All the Phillip Morris company wants to do is give Marlboro-smoking young people from around the world a taste and sight of Marlboro country.
Problem is, those pesky Americans keep trying to get in the picture. Oh
yeah, and they're doing it on public land, and the company
representatives act like major pricks about the whole thing.
And if the Republicans want to ban abortion, fine. Have a fricking vote out in the open on the thing. Don't sneak it into a budget bill, m'kay? Go ahead, tell women that they shouldn't have the right to talk to their doctors about all their options. Are you afraid people might notice your party is actively hostile to women? Grumble grumble.
And how's this for an idea: "Are there other political acts that would reconnect procreation and marriage? Perhaps, if we are prepared to think "outside the box." For example, we could turn one of our opponents' key arguments back on them. Perhaps we should restrict some of the legal and welfare benefits of civil marriage solely to those married during their time of natural, procreative potential: for women, below the age of 45 or so (for men, in the Age of Viagra, the line would admittedly be harder to draw)." Fine, go ahead, I dare you to try proposing that!
Scary, scary times. Until Republicans like my friends stand up and say, "You guys are FREAKS, leave us all alone, don't mess with our lives, you're FIRED!" there will be more and more of this kind of think. Sadly, most people aren't the kind to bother.
And if the Republicans want to ban abortion, fine. Have a fricking vote out in the open on the thing. Don't sneak it into a budget bill, m'kay? Go ahead, tell women that they shouldn't have the right to talk to their doctors about all their options. Are you afraid people might notice your party is actively hostile to women? Grumble grumble.
And how's this for an idea: "Are there other political acts that would reconnect procreation and marriage? Perhaps, if we are prepared to think "outside the box." For example, we could turn one of our opponents' key arguments back on them. Perhaps we should restrict some of the legal and welfare benefits of civil marriage solely to those married during their time of natural, procreative potential: for women, below the age of 45 or so (for men, in the Age of Viagra, the line would admittedly be harder to draw)." Fine, go ahead, I dare you to try proposing that!
Scary, scary times. Until Republicans like my friends stand up and say, "You guys are FREAKS, leave us all alone, don't mess with our lives, you're FIRED!" there will be more and more of this kind of think. Sadly, most people aren't the kind to bother.
