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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:16 AM Original message |
The slippery slope toward gradually giving up women's rights, bit by bit. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. American women seem absent on this issue |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. They either don't care or they are too young to remember |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. Or they've marginalized by just being likable enough. nt |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
62. It's very subtle how women are portrayed in our Media...and in many ways |
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truthrocks (160 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
67. I Remember Too Well |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #67 |
77. Thank you, truthrocks, |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #67 |
93. thank you for your post truthrocks, and welcome to DU! |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
76. Young people don't remember what it was like |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
78. why is it 'wrong' to control fertility |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #78 |
83. I recall hearing a comedian say once |
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sweetpotato (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #78 |
122. Because controlling fertility = controlling women |
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truthrocks (160 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #78 |
124. Well stated, KakistocracyHater! |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
87. I think you're right... |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #87 |
118. How many have taken up the torch? |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
126. i think the thing is that people my age and younger take it for granted. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Plenty of women are religious freaks too |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I think your point about affluent women is spot on n/t |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I spent the first half of my life assuming my rights were secure |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. When women tried to vote on women's issues in New Hampshire they were called "racists" |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Interesting perspective |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
141. There Were Essays All Over the Place - Women Against Women |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I was never one of those people. Never. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. You're right |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. We're 55% of the population. If we're not a priority, then who is? |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
56. Maybe the poor, indigent, homeless, sick, displaced? |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #56 |
72. You sound as if no woman were poor, indigent, homeless, sick or displaced |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 07:06 AM Response to Reply #72 |
81. The priority is on both genders that fall into those catagories. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
99. Women are the majority of those living below poverty level. |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
82. Actually, I think, |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #82 |
114. I noticed |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. The Clinton campaign lied about Obama's record on choice |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
48. "women who worried about women's issue were told to shut up and vote for Obama." |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. I think Obama is as pro-choice as any other Democrat. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:41 AM Response to Reply #59 |
80. I agree. I think they've bought in altogether too much to this "all-powerful values voter" Bullshit. |
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Spectral Music (349 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
116. Good post. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
65. Oh yeah, NH........... |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
92. So you're saying they voted for the white woman... |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #92 |
97. That is just stupid |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 03:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
101. HRC really frightened me at one point ... |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
119. Pharmacist refused to sell birth control to a woman in downtown Chicago a couple years ago. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think that much of the problem is that many people |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Anyone who assumes that |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 03:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
102. True .... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. kick |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think the slippery slope is pointing in the other direction |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's what I'm trying to do. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. We are in a very dangerous position and the threat is coming from the Left in concert with far right |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Then, my friend, you may consider me a very dangerous "threat"... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. Tom Daschle voted YES !? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. You need to read about the bill Daschle tried to pass in 1997. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. And this guy is going to be heading HHS? n/t |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. They say he is now pro-choice. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. His background makes me doubt that very much. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I agree...the bill was so awful. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. No kidding, did you read the post about Oklahoma's creationism bill? n/t |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
15. Forensic vagina inspectors??? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. You caught that, did you? Amazing and scary. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
133. I caught that too, madflo |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. I am sad and frustrated by the ground we |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
19. the bill in SD was signed but then was over-turned by the voters in 2006 |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Good, glad to hear that. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
21. So, we can discard women and gays and he's not even in office yet? |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. The courting of the Religious Right is no accident, They have greater fund raising potential . |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. We have one party, controlled mostly by men, who are determined to turn the entire earth |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 03:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
109. GOP FUNDED THE CHRISTIAN COALITION ... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
142. Begging Your Pardon, But I Think We Shot That Myth All to Hell |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
24. Attack on women's health rights by Leftist politicians in power deal with Catholic Church |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Every unwanted pregnancy begins with a man engaging in unprotected sex yet men are not |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
52. the catholic church would collapse without women |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 10:10 PM Original message |
The Catholic Church is a male power hierarchy. Women are not equal and and have no say |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
111. Re Phyllis Schafly . . . ERA campaign funded by Mormons and Vatican . .. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. deleted double post |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 04:02 AM Response to Reply #52 |
110. That's always been true...but so is the Vatican's war on women.... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
30. K&R I remember the article on El Salvador and the "forensic vagina inspectors" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I remember that term.... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Nope. Not a joke. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
31. How the woman might be detained. Article says this conundrum just starting in US |
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dorktv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
68. One day, women will once again be locked up unless there is something done. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. This may well be one of the single most important posts ever made at DU if you are a woman. Disgard |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I remember the times before it was legal. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Many women vanished "forever". |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
66. Yes, many women of my mother's generation died |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. They also died needlessly during natural miscarriage because to help the fetus pass was illegal |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 04:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
112. Right . .. because the laws forced women into dangerous situations .. . |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. I remember the article in 2006 |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Very serious. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 04:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
113. Unbelievable . . . !!! |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
39. With the downturn in the economy, the number of abortions |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Very good point. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 03:41 AM Response to Reply #39 |
105. Money for an abortion will be scarce ... this will result in more attempts ... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. Ah, yes, the El Salvador forensic vagina inspectors. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Yes, that is what worries me...those on the left who go along with it. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
51. It is sad how unaware of lot of the younger women are of the battles that occurred, and the lives |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
100. yes I wrote to our local "news"paper about the march |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
53. just as one side feels passionately that the issue is about women's rights... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. There's the problem. Instead of standing for women's rights the Democrats |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 03:46 AM Response to Reply #54 |
107. A lit of Dems are Catholic right-wingers ...."pro-Life" group now in Dem Party-!! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #107 |
125. so? don't they have a right to their opinion as well? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. "Opinion" and influence are two different things . . . |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #127 |
130. abortion isn't my issue, so their stand on it doesn't mean a thing to me. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. Usually . . . |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. the issue doesn't touch the women in my life, either- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Disagree also on birth control . . . |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #134 |
135. i don't think that you appreciate the horniness of the american electorate. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #135 |
137. Not necessarily tomorrow --- but . . . |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #137 |
138. sorry- but you're completely wrong on this one. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. And, I presume you're also vouching for Plan B -- |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. why would you presume that? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #140 |
143. It's birth control . .. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. some people consider it to be abortion, tho... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. The PILL is also considered abortion by same people .... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. not all or enough of them to matter, tho. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. If it keeps a fertilized egg from adhering to the lining of the womb . . . |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #147 |
148. and the few fanatics may get their way on some things... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. I agree -- "rubbers, diaphrams, foam" --- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 03:44 AM Response to Reply #53 |
106. The majority are for "choice" ..Catholic women have abortions at same rate -- |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #106 |
115. just because catholic women have abortions themselves, it doesn't mean that they're for "choice"... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #115 |
120. It doesn't mean they're against it for everyone else, either --- !!! |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'm one of those who would need the health exception. |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Actually, |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #61 |
85. Yup. Mirena made my hair fall out. |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #85 |
94. Oh God. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Yeah, I've looked into IUDs a bit. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
73. Copper IUD is the smokes |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #73 |
86. I have thought about it. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-13-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #55 |
136. you forgot abstinence... |
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plantwomyn (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #136 |
150. You forgot abstinence |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
57. Rick Warren |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
58. The US of A is in the stone ages compared to Cuba now. |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
60. i have heard that young women basically have no |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
64. Thank you madfloridian - |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #64 |
128. Women are a convenient issue to concede. |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
69. Laws against sexual freedom make women and gays second class citizens. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #69 |
89. Very well said. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 03:49 AM Response to Reply #69 |
108. Patriarchy still reigns; org patriarchal religion its underpinning ... |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
70. Why didn't Edwards, Biden and Kerry vote? |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
71. Tom Daschle!!!!!!!!!!????????????? Our new Secretary of Health? |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
75. Remember Romania under Ceausescu? It was hell on earth |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. I knew it was bad there, but that is so shocking!! |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #75 |
84. Jesus Christ. |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
88. Here, come sit by us, teh Gay. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Very true indeed. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
91. The fact that we are still trying to get the ERA enacted is depressing .. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. It is worse than depressing, it is embarrassing!!!! |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
98. constant vigailance |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
103. The right to "self-defense" against a fetus ... denied to women ...!!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
104. Besides Daschle...Dem Party now has "Pro-Life group/Catholics ... |
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Spectral Music (349 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #104 |
117. kick |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
121. I remember the Sherri Finkbine case well |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. Oh, I had forgotten that. Great article by Anna Quindlen. Thalidomide babies. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #121 |
129. Thanks for the reminder . . . |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
151. We need to be on guard. |
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