to subsidize a******ns in cases of statutory rape." Akin and Republican vice p**********l nominee Paul Ryan were co-sponsors of the bill, along with 225 others.
Since Sunday, the Romney camp has been trying furiously to distance itself from Akin, but these two names together as co-sponsors of this bill may come back to haunt Paul Ryan.
5. Another GOP lawmaker (surprise, surprise) worries that women will claim rape just to get a******ns. This March, Idaho Sen. Chuck Winder, who had already proposed that women go through two forced ultrasounds, including one at a right-wing “crisis pregnancy center,” went a step further by voicing his concern that women might use the “rape issue” to go a******n-crazy. Quoth Chuck: “Rape and incest was used as a reason to oppose this. I would hope that when a woman goes into a physician with a rape issue, that physician will indeed ask her about perhaps her marriage, was this pregnancy caused by normal relations in a marriage or was it truly caused by a rape.”

6. Pundits and lawmakers: Forced ultrasounds are OK because women already consented to be penetrated when they got pregnant. Remember the bill in Virginia that would have mandated certain kinds of invasive ultrasounds for women seeking a******ns (the kind that already exist in other states)? Well, ultraconservative pundit Dana Loesch, who has already come to Todd Akin’s defense in this round, was hostile to the basic concept that every time a person's body is penetrated, it’s mandatory to ask for consent. "They had no problem having similar to a t***svaginal procedure when they engaged in the act that resulted in their pregnancy," she said. Sadly, Loesch’s idea was not so far out of the norm: Several Virginia lawmakers basically said the same thing.
7. When women sign up for the military to hang out with aggressive dudes, they are asking to be raped. Notoriously anti-woman Fox News talking-head Liz Trotta wondered of enlisted women who were assaulted, “What did they expect?” She also blasted feminist calls for infrastructure and support to help the increasing number of women in this position. And refused to apologize.
8. Santorum and Huckabee are all about rape victims taking one for team "Life." Let's not forget our Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee, respectively, think rape victims should "make the best" of it and see the unwanted child as a gift and sometimes cool people are conceived in rape.
Some rape victims unsurprisingly see this idea as torture.
OK, so these are all pretty heinous things to say. But let’s take a deep breath and remember that rape culture doesn’t just live on the extreme right wing. From left-wing pundits who are convinced that the rape charges against Julian Assange must be trumped up, or that sex with a sleeping woman doesn’t constitute rape, to the mainstream pop culture writers who have long sought to minimize or dismiss acquaintance rape as “grey rape” or not real rape, to local and national law enforcement that don't know how to handle victims properly, there’s a long continuum of thought that creates rape culture. Rape culture posits sex as a t***saction with women’s sexuality as a passive object either given or taken, rather than a consensual exchange. Most important, rape culture puts the onus on victims to prevent rape rather than on potential perpetrators not to do it. Rape culture produces comments like Todd Akin's, and then seeks to sweep them under the rug once the news cycle is over.


https://www.salon.com/2012/08/22/eight_staggering_gop_comments_on_rape_and_women/

Bull to planned parenthood donations, I would say an outright lie, so prove it's not a lie. How do I know it's a lie? Planned Parenthood is paid for by grants, you cannot donate Federal grants to political campaigns. Also, you can cut and paste all you want to try and shove down our throats, when all of it is insignificant, why... because the government doesn't have the right, and unless you people turn us into a f*****t country under some Monarchy they never will. And allowing a government to decide what anyone can do to their bodies is Pandaror's Box you also should not open, sooner or later men will be affected also.

You are standing in the center of the party doing exactly what you are accusing the Democrats of. For god's sake look around you. Who has
presently taken over and in full control in every branch of our government...they've been systematically taking control of all our courts, your party is turning us into a ONE party country, what do you think that intention means? Think...

PS not one person on the right including yourself has any right to criticize my posting, not one, and I have NO reason to defend myself when I have never been the aggressor when it comes to insults. I know exactly when I am being demeaning, it is well deserved to the attacker, so stick it buddy. I have no reason to defend my posts. If any of you don't want to be smacked down, don't slap, to begin with. I am not one to turn the other cheeck. I will give back better than I get. I am not complacent.

My friends you're welcome to share the picture I sent you of the second coming of the Lamb. Very good friend of mine used to travel to Italy to study art under the great Frank Covino. My friend Jeff became a fantastic artist whether it be oil paintings or airbrush work tattoos charcoal work it didn't matter he was one of the best. When my friend came down with cancer a few years ago I did a massive barbecue fundraiser event to raise money to help pay for his meds and treatments. He had a roller coaster ride and it finally the cancer went into his pancreas. And a week later he was gone. He left so many friends behind. One of the friendliest people in the world and all he did was bring good things into people's lives. Remind you of anybody? Frank Covino died a couple of years before Jeff did. The whole ordeal only reinforced my love and dedication to Jesus Christ. That's why I only speak and share t***h. He's coming back my friends he said so in the good book. Another friend of mine who happen to be a lifetime friend of Jeff fell through the ice when he was 9 years old and then again when he was about 18. The second time he spent almost 30 minutes under the ice. And he told me about his out-of-the-body experience and he saw the garden. He describes it as something more beautiful than anything he's ever seen. Oddly enough he had the same dream both times he was under the ice and should have died both times. He was sent back twice. And that experience that he had both times when he put down his book and walked into the garden somebody said hey you're not supposed to be here you have to go back. And he woke up in the emergency room surrounded by his friends. One of the most profound stories I've ever heard my life. To look into the Man's eyes you would not doubt that he has been to the other side. Which led to me to become a crusader for t***h. It's been said in the Bible that in the end of days it will be as in the time of Noah. Kind of like it is now. If anybody out there has not found the Christ yet you may want to consider it. I found my champion almost 30 years ago. But I've had profound experiences between then and now and I feel I have to share it. Oddly enough my friend Jeff brought nothing but good things into this world, and he was taken by an aggressive form of cancer. The Christ brought good things into this world and was taken out my man. Cowardly men who are afraid of him. A kind of man who hurt nobody but they could not control him. Jesus did not fear the Romans the way the s***es did. And I think we all know the rest of the story. It's the real deal people. God so loved his children that he would send his only son to bring the message and the word of God so that we will know. One more thing. There was a big divide between the Jewish people in the Jews that run Wall Street. The Jews that run Wall Street have completely sold out their country and people. Those who run Wall Street and the Federal Reserve and the alphabet agencies have all taken the wrong path in life. America is mentioned in the Bible and is referred to as mystery Babylon. In mystery Babylon it's fate would come up on it in one hour. In the whole world will witness this. So many people out there go to church read the Bible and never get the message. With everything that is going on in the world today does anybody have any doubts that it is as in the times of Noah? I am prepared for the final battle. I just hope that my Lord champion and savior gets here before I have to enter the battlefield. I had to share this. Peace out!

A 39 second read you will want to pass on.

*In their infinite wisdom, the United States' Founders created the
E*******l College to ensure the STATES were fairly represented. Why should
one or two densely populated areas speak for the whole of the nation?*

*The following list of statistics has been making the rounds on the
Internet. It should finally put an end to the argument as to why the
E*******l College makes sense.*

*Do share this. It needs to be widely known and understood.*

*There are 3,141 counties in the United States.*

*T***p w*n 3,084 of them.*

*Clinton won 57.*

*There are 62 counties in New York State.*

*T***p w*n 46 of them.*

*Clinton won 16.*

*Clinton won the popular v**e by approx. 1.5 million v**es.*

*In the 5 counties that encompass NYC, (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan,
Richmond & Queens) Clinton received well over 2 million more v**es than
Trump. (Clinton only won 4 of these counties; T***p w*n Richmond)*

*Therefore these 5 counties alone, more than accounted for Clinton winning
the popular v**e of the entire country.*

*These 5 counties comprise 319 square miles.*

*The United States is comprised of 3,797,000 square miles.*

*When you have a country that encompasses almost 4 million square miles of
territory, it would be ludicrous to even suggest that the v**e of those who
inhabit a mere 319 square miles should dictate the outcome of a national
e******n.*

*Large, densely populated Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, LA, etc.) DO NOT
and SHOULD NOT speak for the rest of our country!*

*And...it's been verified and documented that those aforementioned 319
square miles are where the majority of our nation's problems foment.*

*Well worth the 39 seconds to read! Now please pass it ON!*

Nothing can eradicate the First Great Commandment. What always fascinated me is this wonderful and uplifting phrase: "...and like unto it." I think that you know the enormous and profound implications of it. Loving God is in loving humans. The Bible does not offer exceptions. I find Trump to be one of the most vile, corrupt, and ugly representation of humanity and a direct threat to America. Yet, and I am serious, if I found him beaten, bloodied, and abandoned on the side of a road, I would resist the urge to mess his hair and give him all the aid and care he needed.

You begin your conversation with me as accusing me of demeaning people, so you wish to put me on the defensive from the get-go, Ok considering I'm not an offensive person, I am defensive, that's all I'll say to your accusation.

As far as 500 million only three percent of that go to necessary a******ns where the mother's life is in danger, otherwise, they have to find a place on their own for the procedure. Also, an estimated 11 percent of Title X patients in 2016 were male recipients.

For 500million Planned Parenthood provides wellness exams and comprehensive contraceptive services, as well as screenings for cancer and sexually t***smitted diseases for both women and men, not just in the states but also internationally...it is global benefitting millions, especially on the prevention of unwanted pregnancies. Unwanted children are far more costly and a burden on the system, many who go on to commit crimes and are then paid for through our recently invented private prison systems, yet still through the taxpayer fitting that bill also.

So have I demeaned you?

I will not argue the boy's feelings in his poem for his faith and country but I will argue with you that it lists no "core problems." The grace of loving acceptance changes souls, not judgment and condemnation. I am not saying be permissive, which too many mistake as loving acceptance, but to gently care and respect a person despite their mistakes. This helps draw forth their own conscience and change of heart. Orange, pink, and purple hair et al. Pregnant Prom Queen. Mocking them entrenches them.

I didn't know whether to put this in ChitChat or Main, No attribution or fact check, I got it through the e-vine. pafret


The Qualifications for President of the United State


Those of you who worry about Democrats versus Republicans -- relax, here is our real problem.

In a Purdue University classroom, they were discussing the qualifications to be President of the United States. It was pretty simple. The candidate must be a natural born citizen of at least 35 years of age.

However, one girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair it was of the requirement to be a natural born citizen. In short, her opinion was that this requirement prevented many capable individuals from becoming president.

The class was taking it in and letting her rant, and not many jaws hit the floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating, "What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country than one born by C-section?"


Yep, these are the same kinds of 18-year-olds that are now v****g in our e******ns! They breed, and they walk among us.

And then eventually they become members of Congress!

BY A 15-year-old SCHOOL KID who got an A+ for this entry:
The Lord's Prayer Is not allowed in most US Public schools any more.
A kid in Minnesota, wrote the following

NEW School Prayer:
Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.

If scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene..
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all..
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the State..

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks...
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.
It's 'inappropriate' to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such 'judgments' do not belong..

We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles...
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.

It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!
Amen


While it fits many a right wing rant.. i also feel it has t***h to it..