Sunday, May 8, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
21 week preemie now a healthy 7 pounds, will likely have no health problems.
What a medical miracle! And to think that so many people would still say it's okay to kill a child that far along...
What a medical miracle! And to think that so many people would still say it's okay to kill a child that far along...
Monday, May 2, 2011
Should I be happy that Osama bin Laden is dead?
On an instinctual level, I think anyone who was affected by the 9/11 attacks (which is pretty much EVERYONE who was around to remember it) is expressing some kind of positive emotion.
I cannot bring myself to cheer. A life unnecessarily taken is a life lost, regardless of the crimes.
People are all around chanting "we won!". But did we? In a decade we have gone from living in freedom to living in fear. Thousands of lives have been lost in the War on Terror, both at home and abroad. An entire religion of peace has been vilified due to the actions of a few extremists. The economy has gone from stable to an absolute disaster.
Osama bin Laden is dead. This doesn't mean it's over.
On an instinctual level, I think anyone who was affected by the 9/11 attacks (which is pretty much EVERYONE who was around to remember it) is expressing some kind of positive emotion.
I cannot bring myself to cheer. A life unnecessarily taken is a life lost, regardless of the crimes.
People are all around chanting "we won!". But did we? In a decade we have gone from living in freedom to living in fear. Thousands of lives have been lost in the War on Terror, both at home and abroad. An entire religion of peace has been vilified due to the actions of a few extremists. The economy has gone from stable to an absolute disaster.
Osama bin Laden is dead. This doesn't mean it's over.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
sigh
Sometimes reading my Facebook posts just makes me realize how much of a minority I am in my beliefs about human life.
Friday, March 25, 2011
A century later
100 years ago today, 146 garment workers died when a fire started in the factory they worked in. Why couldn't they escape?
The doors were locked.
An eyewitness describes the sight: Horrified and helpless, the crowds — I among them — looked up at the burning building, saw girl after girl appear at the reddened windows, pause for a terrified moment, and then leap to the pavement below, to land as mangled, bloody pulp. This went on for what seemed a ghastly eternity. Occasionally a girl who had hesitated too long was licked by pursuing flames and, screaming with clothing and hair ablaze, plunged like a living torch to the street. Life nets held by the firemen were torn by the impact of the falling bodies..
Some of the bodies were identified where they landed in the street. Others were identified by relatives in the morgue.
The youngest victims were barely teenagers. Most were immigrants.
If anyone ever wonders why I'm a liberal, here is a list of 146 reasons.
And now conservatives want to scale back on worker protection measures and break up unions. If you're one of those--what if one of your children was working in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
The doors were locked.
An eyewitness describes the sight: Horrified and helpless, the crowds — I among them — looked up at the burning building, saw girl after girl appear at the reddened windows, pause for a terrified moment, and then leap to the pavement below, to land as mangled, bloody pulp. This went on for what seemed a ghastly eternity. Occasionally a girl who had hesitated too long was licked by pursuing flames and, screaming with clothing and hair ablaze, plunged like a living torch to the street. Life nets held by the firemen were torn by the impact of the falling bodies..
Some of the bodies were identified where they landed in the street. Others were identified by relatives in the morgue.
The youngest victims were barely teenagers. Most were immigrants.
If anyone ever wonders why I'm a liberal, here is a list of 146 reasons.
And now conservatives want to scale back on worker protection measures and break up unions. If you're one of those--what if one of your children was working in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
Monday, March 14, 2011
I can't believe I missed this
“My switch to pro-life had nothing to do with religion”
Dr. Bernard Nathanson, 1926-2011, abortion doctor turned pro-life advocate.
Sometimes, I wonder if it's hypocritical of me to now speak against abortion when I had one myself. And then I read about men like Dr. Nathanson, and I realize it's never too late to do the right thing.
Dr. Bernard Nathanson, 1926-2011, abortion doctor turned pro-life advocate.
Sometimes, I wonder if it's hypocritical of me to now speak against abortion when I had one myself. And then I read about men like Dr. Nathanson, and I realize it's never too late to do the right thing.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
budget cuts
All over the country, states are being forced to cut their budgets, which also includes things like family-planning and womens' health services (Planned Parenthood). I get it..the money has to come from somewhere. But where's the money to help the already poor families and children?
I don't like Planned Parenthood any more than any other pro-life woman, but there's got to be some kind of alternative to make sure families are being cared for.
I don't like Planned Parenthood any more than any other pro-life woman, but there's got to be some kind of alternative to make sure families are being cared for.
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