Perry Interview Clip

I've been a little under the weather the last couple of days, so I apologize for not posting more, but I did happen to find the clip I was looking for the other day.

This guy wants to run our country, yet he can't figure out that abstinence-only education = higher teen pregnancy and abortion rates.  Yeeaaahhhhh.....he's what we need, all right...

if we want to become a third world nation!!!

Question Dodger

Scary Spyce (aka Michelle Bachmann) was confronted on "Meet the Press" about her views on homosexuality, but like any other politician, she is very good at dodging questions.  I almost hope that she wins the Republican nomination, because this crazy chick would ensure a second term for President Obama.  =)

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Offended By The Submission Question?

Michelle Bachmann has commented publicly about her submissiveness to her husband and was questioned about this very topic by journalist, Byron York.  While I think this question is extremely valid, Ronald S. Martin, a CNN contributor, has taken offense.

As someone who didn't find the sexism in the Newsweek cover photo flap, I believe there is no doubt that the reason York only questioned Bachmann on submission had everything to do with her gender.

York's question was: "In 2006, when you were running for Congress, you described a moment in your life when your husband said you should study for a degree in tax law. You said you hated the idea. And then you explained, "But the Lord said, 'Be submissive. Wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands.' "

"As president, would you be submissive to your husband?"

 Yes, Ronny, it is a question of gender!  This question would not be posed to a male evangelical candidate.  Why?  Because the bible doesn't instruct husbands to be submissive to their wives.  Nucklehead!!!  He goes on to say,

When we look at many of the vital issues facing this country -- a rough economy, massive unemployment, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a continuing battle against terrorism, a fierce climate change debate, and a battle to get the nation's debt under control -- who in their right mind would waste time during a nationally-televised debate asking the only female GOP candidate about whether she would submit to her husband in the White House?

 Hmmm.....could it possibly be because, if she became President, we would all wonder who was really running the country?  I would wonder whether or not Marcus (her 'pray-away-the-gay' hubby) is President in all but name.  He continues,

I don't think for a second that a woman questioner would ask such a question in a presidential debate.

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!  If I were a journalist, right now, with the opportunity to interview this nutbag candidate, not only would I ask her the 'submission' question, but I would also question her about her belief in 'the end times'.  As a potential President, with the possibility of having control of nuclear launch codes, I would ask her about whether or not her belief in the 'rapture' would affect her decisions.  Would she create an apocalypse, or another world war, in order to bring about the rapture?

Byron York's question was right to ask the question and I applaud him for it!

Here is the actual footage...

Yeah For Sex Ed

Beginning this fall, the NYC school district will begin educating its 6th and 7th grade students about sex, including instruction on proper condom use.  Hurray for reason!!! 

My son and I were actually having a discussion about this earlier today.  I happened to ask him if he’d had sex-ed yet, but as of the end of his freshman year, he hadn’t (not surprising in the part of the country that we live in).  Of course, my husband and I have already had this conversation with our son many times and have provided easy access to condoms (should he ever feel the need to protect himself).   

As parents, who were once young people ourselves, we understand the surge of hormones that kids have to deal with and we understand that kids are going to have sex (whether we want them to or not).  I feel it’s important to educate our children about the STD’s that threaten, the potential for teen pregnancy and its challenges, and most importantly, how to protect themselves. 

The worst thing you could do is to make sex a dirty, unmentionable word in your house.  Making sex a comfortable topic, encouraging questions, and allowing your child to make their own (well informed) decisions leads to nothing but good things.

Of course, the religious groups are already pitching a fit over this initiative, but most of us have heard what ‘abstinence only’ education will get you (higher rates of teen pregnancy, increase of STD infection rates, increase in abortion rates, etc).  Unfortunately, the ‘righteous’ are in denial about the disastrous consequences of inadequate sex-ed. 

Get a load of Rick Perry being interviewed about this very issue:

There was a much better, and longer, clip floating around (somewhere on the internet) of the interview cited by the Young Turks.  I couldn't find it, but if someone knows where I could find it, would you please let me know?  It is an interview by Evan Smith, from the Texan Tribune, of Rick Perry.  Thnx.

This Woman Gives Me Nightmares

As a woman, I have to say that it would be nice to, one day, see a woman serve our country as POTUS, but NOT THIS WOMAN!  Newsweek is being blasted by the media for the pose of Michelle Bachmann that they placed on the cover.  Personally, I think that the cover photo is a good representation of how scary this woman is.  If this woman becomes President, I'm immigrating to Canada!!!!!
In this first video, Scary Spyce praises David Barton as a "gift to our nation"...



And this is a video of David Barton essentially telling people that, if christians ran America, the government would no longer help the poor. Yeah, what a gift!


Now, I don't dream; haven't since I was a child, but this woman gives me some very disturbing nightmares. 

The Contradictory Nature of Michelle Bachmann

Fellow Governors Distancing Themselves From Perry

Gov. Rick Perry invited all of his fellow governors to attend his prayer/fasting rally and most ignored him.  But, Gov. Brownback from Kansas said he planned to attend and Gov. Jindal of Louisiana said he might be able to make it.

A new article claims that these two governors are no longer attending and that Perry, himself, might be taking a step back from this event.  It has been very clear that Perry's hopes for a presidential nod might be severely damaged by his involvement with this event; it seems to me that fellow politicians are realizing the danger that it would pose to their own careers and are quickly running as far away from this event as possible.  Smart move on their part.

Read more at the Secular Coalition of America

John Mark Reynolds = Douche who doesn't have a clue

The Question?  "Should it matter whether or not a politician believes in God?" 
The Answer from John Mark Reynolds, a Professor of Philosophy (Reynolds reply is poorly written; below is a snippet of his answer; he took a while to get to the point).

Should a sensible person vote for an atheist? That seems a difficult question since an atheist denies, despite the evidence, the existence of the most important part of reality: God. The Christian, however, is wise enough to know that a mistake in one area does not necessitate mistakes in other areas. Humans are capable of compartmentalizing their errors. It is not good to be wrong, but it need not be fatal. 

Which evidence is that?  And what's with the "sensible person" line?  Is he suggesting that only those who believe as he does are sensible?