Your morning jolt: Women, farm animals, a state lawmaker – and a video
Earlier this year, the state Legislature passed – and the governor signed – HB 954, which reduced the period during which a woman could seek an abortion to 20 weeks.
It was one of the most restrictive anti-abortion measures passed in years, and – while it was later softened somewhat – originally made no exception for women who were carrying stillborns and other fetuses that could not survive outside the womb.
Last March, during debate over this provision, House Appropriations Chairman Terry England, R-Auburn, cited his farming expertise. “Life gives us many experiences. I’ve had the experience of delivering calves, dead and alive — delivering pigs, dead and alive. And I want to tell you… it breaks our hearts to see those animals not make it,” he said.
This was nature’s way, was the lawmaker’s apparent point. England voted for the bill.
Many people objected to England’s turn of phrase, especially on the Internet. And if you put the terms “farm animals” and “women” through the Google machine, England’s name pops up – ahead of many topics unfit for public discussion.
Bryan Long, whose group Better Georgia first highlighted England’s remarks, said the video posted on the abortion debate has been viewed 1.2 million times.
The result, for England, has been worldwide harassment and ridicule.
That is unfortunate, but unlikely to change. Hollywood’s finest – led by Kevin Bacon — are now weighing in on England’s comments, with a public service announcement devoted to women’s reproductive rights. England has gone where few Georgians have gone before. He’s made Meryl Streep angry:
The word from England, via email:
“Kevin Bacon is a great actor, despite his role in ‘Hollow Man,’ which just doesn’t compare to his performance in ‘A Few Good Men’ (in my humble opinion of course).
“It is unfortunate he has been misled by some on the far left trying to push an agenda of their own. Had he watched the full three + hour debate on the fetal pain bill, he would see my comments a bit differently. As a movie star and a director, I am sure he knows a thing or two about editing and manipulating video to present it in a certain context.
“It’s simply false to insinuate that I said anything like that.”
***
On a similar topic, remember last week’s video of U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Athens, declaring – in front of a spooky wall of deer heads – that evolution, embryology and the Big Bang theory are all “lies straight from the pit of hell”? It made Jon Stewart’s playlist on Thursday night.
How do Broun and other members of Congress get away with such comments? “Easy,” Stewart said. “They do it by being less crazy than guys on the state level.”
Now, honestly – most people in the state Capitol would tell you that this just isn’t so. Congress is awarded the politicians who are most able to survive a July primary. Which is not exactly a sanity test.
In fact, Georgia’s primary process can be — forgive us, Mr. Broun — more than slightly Darwinian. The birds with the brightest plumage are the ones most likely to thrive.
***
The Gallup organization this morning tells us that bipartisanship remains a foreign concept in the United States:
Thus far in October, an average of 90% of Democrats, and 8% of Republicans, approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. That 82-percentage-point gap in approval ratings by party is on pace to be the largest Gallup has measured for a recent incumbent president in the final month before Americans vote on his re-election.
George W. Bush had an 80-point party gap in approval, while the October gaps for other presidents were less than 70 points.
***
Perhaps you remember that Lee Anderson, the GOP challenger to U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Augusta, recently declared that a debate with his opponent on statewide TV wasn’t worth a trip to the Big City.
But campaign contributions are always worth the risks of an urban dystopia, according to Walter Jones of Morris News Service:
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — House Republican Leader Eric Cantor campaigned Thursday with 12th District challenger Lee Anderson at a private fundraiser in an Atlanta suburb, saying incumbent John Barrow is out of touch with the district.
Meanwhile, Barrow blamed Cantor for holding up passage of legislation critical to the district’s farmers….
“This is an extremely important race for the House of Representatives and the Republicans there, and we’ve got a candidate who is in touch with the people of that district and reflects the common-sense, conservative vein that runs throughout this state,” Cantor said of Anderson. “Lee is a farmer. He’s someone who’s been in that community throughout his career, and he represents a stark contrast, really, to Mr. Barrow.”
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If you are a supporter of the charter school measure on the November ballot, this is exactly, precisely, the news story you didn’t want to see in the four weeks before the vote. At least, not in Georgia:
Oct 12 (Reuters) – It’s been a turbulent period for charter schools in the United States, with financial analysts raising concerns about their stability and regulators in several states shutting down schools for poor performance.
…But an unlikely source of new capital has emerged to fill the gap: foreign investors.
Wealthy individuals from as far away as China, Nigeria, Russia and Australia are spending tens of millions of dollars to build classrooms, libraries, basketball courts and science labs for American charter schools….
The reason? Under a federal program known as EB-5, wealthy foreigners can in effect buy U.S. immigration visas for themselves and their families by investing at least $500,000 in certain development projects. In the past two decades, much of the investment has gone into commercial real-estate projects, like luxury hotels, ski resorts and even gas stations.
Lately, however, enterprising brokers have seen a golden opportunity to match cash-starved charter schools with cash-flush foreigners in investment deals that benefit both.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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Concerned Citizen
October 12th, 2012
9:42 am
This is a real shame that Hollywood has taken Rep England’s words totally our of context. I doubt very seriously that they watched his entire statement. If they did they would realize how untrue their comments. They say everyone is within 5 degrees of Kevin Bacon, I for one want to remove him and his wife along with Meryl Streep as far away as possible. Doubt I will see another movie or TV show they are in. Too bad, they did not take the time to get the real facts.
Spell Checker
October 12th, 2012
10:11 am
“dear heads”?
Kim
October 12th, 2012
10:11 am
Check out the video about Rep. Terry England.
jgalloway
October 12th, 2012
10:15 am
Spell Checker:
Whoops. It’s fixed. Thanks for the catch.
GaBlue
October 12th, 2012
10:22 am
Concerned Citizen,
How nice that you are concerned about “real facts.” Are you concerned that many of the tests that determine fetal abnormalities and conditions that endanger a woman’s life and future fertility are not done until the 19th week of gestation (if you can get an appointment by then), and that the number of doctors in Georgia is declining? And that the number of doctors that treat high-risk pregnancy situations are few, and that there are many counties in this state who don’t even have a single practicing physician in this specialty, and that even if a woman is healthy, it often takes weeks or months to get an appointment with a qualified obstetrician? Or that, if a woman does not have solid, employer-sponsored health insurance, or if she lives in rural areas where few or no such doctors are available to her, then getting quality prenatal care is “iffy” at best? Maybe you live in Metro Atlanta where you cannot swing a dead cat without hitting a doctor, but this is not the case throughout Georgia. The limits placed by this bill only add to the existing limits that make reproducing a perilous endeavor for many women in this state. But hey, if you listen to Rep. England, it’s just “nature’s way” if a woman and her family are traumatized by the worst possible news while trying to bring a child into this world. Make no mistake: THOSE are the people punished by this bill: women who are trying to become mothers. How nice that they can count on d-bag legislators to compare them to farm animals. Disgusting.
Vision and Values
October 12th, 2012
10:29 am
This is way over the top! Rep. England is a very honorable and respectable man. He loves people and believes in the sanctity of all human life. The left is always seeking to destroy anyone who would dare disagree with them. They are very intolerant!
PYork
October 12th, 2012
10:32 am
It is so easy to take words out of context and make them whatever you want. He was simply stating that being raised on a farm makes you appreciate the miracles of life and death every day. And how precious it is. Just the simple fact that the Hollywood lynch mob is involved should tell you something… As Ronald Reagan said,,,, Funny how all the people who are Pro-Choice have already been born……
AngryVoter
October 12th, 2012
10:32 am
Yes, GaBlue, parsing words and lobbing “facts” will win the argument. People who truly believe abortion is murder will suddenly come to your side and agree with you. You sure know how to win and influence…
Seriously, why can’t we find some common ground? Oh, yeah, because professional politicians and their professional parasites make money by keepign the two sides sniping. Abortion is bad. Very bad. But it may be necessary. Why can’t the two sides work together on educating young men and women on how to make abortion as rare as possible? Why can’t healthy women who become pregnant be given the opportunity to hear about objections to abortion and alternative, such as adoption without wigging out abortion supporters? Why can’t women be entrusted to make an informed decision, after hearing about all options, in the hopes that most women will realize that abortion is potentially murdering human life and make the decision wisely?
It seems that there is middle ground, there just aren’t leaders willing to work together to find it. Shame on all involved.
Concerned Citizen
October 12th, 2012
10:33 am
GA Blue
Do you consider Down Syndrome an abnormality? Currently 80 % of them do not make it to term. What a shame.
Aquagirl
October 12th, 2012
10:34 am
The left is always seeking to destroy anyone who would dare disagree with them.
And over a silly thing like being treated as farm animals. Darned intolerant leftists.
Lynn43
October 12th, 2012
10:34 am
My thanks to Hollywood or anyone who will step forward and shed light on the unforgivable rantings and beliefs of these “conservative, holier than thou” republican men. Have you ever noticed the typical republican wife-bleached blonde, blue eyes, and skinny. I think there was a movie made about them and the husbands a few years ago.
Jon Lester
October 12th, 2012
10:36 am
How many jobs has Rep. England helped create?
shoshanna
October 12th, 2012
10:38 am
Hollywood as a moral watchdog? Evil calling Good . . . evil = EVIL!
Hollywood vs.England?
Nuf said!
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
October 12th, 2012
10:38 am
So in the 80’s & 90’s I lived in Clearwater, Florida and dated a girl (at the time of filming) who was an extra on the movie Coupe de Ville (filmed in St. Petersburg, Fla) and starred Daniel Stern. Daniel Stern was also in the movie Diner which also starred Kevin Bacon. I win.
GaBlue
October 12th, 2012
10:45 am
AngryVoter,
I agree. It’s a shame our lawmakers can’t focus on reducing the number of abortions through education and prevention, and increasing access to quality medical care that is necessary for people to (a) take responsibility for their own reproductive health and family planning, and (b) bear and raise children as best they can.
It would be dishonest to assert that there aren’t women who choose abortion who would honestly rather not, but they do so because they are pressured by their men to do so, or because they see no workable solutions to their predicament. If we would take better care of women and children, we’d see fewer abortions as well. Sadly, we hear little from our legislators about doing this very practical, child-loving thing.
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
October 12th, 2012
10:51 am
Now back on topic. Over this past campaign season we have heard about vaginal ultrasound, “legitimate rape”, “some girls rape easy”, and now farm animals in the context of women rights and birth control. What do all these have in common? Uttered by members of the GOP. And they wonder why their poll numbers among women are down.
Look before I leap...
October 12th, 2012
11:00 am
So what exactly is the justification for legally requiring a woman to carry to term a non-viable fetus?
The Mirror
October 12th, 2012
11:01 am
Anything a democrat says is repeated forever and proof that they are stupid. “57 states indeed.”
Anything a republican says is taken out of context, wasn’t what they really meant or
Republicans are just stupid. I mean seriously. Not just ‘name calling stupid’ I mean actually, “You really think we’re going to fall for that?” stupid.
WE KNOW YOU REALLY BELIEVE THIS.
Even if YOU apparently on some double think cognizant level, do not.
One ‘out of context’ quote is understandable. Hundreds is not.
And no, this won’t change your minds, but it should be firm proof to democrats that MODERATION is pointless. Bipartisianship with this kind of stupidity is pointless. POINTLESS.
Play for keeps or don’t play at all. Politics might not be a game…but when one side of the argument is children, it might as well be.
WOW
October 12th, 2012
11:19 am
Angry Voter:
Your points are well taken, most people at least that I know all agree abortion is bad, they just disagree on whether or not to make it legal or not. The last statistics that I saw from the CDC showed that the number of abortions were down and have been going down over the past decade or so. The people are right on this one it is the extremist (politicians) that make accomplishing the true goal of reducing the total number more difficult.
the cat
October 12th, 2012
11:24 am
Abortions should be safe, legal and rare. If you are not the baby daddy of the fetus, you have no opinion.
jdl2
October 12th, 2012
11:25 am
England is a moron, as are you for supporting him.
Lynn43
October 12th, 2012
11:33 am
Does this guy have any opposition in November?
Dave
October 12th, 2012
11:35 am
Thanks to Rep Terry England for standing up for Life! I wish we had more legislators like him. Most are scared of the baseless attacks from those who do not value life, such as Rep England is now facing. They can’t debate the issues, so they twist the facts.
Lynn43
October 12th, 2012
11:35 am
Please continue to inform the public on the charter issue—especially how deceptive the ballot wording is. You are definitely not voting on better schools. Spread the word.
The Mirror
October 12th, 2012
11:36 am
Goo is not a human being unless your religion tells you it is.
Religion has no place in public debate on government policies.
And if you think it it does, then it is MY religion that gets to be in charge, not yours.
Chuck Jones
October 12th, 2012
11:37 am
Jim: Why did you lie in this column, in saying that HB 954 originally made no exceptions for women carrying stillborn babies?
GaBlue
October 12th, 2012
11:39 am
Chuck Jones,
Mr. Galloway did not lie.
Bilbo Baggins
October 12th, 2012
11:41 am
The right wing nuts always claim to be the party representing Christianity but are the most hateful, mean spirited, self-righteous, and judgmental bozos I have ever seen. They say they want smaller government but apparently want to add a police force to patrol people’s bodies and bedrooms.
Curious
October 12th, 2012
12:10 pm
I’m more concerned about Paul Broun.
He’s my representative and he’s a laughing stock among Republicans and Democrats.
honested
October 12th, 2012
12:16 pm
The Mirror,
I like to put it this way:
Control of another’s reproductive practices is essentially driven by religion.
Our Constitution guarantees freedom from religion.
My religion is to make sure that under no circumstances does your religion interfere with mine.
Ergo, opposition to reproductive choice is UnConstitutional.
Besides, england, broun, and anderson could only be considered ‘leaders’ in this potty little State.
Wondering
October 12th, 2012
12:16 pm
Funny how so many people ( read Republicans ) are so concerned about human life until it gets out of the womb.
honested
October 12th, 2012
12:18 pm
Curious,
Unless I am sadly mistaken, broun received the vaunted ‘Dimmest Bulb in Congress’ from the Progressive magazine again this year.
However, should anderson accidentally win in the 12th, there may be competition.
Chuck Jones
October 12th, 2012
12:20 pm
Perhaps Mr. Galloway simply did not read the comments yet. But to reiterate: The question is: Mr. Galloway, why did you lie when you said that the bill did not originally make exceptions for women carrying stillborn babies?
Q
October 12th, 2012
12:22 pm
@Curious.
His Republican status actually starts the laughing before he even speaks. Then, like Mark Wohlers, he just closes it out.
roughrider
October 12th, 2012
12:27 pm
If men could get pregnant, abortion would have always been legal and with no restrictions.
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
October 12th, 2012
12:29 pm
And here is another republican joining in the abortion party………………………
By ERIK SCHELZIG
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —
An endorsement from a Tennessee congressman who in a recorded phone conversation urged a mistress to get an abortion has vanished from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s website.
Freshman Rep. Scott DesJarlais, who opposes abortion rights, told a Nashville talk radio show Thursday that while there were many difficult elements to his 2001 divorce, “there was no pregnancy, and no abortion.”
But DesJarlais did not dispute the transcript of a recorded phone conversation in which he urges the woman to terminate a pregnancy.
While the Tennessee Republican Party appears to be standing behind DesJarlais, other GOP leaders in the state like Gov. Bill Haslam and Sen. Lamar Alexander have declined to get involved.
The Romney campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Copyright The Associated Press
Auntie Christ
October 12th, 2012
12:30 pm
AngryVoter
October 12th, 2012
10:32 am
Shorter version of angry voter’s comment: “Why can’t you all just agree with me so we can all just get along..”
Why can’t the two sides work together on educating young men and women on how to make abortion as rare as possible?
Oh, maybe it’s because the right wing will characterize young women seeking contraceptives as “sluts’ and “promiscuous.” Or maybe because the right wing thinks that you can teach “abstinence only” to teenagers in their sexual prime, with hormones raging off the charts, and because the ‘christians’ on the right think that even mentioning the word ‘condom’ will lead to after school orgies and debauchery by any teen hearing it.
Why can’t healthy women who become pregnant be given the opportunity to hear about objections to abortion and alternative, such as adoption without wigging out abortion supporters?
As if any female old enough to ovulate has never heard of adoption. Are you that naive or just think we are. The groups ‘educating’ young women about abortion alternatives are religious fanatics who subject these young women to religious indoctrination and proselytizing at a time when they are most psychologically vulnerable. If we just tell them that aborting a mass of unformed tissue is ‘murder’ they will surely see things my way and not have an abortion.
Why can’t women be entrusted to make an informed decision, after hearing about all options, in the hopes that most women will realize that abortion is potentially murdering human life and make the decision wisely?
Good question, why can’t the right wing stay out of it and let women make their own decision. But good luck with that, the righties want to be ‘free’ to conduct their shady business affairs without regs, to pollute air and water without impediments of regulation, they don’t want the burden of paying their taxes, but they do want to keep tabs on YOUR bedroom activities, your doctor visits, and any other activities they deem ‘unchristian-like.’
honested
October 12th, 2012
12:30 pm
Chuck Jones,
As GA Blue has already accurately responded to you, HE DIDN’T LIE.
Maybe it’s time for GRTL to mind their own business.
Carol
October 12th, 2012
12:33 pm
Thanks for the video. Got an email and forgot to check it out. Will be signing the petition. I don’t want the same people who tell me that aspirins and forced rape can prevent pregnancy dictating a choice people (both men and women) make regarding the life of a child.
Shar
October 12th, 2012
12:34 pm
@Vision, Rep. England apparently believes that his experience delivering dead piglets provides suitable expertise to judge women’s health and to force those judgements on the women of this state – pronouncements for which he will never have to face the consequences.
THAT, in my opinion, is way over the top.
Weetamoe
October 12th, 2012
12:35 pm
In 1982 then Sen Joe Biden voted for a constitutional amendment to overturn Roe v Wade. You can look it up–Hatch Amendment
just sayin'
October 12th, 2012
12:36 pm
WAA, WAA, WAAA…go hug some trees, libs! If you don’t like the laws here, move to another state. At least that’s what you tell conservatives when they don’t like something on TV or whatever is going on…
Big Hat
October 12th, 2012
12:38 pm
I’m confused…are women sluts or farm animals? What’s the difference? Aren’t they the same? Which one is it? Can someone point out the difference? Many TIA.
atlpaddy
October 12th, 2012
12:40 pm
If fetuses are held in the same legal regard as humans outside the womb, then why don’t local police departments conduct investigations and autopsies when a woman miscarries? Why don’t churches provide funeral services for remains?
Also, if we are to take anti-abortionist arguments to their logical extreme, would anti-abortion lawmakers and voting citizens favor prosecution of pregnant women who smoke and drink alcohol? We would prosecute parents if they provided those things to their 2-year old. Why not for a three-month fetus?
honested
October 12th, 2012
12:42 pm
just sayin’
You’ve got it backwards.
We intend to prevent conserrrrrrrrrrvatives from imposing their religion (whether it be at church or ayn rand) upon us.
Roe vs. Wade is the law, whether Rep. england or any other bible thumper likes it or not.
Ooh La Lah
October 12th, 2012
12:42 pm
They don’t call it Gooberstan for nothing.
Ash
October 12th, 2012
12:43 pm
Thank you Mr. Galloway for trying to shed light on Rep. England’s stand. Thanks to Rep. England for taking a stand for life.
There’s a lot of need for compassion for any progress to be made. At the center of the debate is not so much the right to reproduce as the right to not reproduce; the best way to avoid reproducing humans is to not participate in the act of reproduction (sex) unless you are ready to welcome a new life into the world.
honested
October 12th, 2012
12:44 pm
atlpaddy,
Careful, you’re messin’ with the income of those who own rental trailer parks.
Faith
October 12th, 2012
1:02 pm
Thank you Jim, for putting England’s words is some context. Those who developed the video must not have consciences that work. Wouldn’t their own conscience condemn them for such deception?
Suzer
October 12th, 2012
1:05 pm
Once again, the pro-aborts of Hollywood take a comment out of context and use it to confuse the real issues at hand. I applaud Rep. England for his willingness to stand for life!
shirley
October 12th, 2012
1:07 pm
Jim,
I love this “Morning Jolt”. Way to go! Georgians in the national spotlight again. We get what we deserve when we leave voting to other folks. Remember your rights are always in jeopardy when you leave it to someone else to protect them. Vote like you life depends on it because it does.
Faith
October 12th, 2012
1:13 pm
It is heart-breaking to see a young animal die. How much more heartwrenching is it to know of the death and pain of human baby. An innocent child killed. Over 54 million abortions since 1973. Each abortion represents an innocent life. How long will such tragedy be allowed in America?
Thank you, Terry England, and others in the GA Legislature who passed the Fetal Pain Bill!
Kris
October 12th, 2012
1:13 pm
A simple letter to the slime (repuks) bags that started the war on women’s health.
(Senator/Representative) ________,
As one of the many women and men you represent, I want to personally tell you how outraged I am by your attack on women’s rights — and your attempts to bully, subjugate and silence women.
This year, I will raise my voice and my vote against your war on women. I will work to ensure you and your fellow Republicans reap unprecedented losses in November.
Sincerely,
(Your Name)
Supporter of RockTheSlutVote.co
https:waronwomen.com
Kris
October 12th, 2012
1:15 pm
Opps should be https://waronwomen.com
annoyed
October 12th, 2012
1:16 pm
God i live in Georgia and I can’t wait to leave. 90% of the people are products of inbreeding in nuclear waste facilities. I bet most of you probably can’t even spell republican let alone be intelligent enough to sift through political bs and know the main platform. Who do you think you are to think that you can try to force your biblical based opinions on other people. Last I checked there was supposed to be a separation of church and state. Some of the most die hard republicans down here live in a trailer park and have given birth to 13 grimlins. How do you justify voting for a republican when you don’t have a pot to piss in? I really want to advocate quarantining off the south east from the rest of civilization. Watching Fox news or Cnn doesn’t make you informed. It just means that you’re lazy and like to here one side talk crap about the other. Abortion has to deal with women…men, your opinion on this subject is irrelevant. If a woman doesn’t want a child, it’s none of your business. Your antigay marriage? Gays marrying doesn’t limit your rights in any way. Your just pushing your religious agenda because your so miserable with yourselves that you have to make others just as miserable. God every time I hear a country accent I want to punch a baby in the face. You all disgust me.
The Mirror
October 12th, 2012
1:24 pm
If goo is a baby then that means it is slime when it grows up.
That explains a lot about Republicans really.
No Longer Republican
October 12th, 2012
1:24 pm
I don’t know Rep England but I know his kind. They are all over Georgia. So sick of people and their religious crap telling people what they can and cannot do in their own lives. Many times I agree with Repubs on financial issues but the religious takeover of the Republican Party was waaaaaaaaaaay too much for me. Religious Right it is none of your business what decision are made by women and their families regarding their bodies and as long as STUPID nuts continue to fight to impose their beliefs on everyone else, I will totally support Kevin Bacon and others who expose the morons.
Ooh La Lah
October 12th, 2012
1:29 pm
Annoyed- I like your anger.
Real insights as to the destruction of America by Dikkksie:
http://www.alternet.org/story/156071/conservative_southern_values_revived%3A_how_a_brutal_strain_of_american_aristocrats_have_come_to_rule_america
Baron DeKalb
October 12th, 2012
1:30 pm
Annoyed: Ignorance, intolerance, or religious hypocrisy is not limited to any social class or racial group. There are plenty of anti-abortion voters with college educations and northeastern accents, some of them women. Many of the most violent anti-abortion activists are from the Midwest, not the South. Most of the working class white folks in the South are better examples of Christianity than the sanctimonious politicians who claim to represent their interests, I’m not particularly happy with the political climate in Georgia either, but it’s not just the “country” people who bear responsibility for the current state of affairs.
MANGLER
October 12th, 2012
1:31 pm
Ash, really? The best way to prevent pregnancy is not to have sex? OK. Well, that is true @ I don’t think anybody would argue that.
However, in reality, people have sex. Telling them not to does not change that. The more you try to “educate” people about not having sex while at the same time not “educating” them about having safer sex and providing access to contraception leads you to States like Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, & Texas (all solidly Red States, BTW) where the rates of teenage pregnancies is the highest despite abstinence only teaching.
South GA Food Taxer
October 12th, 2012
1:33 pm
I told ‘em all it was political suicide to hold an abortion vote before the primary. That’s why I was absent that day.
WayneD
October 12th, 2012
1:46 pm
Rep. England demonstrated true courage in standing up for the sanctity of all innocent life. Sadly, there are those who will totally distort the facts to serve their agenda.
GaBlue
October 12th, 2012
1:57 pm
“….true courage in standing up for the sanctity of all innocent life.”
Actually, these people are only standing up for the sanctity of birth. Life is what happens afterward, that requires adequate food and medical care, a clean, healthy environment, educational opportunities, safe places to stay while young or economically-disadvantaged parents go to school and work, head start, safe, effective schools, and a chance to thrive and grow beyond the cycle of poverty, crime, abuse, and despair. Quality matters.
Yeah, y’all give a holler when you’re actually “pro-life” and not just “pro-birth” for people you don’t give a damn about once they’re breathing.
Baron DeKalb
October 12th, 2012
1:59 pm
WayneD: Neither Rep. England or those who share his extreme beliefs are willing to “stand up for the sanctity of all innocent life.” In an ultimate expression of narcissism, he and people like him put human life above all others. They sanctimoniously wring their hands about the “unborn” but have no qualms eating, running over, or ignoring the abuse of innocent animals. To me, this is a more serious problem with the “pro-life” movement than the related hypocrisy of being opposed to abortion but opposing any government program designed to help children who are born into difficult circumstances,
So…You’re Calling Me A Cow? — Peach Pundit
October 12th, 2012
2:34 pm
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yuzeyurbrane
October 12th, 2012
3:45 pm
Those that follow the stock market know that Wall Street is very bullish on investing in the extremely profitable for-profit education contractors who actually run the charter schools. No wonder they are pouring tons of cash into the pro-Amendment side of the vote.
Kris
October 12th, 2012
3:52 pm
To quote the Vice Presideny Jor Biden
This is ” A load of malarkey!”
God Bless us.
Re-elect President OBAMA.
Rush
October 12th, 2012
4:07 pm
Don’t let the door hit you where the Good Lord split you, annoyed. Good luck in Kalifornia.
Rush
October 12th, 2012
4:11 pm
What a wonderful world it would be if annoyed had been aborted……
Rush
October 12th, 2012
4:13 pm
Please will someone provide annoyed with birth control so this misery does not continue for another generation?
cc
October 12th, 2012
4:13 pm
annoyed@1:16 pm:
“God i live in Georgia and I can’t wait to leave”
I can’t wait for you to leave, either! Get on with it and good riddance.
No Longer Republican@1:24 pm:
In the interest of truth in advertising, would you please select another screen name? You never were a Republican and I doubt very seriously that you ever voted for a Republican in your life.
Fry Big Bird!
cc
October 12th, 2012
4:17 pm
“Please will someone provide annoyed with birth control so this misery does not continue for another generation?”
Most people have the good sense to take care of that for themselves.
td
October 12th, 2012
4:52 pm
Man I missed almost three days on this blog and I see nothing has really changed. The leftest are still whining about everything and the few conservative posters are right on every issue.
wolflady
October 12th, 2012
5:00 pm
td:
Shut up!
cc
October 12th, 2012
5:05 pm
“The leftest are still whining about everything and the few conservative posters are right on every issue.”
That is absolutely, 100% correct, td. Whining and griping is all you’ll ever hear from the leftists!
Big Bird stew, the food of champions!
So…You’re Calling Me A Cow?
October 12th, 2012
5:07 pm
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Baron DeKalb
October 12th, 2012
5:11 pm
TD: “The leftest are still whining about everything and the few conservative posters are right on every issue.”
Wow, three days… we were about to send a St. Bernard out to look for you…
If there’s nothing new on this blog and you think you are always right and everyone on the other side is always wrong, why do you bother reading it?
Kris
October 12th, 2012
5:14 pm
I have a question for the soon to be former Chairman Terry England.
I hope that you had your farm hand (probably Latino) dispose of the dead fetus with dignity. Or at your direction just toss it in the pile with the rest of the rubbish. If the farm hand was Latino he/she probably did say a prayer for the dead fetus.
Or as you claim your a Christian did you say a prayer for the dead fetus?
Come now be a big GOP little boy..Tell the truth….yeah…
Next thing the re-pukes will outlaw backseat’s.
Kids in the back seat may cause accidents.
Accidents in the back seat may cause Kids.
So,……..NO BACK SEAT = NO ACCIDENTS
RE-Elect President OBAMA>
cc
October 12th, 2012
5:34 pm
Obama is going DOWN . . . as in DONE . . . FINISHED!
honested
October 12th, 2012
5:46 pm
cc,
I look forward to President Obama’s second term.
I’m sure he will get to appoint two more Supreme Court Justices and will ensure that the sort of nonsense legislation Representative england testified on will certainly die in committee.
cc
October 12th, 2012
6:11 pm
“I look forward to President Obama’s second term.”
You’re probably old enough so that your “wants” won’t hurt you. Consider that a very good thing. Now go away and practice saying, “President Romney”. You are probably correct that President Romney will have to appoint two new Supreme Court Justices. I only pray he can find two with the qualifications and character of Justice Clarence Thomas.
td
October 12th, 2012
6:28 pm
Baron DeKalb
October 12th, 2012
5:11 pm
It is pretty simple:
1: Most importantly, there could be a reader come along that is searching for a philosophy and looking for a core set of values to live their live by and I want to make sure they have a choice not to accept the dark side and can see the light of truth, justice and the American way.
2: It sure is fun to know you are making libs heads explode when they are truly challenged,. Example: Just think back to the first Romney/Obama debate.
honested
October 12th, 2012
6:32 pm
cc,
I can’t say that phrase without throwing up.
But I do hope uncle tom and crazy tony are the first to retire.
Chuck Jones
October 12th, 2012
6:40 pm
How did he not lie? He said that the bill did not originally make exceptions for a woman carrying a stillborn baby. This is not true. And when you say something that is not true, that is called a lie.
So the question is again: Jim, why did you lie?
Chuck Jones
October 12th, 2012
6:41 pm
I just emailed him that question and I will be glad to share his response if I receive it.
cc
October 12th, 2012
6:42 pm
“can’t say that phrase without throwing up.”
Check with your doctor and he will prescribe something for that. You’ll need it because President Romney will be there for eight years.
“But I do hope uncle tom and crazy tony are the first to retire.”
That pretty much tells us your race, as if we didn’t already know.
mark
October 12th, 2012
9:37 pm
I love to see our congressmen, continue to provide evidence to the theory of “dumb southern” As a science teacher, I am shocked and awed that this man was a doctor and sits on the science committee. Why don’t the republicants reassign him to the mythology committee. He can questions Zeus on how the gods bowlling make thunder.
hat
October 12th, 2012
9:45 pm
I believe that England’s quotes were taken a bit out of context, but at the same time he could have come up with a better analogy. It’s really funny to watch the blues act like chickenns with their heads cut off; they know that Obama’s numbers are on the slippery slope, just like I predicted a month or two ago.
Charter truth outed FINALLY
October 13th, 2012
2:24 am
It’s about TIME someone told the truth about the EB-5 charter school scam. If you vote for amending the state constitution to allow the state to interfere with local control and local authority to spend local funds, you support illegal immigration using a legal gimmick.
Vote NO on the Charter Amendment.