Goodbye economy

[veronica_rich]

Airlines can fail, Wal-Mart can wobble, and gas can keep climbing. But when one of the most major, cheapeast forms of a little sin and stress relief sell out to an overseas beverage company - something it never needed to do even during the Depression - you know even worse times are sliding toward your country FAST.

I don't have particularly strong feelings of love and flowers toward Barack Obama; I'll be honest. His lack of experience bothers me, I'm not sure he'll be able to get the votes to do the things he wants to promise. And his eagerness to please the nutjob evangelicals for a few votes by infringing on basic medical rights for the female half of the population scares the hell out of me. But I'm sure as fuck not going to vote for McCain a sixth term for Reagan. He didn't have enough of a brain - literally - to run the country well the first time around, and his proteges and hangers-on have done absolutely nothing to improve it beyond padding their own bank accounts. In fact, with Clinton's help (on NAFTA), they've pretty much driven the whole country into the ground.

Comments

[justawench.livejournal.com]

I don't see the problem with his statement. Can you point it out to me?

The faith-based thing is a total pander. But, I guess if I wanted a Flying Spaghetti Monster charity, I could get government funding!

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

The problem is with placing *any* restriction on late-term abortions, but that's just what I think. Women who carry a fetus that long are not going to abort because they're "blue" or on a whim, or they've changed their minds - we're talking a tiny, slender, skinny little percentage of such instances. This kind of abortion is usually NOT wanted by the mother but is usually medically necessary to save a least one life. (I have a friend who's been a doctor for 20 years and has a specialty in obstetrics; I've heard the stories about the difference between doing this kind of abortion and not doing it when it was needed ... the latter didn't end well.) I don't like being treated like I have half a brain because of my gender, is all, and that I can't make these decisions for myself.

[justawench.livejournal.com]

Well, Obama did say that there should be "a strict, well-defined exception for the health of the mother." So I'm still not seeing your argument, except that you don't want any limits of any kind on abortion? Sorry if I'm misunderstanding you.

I am pro-choice, but I do think there have to be some limits. Surely five months is enough time for anyone to make up their mind.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Actually, that is my point. "Strict and well-defined" isn't something I'm keen on a bunch of male legislators deciding for my body. (I did warn you this was my opinion only. *G*)