Texas Bull

While across the country, and in the US Congress, the plot to keep women pregnant and powerless continues, in Texas they have continued to prove that they can do it bigger and better.  In fact, Governor Perry-- who not only can't remember the third thing on any list, he can't recall resigning from the presidential race after becoming a laughingstock-- continues to believe that he has a moral imperative to, well, make women behave.

After Wendy Davis' amazing filibuster, which was cut short by republicans who were just teed off at not getting things their way, Rick Perry had his own personal god-given tantrum.  Unable to get his forced pregnancy bill passed by following the rules that were set up by his own gang, and after his gang couldn't even break their own rules to get it passed anyway, Perry immediately stated that he is going to call for another special session.  Maybe this time there will be a secret meeting place.

Perry, who I believe has way too personal a fear of abortion, projected that fear when he said that because Davis was born into "difficult circumstances" she should know how important it is to prevent women from being able to decide to have an abortion.

In Mr. Perry's small mind, women only (and apparently always) opt for abortion because life's too tough.  Maybe just out of touch, or maybe it's that niggling fear that if his mom had had a choice, there would be no Rick Perry.  Isn't it this fear of women being in control that is determining this whole evangelical passion to force women to bear children?

The other issue surrounding this nonsense coming out of Texas is the fact-free assertion that fetuses feel pain.  Sadly, it was a woman who was blowing hot air on C-Span when I turned it on a week or so ago, and she was nearly in tears over the thought that these fetuses could feel pain.

To all those legislators there in Texas who are feeling the pain of those fetuses, I want you to dry those crocodile tears and pay attention.  Because Texas is helping my state of South Carolina hold down the bottom in terms of health care, education and child nutrition.

It's time to take care of this group of constituents, who we know for a fact feel pain:

From AlterNet

From Dallas Observer

And if you Texas legislators are really into doing some research about pain, you'll find a lot of it in your own backyard.  And you won't have to force women to take the helping hand that will help feed their kids.

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Ignorance and Power

When you're too ignorant even to know to keep it to yourself, it sounds like this:

Well, "gee whiz," Saxby, I get a bit nervous considering how you might want to go about fixing this problem.  If you can't change the hormone levels in those 17 to 22 or 23 year-olds that are coming in to the military, and you claim to want to do something about rape in the armed services, you might be suggesting that women should be more segregated.  Coming from Georgia, you would understand a lot about that.

Because it is sounding a lot like if black folk don't go to the same schools or use the same bathrooms as white folk well then white folk won't be tempted to beat them up.

The Taliban has a big problem with women tempting their men to evil sexual thoughts as well.  So they've solved that problem by making "their" women wear a hijab.  Oh, and they can't leave the house without a man to chaperon, even if the "man" is eight years old.

So maybe you think that in our military women require uniforms more suitable to keeping our fighting men at bay.  Maybe women should only go out in groups, oh, and with a chaperon.

So, gals, Senator Saxby Chambliss is the guy who is going to protect you from those randy 18-year-old recruits.  Let him know how much you appreciate that:

DC Address:	The Honorable Saxby Chambliss United States Senate 416 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-1004
DC Phone:	202-224-3521
DC Fax:	202-224-0103