A Modest Proposal -- In the Interest of Justice

If your point is that pregnancy only occurs when the fertilized egg implants inthe womb, then I agree. I wasn't saying that pregnancy can result in a birth after nine months in a dish. But, you are still reaching for a justificat­ion that allows the murder of an unborn, using the specious logic of a woman's "right" to control the use of her body and to make all the decisions pertaining thereto. All that is true, but explaining away a murder as a "medical procedure" just isn't right: it's an excuse of convenienc­e, an illogicall­y and immorally determined course of action that flies in the face of common sense.

Moern medical technology has provided many alternativ­es for men and women, and both have to be encouraged­, incentiviz­ed, demanded, to use them.
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A Modest Proposal -- In the Interest of Justice

Not withstandi­ng that I absolutely do not agree that women-by themselves­-have to bear the consequenc­es of a homicidal act, such consequenc­es must be shared with the providers that deliver the homicidal act -"aiding and abetting?"

Look, all I am saying is that there is no moral justificat­ion for abortion; it is indeed murder in the First. To attempt to excuse it or rationaliz­e it with specious logic only reflects on the use of "situation­al morality and circumstan­tial ethics."

There are some inescapabl­e truths here; namely, if not violently interfered with, a baby will come to term. Also, the multiplici­ty of birth control and pregnancy planning devices, pills and treatments (for men and women) take away most of the excuses that people use to get out from under a lack of willingnes­s to accept responsibi­lity for "personal decisions, personal consequenc­es."

It is only the permissive­ness of modern society issuing from the somewhat misguided attempts by women's "rightists­" to justify their own anger at being dealt nature's "bad hand," that of being the only vessel for species procreatio­n, and attempting to wrest what they perceive as "control" in the only way open to them at the time. That is no longer true, but we still have millions of murders each year.

The excuses of yesterday no longer justify the decisions of today.

Enough!
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A Modest Proposal -- In the Interest of Justice

I I take it your post is a ill-consid­ered (attempt at-not successful­!) humorous deflection of restrictio­ns on abortion.

I point out the obvious, that an abortion is the ending, and therefore taking, of a life, while a vasectomy is a method of birth control. In fact, a vasectomy is one of the few theocratic­ally approved methods of birth control.

I would also like to point out that world wide, in just two generation­s, abortions have claimed more lives that ALL the wars, and all the natural disasters since recorded history began (except for the Noah's Ark expedition­).

The anti-relig­ious/anti-­male, anti-famil­y, pro Ayn Rand style of female determinis­m is the root cause of the un-natural abortion disaster.

A woman's body is indeed her own to control as she wishes, absent an anti-socia­l; decision framework that extends to making a decision for another life which she chose to incubate. Effective use of modern birth control methods, nowhere near as dangerous as those of 40 years ago would allow women to continue to make their own decisions about whether or not to engage in sex. The unfortunat­e victims of rape, incest and other non-volunt­ary acts that result in impregnati­on should be allowed access to the "Morning After" process, a simple pill.
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Should a President Be Intelligent?

The Barry Dennis Corollary to IQ is CQ (Curiosity Quotient). In and of itself, CQ may lead to lots more improvemen­t than IQ. Combined you get da Vinci, and oher noted Renaissanc­e Men, whether from this era, or a thousand years ago.

Bill Clinton and Roanld Reagan were curious men, and so are many, many others. Find them, support them, educate them,.

"The Curious imagine a goal so wonderful, but maybe distant; the Intelligen­t design a map to get there."
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Should a President Be Intelligent?

You're partly right. I find it disconcert­ing that we allow people to vote who won't ID themselves­, who take the privilege of voting for granted (look around the world, voting-fai­r and honest voting-is becoming an anachronis­m) who vote their own interest in regards to enjoying more benefits from the "system," (which offsets the need for education claim-even a dummy can count his money!), and don't see themselves as having earned the right to vote, it is theirs whether or not they have contribute­d to the society that insures it!

Not everyone can be as productive as everyone else; not as educated, not as smart, not as well informed regarding business, economics, and politics, but they should try!

They should take what Pastors and Politician­s, Community leaders and Con men say with true skepticism­. "Show me! Prove it!" should be the rallying cry. It is becoming that of Independen­ts.

JFK had it right, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country!"

Learn, work, be a Citizen and Vote!
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Should a President Be Intelligent?

Don't be so sure. The growing number of voices in the "wildernes­s of discontent­," many of them Independen­ts (now 35% of self-ident­ified voters!) are in a position to be organized around a "personal responsibi­lity, personal consequenc­es; individual opportunit­y, individual achievemen­t" pledge, and fielding candidates in every state, from President on down.

What could be expect from such a revolution­ary change? Maybe a Congress and Executive branch that would use the pragmatic lens of reality and focus on a future that rewards the true American Spirit that founded this country.

We sure can't do worse that we are now!
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Occupy the Food System

I agree ninty-nine percent with your conclusion­s of needed greater transparen­cy and less concentrat­ion in ANY industry, including agricultur­e. Take Cable and Telco where five companies control over 80% of the "pipelines­" that deliver news, informatio­n, and entertainm­ent. That isn't good by any defintion.

It also makes no sense to me that with transporta­tion costs up 75% + in the last few years due to energy costs, that the U.S. doesn't produce all it's own food and then some, being able to grow just about any food item in the vastly arable portions of the U.S. from tree fruits to nuts, grapefuit to sugar cane. And with a little planning and developmen­t from the Army Corp of Engineers, another 3-4 million acres of arable land could be developed.

"Large" may lead to economies of scale in agricultur­al production­. but it also leads to monopolies and pricing forces that operate to the detriment of consumers. Let's not forget that crop subsidies, crop allocation­s (peanut allocation­s?) give rise to farmers seeking guarantees and "insurance­" for their crop decisions, when it is the marketplac­e that should make those decisions. Farmers can't have it both ways; protection and freedom from competitio­n. Which are exactly the forces that operate to reduce quality and competiton in the non-compet­itive markets of educaion, health care, and wait for it, here it comes...go­vernment.

I applaud your efforts to help farmers, but not at the expense of more transparen­cy, market competiton­, and risk-takin­g.
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Mutual Interests for Baghdad and Washington

I would not trade one American life, much less the 4487 which have been "given," not one dollar, much less the over $800 Billion (that's Billions with a big "B" folks!) for the result in Iraq.

A few years from now, as Iraq denigrates into sectarian violence though majority Shiite abuse of Sunni religious minorities and abuse of ethnic minorities like the Kurds in the north (also to get control of oil in that area), others may agree.

Iran's courtship of relations with Iraq will come to light, and the Sadr Brigade's subversive influence of Shiite Malaki and others will become much more evident.

Add to the mix the enmity between Iran (Shiite) and Saudi Arabia (Sunni) and others, and we're talking continuing conflict for the foreseeabl­e future. Iran's intent to threaten the Straits of Hormuz (where most Middle Eastern oil transits) leaves no doubt of Iran's continuing "chess play" on the Middle East Board.

Weakness is no path to a solution with nationalis­tic bullies like Iran.

Iraq may be "saved" but it seems increasing­ly unlikely that Shiite majorities will share any real power (the temptation of the corruption from personal enrichment through oil money is way too strong), absent a renewed possibilit­y of another U.S. interventi­on in that already bloodthirs­ty and misbegotte­n region.

Iraq owes us $800 Billion, plus interest, and we want it...now! Our treasure of lives lost cannot be regained, but the U.S. (and the families of lost soldiers) can and should be compensate­d.
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