It?s taken me a few days to come to grips with this whole contraceptive issue but I think I can comment now without totally flipping out.
It was with horrified stupefaction that I read, ironically on the same day that I called in a refill of my Rx for ortho tri-cyclin, that my pharmacist could possibly decide to conscientiously object to my desire for birth control. Is it also ironic that it?s the same week that Britney Spears announced her pregnancy...it seems almost as if idiots are taking over the world. Where is reason anymore?
What if I calmly explained to CVS that I can?t afford to have children yet, or that ? wonder of wonders ? I think there may be too many people here already. There are kids out there who need foster homes and adoptive parents. Does it make me a bad person that I?d potentially rather help them than actively procreate? Or, let?s take it a step further. How is it anyone?s business? If I want to live a life of utter debauchery with drugs, rock and roll, booze and multiple partners, how is it anyone?s right but my own to say when the time is right for me to have children?
This crap makes me want to beat my head against a wall because I just don?t think beating their heads in will do any good. And ultimately, this is one of the major reasons for my not wanting to have kids. Look at the pile of shit we?re in. We?re a ?culture of life? that can?t be bothered to help the working poor out with health care. We?ve firmly established a horrendous quagmire of military disappointments and financial mismanagement in the Middle East. Old allies are now scratching their heads in wonder at us.
We?re about to send John Bolton to the U.N. Why would anyone want to bring a child into a world filled with Tom DeLay, John Bolton and George W?
And speaking of G Dub, I found this today on the Democratic Underground and had to giggle:
[Here is a] list of links featuring Republicans whining about high gas prices in 2000. I'm sure most of you are aware that average gas prices have been topping $2.50 per gallon recently, with San Franciscans recently reporting more than $3 per gallon for regular unleaded.
Now let's take a look at what some of those Republicans had to say in 2000, when gas was around a full dollar cheaper per gallon than it is today:
Rep. Terry Everett: "The Clinton Administration has failed in its duty to develop a policy to deal with our national energy supply and is therefore directly accountable for the higher prices Americans are now paying at the gas pumps."
Dennis Hastert: "House Speaker Dennis Hastert accused the Clinton administration Friday of misleading members of Congress about the causes of skyrocketing gas prices in the Midwest."
Rep. Wally Herger: "Congressman Wally Herger recently denounced the Clinton-Gore Administration's complacency during the current gas price crisis. 'Northern Californians are being held hostage at the gas pump,' Herger said. 'The Clinton-Gore Administration has demonstrated a complete and total lack of leadership in preventing this problem. It is a clear failure of domestic and foreign policy.'"
Larry Kudlow: "The Clinton-Gore administration?s hapless and incoherent management of foreign policy is nowhere as evident as in their bungling on OPEC?s oil-price hike. ... While crude oil prices could drop to $25 per barrel, they will stay well above the average $20 real price of oil registered over the past ten years. And way above the $10 worldwide average marginal cost of producing new oil. Meanwhile gas prices at the pump are likely to be upwards of $2 per gallon well into the summer."
Glenn Spencer: "In recent weeks, gas prices have surged to their highest level in a decade. Prices for home heating oil and natural gas are expected to rise by about 30 percent this winter. ... With the Clinton-Gore administration's policies largely to blame for the pain being felt by consumers, Vice President Gore's camp has pulled out all the stops to shift blame away from his own administration."
Various Repubs: "Representatives Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Menomonee Falls), Tom Petri (R-Fond du Lac), Paul Ryan (R-Janesville), and Mark Green (R-Green Bay) today blasted Energy Secretary Bill Richardson and the Clinton-Gore Administration for their failure to implement a comprehensive energy policy to deal with staggering gas prices Wisconsin consumers continue to face at the pumps."
So, gas is about 60-75% per gallon more at the pump and oil is about 100% more per barrel than it was when these moaning minnies were whining about how much Bill Clinton and Al Gore sucked, but now George W. Bush is the president - why, his shit don't stink. Perhaps they're still waiting for him to "jawbone" OPEC? Either that or they don't care about gas prices now that he's, y'know, got the gays on the run.
Because, yeah, that's what's wrong with our country - all those damn gays out there walking around.