Day: November 10, 2009

Ladybusiness

The Asstrumpet of the Day Award Goes to…

Shelly

…Chris Brown, who thinks ex-girlfriend Rihanna should not talk publicly about how, exactly, he he beat the ever-loving crap out of her. Double-speak aside (what the hell does “I respect her right to discuss…” mean when followed by “…all of the details should remain a private matter…”?), if you beat up your partner, you forfeit the right to expect them to keep quiet about all the unflattering-to-you details of your colossal assholery.

From the Chicago Sun Times (emphasis mine):

“While I respect Rihanna’s right to discuss the specific events of Feb. 8, I maintain my position that all of the details should remain a private matter between us,” he said.

Basically, he’s saying that abused women should keep their mouths shut.

Meta

Spam Comment o’ the Day

Shelly

And I quote: “Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.” It included a link for Levitra. Ha! I think I’ll toss that one into the spam bucket, thanks.

On a related note, I don’t know what the hell is up with Akismet, but either their servers keep going down or there’s a recurring problem with my host’s firewall or something. For the last week or so, whenever I log into WordPress, I get a message saying Akismet is b0rked. Hence the SPotD. Normally I would never see comment spam, but this one got through.

Ladybusiness

Lies

Shelly

Please remind me why I bothered to vote for these spineless bozos? I’m sick to death of being threatened with the revocation of Roe v. Wade if Republicans regain power, when Democrats are willing to do the dirty work of stripping women of access to legal medical care themselves. It’s bad enough to be beaten with the stick, but when they start hitting us with the goddamn carrot, too, it starts to feel a little like Stockholm syndrome. And then they have the gall to demand that we keep voting for them? I don’t think so.

From the Democratic Party Platform:

Choice

The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to choose a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay, and we oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right.

The Democratic Party also strongly supports access to comprehensive affordable family planning services and age-appropriate sex education which empower people to make informed choices and live healthy lives. We also recognize that such health care and education help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and thereby also reduce the need for abortions.

The Democratic Party also strongly supports a woman’s decision to have a child by ensuring access to and availability of programs for pre- and post-natal health care, parenting skills, income support, and caring adoption programs.

Lies, lies, lies. It’s all lies.