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freshwest

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19. It's their clumsy interpretation. Admittedly, human life does begin at conception.
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 02:54 PM
Apr 2012

Even though the zygote turns into that embryo we've all seen the stages of it going through, which look like an amphibian, we know what the end result could be.

Their insistence on this plays into that logic, acting as if they are saving human life, but they even qualify the value of that life prior to conception. They certainly don't care about the babies of blacks or browns, not even the Chinese when they had the one-child rule, which they went so far as to force abortions of the last month to keep population down.

While the GOP was mewling on about partial-birth abortions in the Congress, grossing everyone out, they had nothing to say about the GOP's BFFs in China. When it was brought up that their principles were unequally applied, they refused to discuss it. One of their mouthpieces, Pat Robertson, said that abortion in China was different somehow.

So much for principles and the science of conception.

Buchanan argued that abortion was a plot (by Jews, probably, don't really want to delve into the cesspool to get the quote) to reduce a white majority and right wing evangelicals echoed that. Even Farrakhan made mention of the fact that white racism was based on the discoveries of Europeans traveling the world in their ships and finding that white people were in truth, a minority. So they had to find a way to keep their position above the other races or be helpless. But we can skip those guys.

Their deeds speak louder than their words. They don't believe in paying for those babies or their parents to be healthy, nor what happens after birth. They appear to be going the Dominionist line, about keeping the wombs under control, not for protecting life, but for making future populations for future wars.



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This guy sounds like one hell of a motivational speaker! . . .n/t annabanana Apr 2012 #1
Interesting liberalmike27 Apr 2012 #4
+1,000 freshwest Apr 2012 #10
wads of cash????? marshall gaines Apr 2012 #2
I don't get this post. Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #23
I hate the teabaggers marshall gaines Apr 2012 #27
So if a bunch of good old boys were motivated Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #28
yep marshall gaines Apr 2012 #32
I hate them, too, but hey - anything that extracts money from them means calimary Apr 2012 #29
Interesting. drm604 Apr 2012 #3
I think someone on OUR team made the Kool-Aide that night. nt DCKit Apr 2012 #5
Charles Joynes should be our Secretary of Education. SunSeeker Apr 2012 #6
+1 Alcibiades Apr 2012 #8
First Duluth... now Brainerd? Northern Minnesota is really showing us how to handle race relations! qb Apr 2012 #7
This happened in Tennessee RZM Apr 2012 #11
Just hang a left at the 40 ft tall statue of Paul Bunyan NickB79 Apr 2012 #16
Aww. At least there's still Duluth. qb Apr 2012 #33
Brainerd is part of the Greater Chattanooga, TN metro area. n/t CottonBear Apr 2012 #22
I've only gone through Chattanooga on my way to D.C. IDK what significance his location has. freshwest Apr 2012 #35
'But for the grace of God' has always been my view. Even when people want to heap on someone else freshwest Apr 2012 #9
Yes. It was certainly taught to me by my parents and church as a kid. tk2kewl Apr 2012 #12
It's a reminder we are all born equal, eligible to be hurt, needing help, no matter who we are. freshwest Apr 2012 #13
I sometimes wonder if that is part of why pugs want to make conception the beginning tk2kewl Apr 2012 #17
It's their clumsy interpretation. Admittedly, human life does begin at conception. freshwest Apr 2012 #19
"Admittedly, human life does begin at conception." Dogtown Apr 2012 #34
I detest that quote Skittles Apr 2012 #18
i find it to be saying "life is a crap shoot" or "you play the hand you're delt" tk2kewl Apr 2012 #20
Call it luck then. For those who are religious, it brings humility. They are often the most judging. freshwest Apr 2012 #21
I always phrase it as "An accident of birth." Zookeeper Apr 2012 #30
Can't we just...take care of the Tea Party...in Brainerd? (Buscemi, Fargo) n/t DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #14
I grew up in Chattanooga BeGoodDoGood Apr 2012 #15
There are outskirt houses still in Brainerd d_r Apr 2012 #25
This thread is awesome. Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #24
I think there are a lot of good people in the world d_r Apr 2012 #26
Fantastic! goclark Apr 2012 #31
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