Perspective On The Planned Parenthood Cuts

Jobs? No. Defunding Planned Parenthood? Yes, In Johnny Boehner's House.

The U.S. Government does NOT fund abortions, ever, except in cases of rape, incest, or harm to the woman's life. Period. The U.S. Government has funded Planned Parenthood to give "health services" to women and families, not including rape. Well, today, 240 Congressmen decided that politics should trump this good policy, and voted to de-fund Planned Parenthood. Many are angry, and want to take action, and they should. This, like anti-union actions in the states, is bold-faced politicking, meant to destroy all things progressive in this nation, and render opposition to the Corporate Republican Party's agenda pointless.

You know who needs to take action though? The President and the Senate. If these clowns in the U.S. House think they are going to use a government spending bill to take action on all of their pet issues, the Senate needs to pass a clean bill and refuse their joke of a spending bill. The President needs to stand up and say that he will veto their bad bill, no matter how much pressure they bring on him, and show the courage to lead that we elected him to do. His Presidency has been historic, and the GOP has done it's best to try and destroy it. It's time to fight back. For all of 2010, the Democratic Party allowed itself to be intimidated by a fringe movement of bullies, and allowed it's spirit of 2008 to die. We need to call on our old-school spirit as a part, the spirit of FDR, of Kennedy, and of Clinton, as he faced down Newt Gingrich during his shut-down attempt. Do not be intimidated by the bullies in the House, turn their taunts on them.

Speaker Boehner, WHERE ARE THE JOBS???

The Party of Pat Robertson Returns

Remember the 2010 campaign? Remember how the GOP campaigned against spending and the deficit? Remember that party? Yeah, it's gone. Pat Robertson's right-wing religious fanatics are back in charge now. Target number one in this Congress? Abortion access, and coverage. For years, there has been general agreement that the government will NOT fund abortion with tax dollars, except in the case of rape, incest, and threat to the mother's life. Everyone agrees to play by those rules. Until now. Johnny Boehner and the boys want to limit the only eligibility for tax-funded abortion to "forcible rape." Don't think they've dropped this witch-hunt, the language is still in the bill.

But that's not enough either. In their ideological chase for a right-wing Christian vision for this country, they now are targeting the poor and sick women of America. Laser-like focus on jobs, anyone?

A coalition of abortion foes joined an undercover video activist Thursday in demanding that lawmakers cut all funding for Planned Parenthood, which they accused of complicity in the trafficking of underage girls for prostitution. Planned Parenthood denies the allegations.

The attack came a day after House Republicans announced a spending proposal for the rest of the budget year that would eliminate funding for a 40-year-old family planning program. Planned Parenthood is the largest recipient of the so-called Title X funds, which cover contraception and cancer screenings, but not abortions, for low-income patients.

The proposed spending cuts added momentum to a burgeoning feud over abortion in Congress. Buoyed by the arrival of dozens of new antiabortion Republicans, conservatives have introduced several bills that would further distance taxpayers from abortion.

Current policy already bars federal money for abortion in Medicaid and other government programs except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the life of the woman.

Not only is the inaction of this House hurting this nation, so is the actions taken by it. Job legislation? No. Gutting out every program for the good of the public, for public broadcasting, or for the health of women, Yes. Speaker John Boehner is a joke.

They Pulled It On ACORN, So Conservative Blowhards Are At It Again

A fake pimp walks into an office and asks for help. The work of discredited Andrew Breitbart? Another ACORN? No, but Breitbart is probably proud. Now the radical right is targeting Planned Parenthood, having sent their cameras in to do another hit-job based on false accusations. Lila Rose is this month's "conservative hero." While her video is at best inconclusive of anything, if you Google "Planned Parenthood" news, you see a lot of coverage treating it as serious. Despite the fact that the video shows nothing, people don't seem to tell the Rose/Breitbart crowd they are full of it. Even though their accusation that Planned Parenthood has a systemic habit of supporting "pimps" and such, their record shows they do not support this behavior. Unfortunately, in an effort to look reasonable, Planned Parenthood fired the woman in the video. No one should take these hoaxsters seriously, especially after they've been discredited on Shirley Sherrod and the ACORN story. Did anyone find out if the woman in the video alerted authorities after the "pimp" left. I sure hope they did do-diligence before accepting the video as some form of indictment. No one can even be sure if the tape is true, or a ball of lies, coming from this crowd.

Now, they want to, as expected, call for action on their twisted hoax. They want to gather a bunch of right-wing, lunatic leaders together to call for the "defunding" of Planned Parenthood, headlined by the rabidly-partisan Erick Erickson and the bigoted Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council. If there was ever a reason to support a group like Planned Parenthood, one who at other times can grate on my nerves, this is it. These people are seeking to basically make progressivism illegal in this nation, and even seek to overturn standing U.S. Law like a woman's right to choose. This is America. Groups like this, who seek the abolition of those who disagree with them, do not behave in a spirit that is consistent with American values, most notably our right to have political positions. They create fake videos of disgusting behavior to try and force progressive causes out of existence, but cry foul when someone attacks their causes after an abortion doctor is killed, or a clinic bombed. People like Lila Rose are the problem in our politics. What group will they try to "defund" next with a pimp.