I spend a good bit of my free time reading and writing. I have to read the newspapers to find things that really piss me off so that I'll have something to write about.
Sometimes I read something in a newspaper that doesn't piss me off. Sometimes I read something that makes me think "Goddamn. I wish I'd written that."
A letter on the opinion page of the Dallas Morning News by Laura Kerr falls into the category of stuff I wish I had written first:
"So I’m reading all the anti-abortion filibuster stuff and about Governor Perry’s intention to try and get SB 5 passed again. I think there is a compromise here.
Put it to a statewide, registered vote. If you vote against allowing abortion, you would be required to put your name, address and Social Security number on the anti-abortion list. If the majority votes to limit abortion access, those people whose names are on the list get put in a lottery. Then, every time a woman is forced to have a child she does not want or can’t support, that child is delivered to a person on the list.
If you are going to be pro-life, you have to be pro-whole life — not just pro-birth."
Laura Kerr, Dallas
I followed the news coming out of Austin about Rick Perry's dominionist passion, resulting in his insistence on calling special legislative sessions until the motherfucker gets the law he wants. My late dad told me about something we called the Black Bean Theory of Government. If there was ever a case to be made supporting the theory, the endless reign of El Perrito would be it.
Anyway, Laura Kerr's proposal is the perfect solution to the abortion controversy, and it's beautiful in its simplicity. It's as close to a win/win as we're ever gonna get.
Sometimes I read something in a newspaper that doesn't piss me off. Sometimes I read something that makes me think "Goddamn. I wish I'd written that."
A letter on the opinion page of the Dallas Morning News by Laura Kerr falls into the category of stuff I wish I had written first:
"So I’m reading all the anti-abortion filibuster stuff and about Governor Perry’s intention to try and get SB 5 passed again. I think there is a compromise here.
Put it to a statewide, registered vote. If you vote against allowing abortion, you would be required to put your name, address and Social Security number on the anti-abortion list. If the majority votes to limit abortion access, those people whose names are on the list get put in a lottery. Then, every time a woman is forced to have a child she does not want or can’t support, that child is delivered to a person on the list.
If you are going to be pro-life, you have to be pro-whole life — not just pro-birth."
Laura Kerr, Dallas
I followed the news coming out of Austin about Rick Perry's dominionist passion, resulting in his insistence on calling special legislative sessions until the motherfucker gets the law he wants. My late dad told me about something we called the Black Bean Theory of Government. If there was ever a case to be made supporting the theory, the endless reign of El Perrito would be it.
Anyway, Laura Kerr's proposal is the perfect solution to the abortion controversy, and it's beautiful in its simplicity. It's as close to a win/win as we're ever gonna get.
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