Another sad day on Capitol Hill

Today the Senate dealt another blow to legal abortion, disallowing anyone to help underage girls cross a state line to receive an abortion to avoid parental consent laws. What these men (mostly) fail to understand is that most underage girls who receive abortions actually tell their parents. The ones who don't are almost always in much worse trouble than their parents could imagine or are in trouble that involves the parents themselves. Requiring girls to inform their parents of their abortions will result in deaths from illegal botched abortions and/or abuse by the parents.

I have a great many fears around the rest of Bush's term in office. The more I think about his personal stance based on his religious beliefs, the more afraid I become.

Let's impeach him and his whole administration.

Bush at the NAACP

I think George Bush needs to sneak out of the spotlight for a little while. Or maybe he just needs to be clued in to his audience. When Bush spoke to the NAACP for the first time during his entire presidency the other day, he talked about getting rid of the estate tax again.

An analysis of said tax revealed that the number of Black Americans who would benefit from its elimination is 59.

Not 59 percent, but 59 total.

Can we impeach him yet?

Proof That Racism is not Dead

The Voter Rights Act of 1965 may actually be in peril. It is of interest to a handful of Republicans to hold up its renewal. It feels like we are pushing hard against the walls of Jim Crow era Southern thought. Voters have been disenfranchised visibly in Ohio and Florida and possibly invisibly all over the country. The non-renewal of this act would simply make it official.

I can't believe that in the 21st century in the United States of America that I have to fear for my right to vote.

I signed a petition through moveon.org. Everybody should. Please pass it on.

UPDATE

Hooray for common sense! The Voter Rights Act was renewed today overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives. I can put away my police dog repellant for now.