Published in the Laconia Daily Sun
http://www.laconiadailysun.com/opinion/letters/92575-james-veverka-2-26-190
Some of the oddest reasoning found in the letters section comes from self-appointed experts on the constitution dwelling in the right wing camp. The latest round seen in the last couple of weeks had several claims that I found entertaining. There are the usual harebrained ones about Obama attacking the Constitution but since the death of Justice Scalia the rhetoric has reached new depths of half baked reasoning and to be honest, utter vacuity. One writer in particular, echoing the petulant cacophonies of the Tea Bag echo chamber, seems to think the voters in the 2016 election should have a say in who gets to fill a vacant seat in the US Supreme Court in 2017.
When I voted for Obama in 2012, I voted with the expectation that the next President's legal responsibilities were for 4 years, not 3. That is the law. Try to grasp this, campers: The voters DID have their say in 2012 and that duly elected President's duties and responsibilities, according the United States Constitution, are expected to be carried out for the entire term of office. It is in the job description. "He Shall".
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Trumpsters, Hate, and Forced Birth Activists
Published in the Laconia Daily Sun March, 2016
Have you noticed how obsessed certain writers are about Black Lives Matter, Muslims, and now Hillary? Most of these people align with the Tea Party. If there is any group that generally reeks of racism, hatred of Muslims and immigrants, and is afflicted with Obama Derangement Syndrome, it is the Tea Party. The Tea Party has now gotten what it deserves after years of spewing their ignorant sociopathic nastiness: A narcissistic, authoritarian, racist, misogynistic, anti-immigrant, Muslim hating, bully with the vocabulary of a 4th grader named Donald Trump. A man who will never be President yet will become very useful for Democrats in getting their message out. That is why I am rooting huuuuuugely for Donald Trump.
Then there are a couple of writers who waste time with attacks on the ACA. Its not a perfect plan because it was a Republican idea to begin with. It originated from CATO and The Heritage Foundation and was first passed in Massachusetts by Mitt Romney. It will be honed and improved upon in the years to come as all social safety net programs are. The next step towards Universal Healthcare will be to implement the Public Option which conservative democrats blocked with filibuster threats. Single Payer is not the only road to universal healthcare. President Hillary Clinton will do what she can to build upon the ACA and there will be no repeal. The latest enrollment period numbers are about 12.7 million in the marketplace, and very roughly 20 million total adding Medicaid expansion, young adults staying on their parents plan, and other coverage provisions. The uninsured rate went from 20.3% to 11.5% since 2012.(1) As far as being harmed, the breakdown is always along party lines so we shouldn't take that poll seriously. Pew Research found that 9 out of 10 Republicans were against it and 8 out of 10 Democrats supported it so if the poll was done right, the 26% are majority conservatives who will say anything.
I see the "Forced Birth" activist John Demakowski is back. When it comes to liberty and equality we can all agree it means control of one's body and our path in life. With the Forced Birth religious fanatics, that liberty excludes pregnant women. Pregnant women don't have personal autonomy in the extremist world of mandatory births. They frown upon women having control of their bodies so much that they even attack expanding contraception availability. The Southern Baptists even demand that a woman submit herself to her husband. For decades conservatives have even attacked condoms! Six years ago Colorado started a program of free contraception and their teen pregnancy rate plummeted 40%. Wow, that means fewer abortions, fewer unplanned pregnancies and fewer young mothers in need of public assistance. And yes, fewer unwanted and abused children. Its a win-win but the right wing is so infantile they just can't see it. There were more than 700,000 Google searches looking into self-induced abortions in 2015. In fact, there were 119,000 searches for the exact phrase “how to have a miscarriage.” The Texas Policy Evaluation Project found that between 100,000 and 240,000 women have attempted self induced abortions.(2) Another indictment of the Christian Sharia is that the highest teen births map looks a lot like the Confederacy.(3) Mr Demakowski also forgets that the videos he speaks of were bogus and the Forced Birth activists who made them were felony indicted and arrested. The fake medical group also was slapped by a restraining order regarding the videos. So far 30 states have investigated Planned Parenthood and in all instances, the organization was cleared.(4)
(1) http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/03/03-obamacare-chart.w529.h352.2x.jpg
(2) http://www.cbsnews.com/news/100000-texas-women-have-tried-to-self-induce-abortion/
(3) http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-health-topics/reproductive-health/teen-pregnancy/2014-teen-pregnancy-map.png
(4) http://wisconsingazette.com/2016/01/26/anti-abortion-activists-indicted-over-phony-videos-targeting-planned-parenthood/
Have you noticed how obsessed certain writers are about Black Lives Matter, Muslims, and now Hillary? Most of these people align with the Tea Party. If there is any group that generally reeks of racism, hatred of Muslims and immigrants, and is afflicted with Obama Derangement Syndrome, it is the Tea Party. The Tea Party has now gotten what it deserves after years of spewing their ignorant sociopathic nastiness: A narcissistic, authoritarian, racist, misogynistic, anti-immigrant, Muslim hating, bully with the vocabulary of a 4th grader named Donald Trump. A man who will never be President yet will become very useful for Democrats in getting their message out. That is why I am rooting huuuuuugely for Donald Trump.
Then there are a couple of writers who waste time with attacks on the ACA. Its not a perfect plan because it was a Republican idea to begin with. It originated from CATO and The Heritage Foundation and was first passed in Massachusetts by Mitt Romney. It will be honed and improved upon in the years to come as all social safety net programs are. The next step towards Universal Healthcare will be to implement the Public Option which conservative democrats blocked with filibuster threats. Single Payer is not the only road to universal healthcare. President Hillary Clinton will do what she can to build upon the ACA and there will be no repeal. The latest enrollment period numbers are about 12.7 million in the marketplace, and very roughly 20 million total adding Medicaid expansion, young adults staying on their parents plan, and other coverage provisions. The uninsured rate went from 20.3% to 11.5% since 2012.(1) As far as being harmed, the breakdown is always along party lines so we shouldn't take that poll seriously. Pew Research found that 9 out of 10 Republicans were against it and 8 out of 10 Democrats supported it so if the poll was done right, the 26% are majority conservatives who will say anything.
I see the "Forced Birth" activist John Demakowski is back. When it comes to liberty and equality we can all agree it means control of one's body and our path in life. With the Forced Birth religious fanatics, that liberty excludes pregnant women. Pregnant women don't have personal autonomy in the extremist world of mandatory births. They frown upon women having control of their bodies so much that they even attack expanding contraception availability. The Southern Baptists even demand that a woman submit herself to her husband. For decades conservatives have even attacked condoms! Six years ago Colorado started a program of free contraception and their teen pregnancy rate plummeted 40%. Wow, that means fewer abortions, fewer unplanned pregnancies and fewer young mothers in need of public assistance. And yes, fewer unwanted and abused children. Its a win-win but the right wing is so infantile they just can't see it. There were more than 700,000 Google searches looking into self-induced abortions in 2015. In fact, there were 119,000 searches for the exact phrase “how to have a miscarriage.” The Texas Policy Evaluation Project found that between 100,000 and 240,000 women have attempted self induced abortions.(2) Another indictment of the Christian Sharia is that the highest teen births map looks a lot like the Confederacy.(3) Mr Demakowski also forgets that the videos he speaks of were bogus and the Forced Birth activists who made them were felony indicted and arrested. The fake medical group also was slapped by a restraining order regarding the videos. So far 30 states have investigated Planned Parenthood and in all instances, the organization was cleared.(4)
(1) http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/03/03-obamacare-chart.w529.h352.2x.jpg
(2) http://www.cbsnews.com/news/100000-texas-women-have-tried-to-self-induce-abortion/
(3) http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-health-topics/reproductive-health/teen-pregnancy/2014-teen-pregnancy-map.png
(4) http://wisconsingazette.com/2016/01/26/anti-abortion-activists-indicted-over-phony-videos-targeting-planned-parenthood/
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