Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion

A couple nights ago when pointing out that IrregularTimes.com seems to be focusing so much on just a handful of topics like Americans Elect (good lord, look at all those entries) that we seem to be missing other topics of interest. Well, here is one of those topics that seems to have been missed.

Michigan Republican Senator Bruce “Douchebag” Casswell has introduced a proposal that would ban children in foster care from using their state clothing allowance to buy cloths from any place other than thrift stores. What is Senator Douchebag’s reasoning?

“I never had anything new,” Caswell says.

He gave some more reasoning, but when all is said and done, this is what it boils down to. I’ve seen this with so many parents that it makes me want to weep. Instead of wanting better for their kids they figure “I didn’t have it that good, why should they?” Only, with Senator Douchebag, instead of doing this to his kids, he’s doing this to the most downtrodden kids we have; those who for whatever reason have biological parents who have given them up. These kids have next to nothing and now Senator Douchebag wants to give them even less. And note, he’s trying to justify his douchebag move by claiming it’ll save the state money, only, it won’t. These kids are getting a state clothing allowance; the only way he’d be able to honestly say it’d save the state money is if he cut the amount the kids were getting. Telling them they can only shop in thrift stores won’t do dick because the same amount of money is being spent, regardless of where they go to spend it.

All he’s doing is telling these kids; “we can’t give you a stable home to call your own with a family who wants you aside from your Foster Parents who you can be taken away from at any time, and now we’re not even going to let you have nice cloths.”

From MotherJones.com, The House GOP’s Plan to Redefine Rape

For years, federal laws restricting the use of government funds to pay for abortions have included exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. (Another exemption covers pregnancies that could endanger the life of the woman.) But the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” a bill with 173 mostly Republican co-sponsors that House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has dubbed a top priority in the new Congress, contains a provision that would rewrite the rules to limit drastically the definition of rape and incest in these cases.

With this legislation, which was introduced last week by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Republicans propose that the rape exemption be limited to “forcible rape.” This would rule out federal assistance for abortions in many rape cases, including instances of statutory rape, many of which are non-forcible. For example: If a 13-year-old girl is impregnated by a 24-year-old adult, she would no longer qualify to have Medicaid pay for an abortion. (Smith’s spokesman did not respond to a call and an email requesting comment.)

Given that the bill also would forbid the use of tax benefits to pay for abortions, that 13-year-old’s parents wouldn’t be allowed to use money from a tax-exempt health savings account (HSA) to pay for the procedure. They also wouldn’t be able to deduct the cost of the abortion or the cost of any insurance that paid for it as a medical expense.

So what they’re saying is that girls and women who are either drugged up or under the threat of force or coerced would be ineligible for a government assisted abortion. A woman could be surrounded by fifteen guys and repetedly threatened with violence while being gang banged on the pinball machine and still not be able to get help terminating a resulting pregnancy. There is also a wonderful little tidbit in the article pointing out that there is no federally mandated term “forcible rape” and very few local laws use that term. So, taking this bill to it’s extremes, a woman could be ineligible for an assisted abortion unless she was shot or stabbed during the encounter. The language is just that vague and it doesn’t offer a definition for “forcible rape.”

Thank you, Republicans, I’m sure your constituents feel much better knowing you’re there to stand up for justice and common decency. Oh, and by the way? You SUCK.

A wee bit of noise has begun to be made by supporters of a presumed 2012 presidential campaign by Mitt Romney. Romney fans made a big deal about Romney’s first place showing in a recent New Hampshire straw poll, though only a minority of the invited GOP elites actually voted for Romney.

Some point out that Mitt Romney’s supposed political strongholds are not as solid as Romney might like, and Romney’s failure to produce a solid campaign in 2008 leaves many Republicans suspicious of Romney’s leadership abilities.

There is a Facebook group now supporting Mitt Romney for President in 2012. It has 23,480 members so far!

That sounds promising, but then, all one has to do to join a Facebook group is to click a “like” button, and then forget about it, as one’s supposed membership requires no money, no work, and not even any attention. A person can be a member of 1,000 such Facebook groups, and never do anything to support the cause to which the Facebook group is supposedly devoted.

The question is, really, how much a Facebook group actually DOES to support a political candidate. In the case of the Mitt Romney for President 2012 Facebook group, the results are underwhelming. Right now, the group begins its self-description by stating: “Mission #1 is to focus on the 2010 races”.

The 2010 election was over three months ago. What has the Mitt Romney for President 2012 Facebook group done lately? Nothing. It hasn’t even bothered to update its profile.

With supporters like these Mitt Romney is going to have a very difficult time running for President indeed.

It’s quite clear that the blog entitled I Like Mike Huckabee 2012 is run by a Huckabee enthusiast Still, the blog makes a show of claiming to be an objective source of news.

“Get the Facts * Share the Truth,” reads the blog’s byline.

The fact is that, in a straw poll in New Hampshire this last weekend, Mike Huckabee got just 2.5 percent of the vote. That’s the truth – I’m not making it up.

What did the I Like Mike Huckabee blog have to say about this pathetic performance? Nothing. The pro-Huckabee blogger just pretended that the straw poll never happened.

Running from the facts. Scared of the truth. That’s the Mike Huckabee supporter for you.

Apparently, Mike Huckabee is preparing for a 2012 presidential campaign. If that’s true, I’d love to have a Huckabee supporter come here and explain what Huckabee is doing in the following photograph.

He appears to be tying up a woman with a lasso, as if she’s a prize heifer. Is this redneck bondage?

With regards to all the tax cut coverage, right now I’m more interested in DADT.

Right now I’m watching CNN and it seems the Senate is now voting on a stand-alone bill regarding DADT. No news on what the result is yet.

The motion passed, 65-31, DADT is repealed. Now Obama has to sign it (due next week) and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs has to certify it.

Basically, this is a repost of a thread I started on another forum. I know I should have some grand thing to say after my long absence, but…I’m not sure how I could have said it differently.

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To say I didn’t see this coming would be a lie. I saw it…because the Republicans have been doing this since Obama took office. But still, this reeks of a surprising amount of petulance as well as a willingness to fuck over the whole country just to get their way.

Republicans Want to Extend Their Tax Cuts, Will Hold Breath Until They Get Their Way

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans threatened Wednesday to block virtually all legislation until expiring tax cuts are extended and a bill is passed to fund the federal government, vastly complicating Democratic attempts to leave their own stamp on the final days of the post-election Congress.

“While there are other items that might ultimately be worthy of the Senate’s attention, we cannot agree to prioritize any matters above the critical issues of funding the government and preventing a job-killing tax hike,” all 42 GOP senators wrote in a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. The 42 signatures are more than enough to block action on almost any item he wishes to advance.

The threat does not apply to a new arms control treaty with Russia that is pending, since it would be debated under rules that differ from those that apply to routine legislation. President Barack Obama has made ratification of the pact a top priority.

But it does threaten Democratic attempts to lift the Pentagon’s ban on openly gay members of the military, and a separate item to give legal status to young illegal immigrants who attend college or serve in the military. The tax and spending bills are likely to be the last to pass before Congress adjourns for the year.

Today, I found a dollar for Ron Paul, and a dollar against Ron Paul. They’re the same dollar.

Who is Ron Paul? A loser.

Way to waste a vote! RonPaul2008.com

As you can see, this dollar bill is also against the eye at the top of the pyramid. That’ll stop the New World Order!

It appears that Joe Wilson is even embarrassed with himself. Wilson’s was the voice you heard last night during the speech by President Obama – the voice that shouted out “You lie!”

This morning, Joe Wilson is not to be found – at least not on the official congressional web.

It appears that Wilson’s staff has placed his site in the garage, “for maintenance”. The following is all Wilson’s constituents see this morning, when they try to find out information about him through House.gov:

Keep on screwin’ her, Sammy.