A Pair of Brass Ones

The most entertaining of the Fluke commentaries I've read so far, from Lori Ziganto, a lady who clearly has brass ovaries in an age where too many men in public life have misplaced an important part of their anatomies:

Not one has even questioned the veracity of the statements in her ‘testimony’, which were so absurd they were almost comical. Most of it was typical slacker/entitlement mentality nonsense. We are to feel sorry for her, a thirty year old woman at Georgetown Law School, because she can’t afford some things. Paying for one’s own birth control is an ‘untenable burden’. No, really. She said that. If this mandate is supposedly (wink, wink, nudge nudge) to help The Poor ™, why is she asking – nay, demanding – that religious institutions be forced to subsidize self-absorbed 30 year old students at a fancy pants school? Instead of a law degree, she should receive a PhD in mooching; Doctor of Entitlement! Listen, honey, grow up. Get a real job and not some made up ‘reproductive rights activist’ job and, you know, stop buying stuff you can’t afford. Prioritize, baby! It’s easy. We grown-ups do things like that. Get out of your perpetual childhood-ridden Ivory tower. Try for a little less whinies and a little more thinkies. “Your body, your choice?” Your money, toots.

She then upped the absurd by testifying that numerous female students at Georgetown are so stupid that they wander aimlessly about not seeking medical care because they can’t read insurance policies. She publicly announced that women are so stupid that they don’t know how to read. Perhaps they should pick a different field of study than law where reading is, you know, fundamental? And perhaps ‘Reproductive Rights Activist’ isn’t the best job for Sandra Fluke if she can’t explain things to these poor, silly little women so they won’t be shocked – SHOCKED – that a Jesuit school won’t pay for their contraceptives. Further, the cost of contraceptives that she offered in her testimony indicates that the Planned Parenthood just down the road must be price gouging. Shouldn’t this be investigated? For The Women and all. She then grossly stated that a woman who was raped didn’t go to the doctor because she assumed it wasn’t covered as it was a ‘reproductive health’ issue. Beyond despicable. Yet not one question from the Press.

The fluttering metrosexuals in manty hose need to re-grow one of these:

And what ever other parts of their anatomies that the Nancy Pelosis of the world have removed from them.

Read her whole commentary here.

Um. No.

I've heard that when Marines are out working in the swamps and woods of the deep south they may wear woman's panty hose under their uniforms in order to block chiggers and mosquitoes.  The infernal pests can't get through the fine mesh of the hose.  But I have no question about a Marine's manly manliness. 

It seems that, however, that men are adopting panty hose as general wear.  I'm sorry.  I'm sexist.  Men in panty hose just don't appeal.

This is sexy:

This is not:

Article here.

Crud

You think that once they are 18 you are done. They can take care of themselves.  But if you've done your job right you still get phone calls because they need to talk.  And tonight I got a "I need to talk to my Mommy" call. My daughter is an investigator for Child Protective Services. I hate her job. She hates her job - she is battling a society that doesn't really value children.  Serious bad things happen. The emotional toll is horrendous.

And I'm so flippin' upset and distracted that later I manage to tangle up my own feet and fall.  Throwing my left hand out to block in the process.  I'm still not sure what I hit.  But I'm thinking I may have busted my pinkie on my left hand.  It hurts and it looks funny.  I guess tomorrow will tell whether I go get an x-ray or not.  And I dare not mention it because my daughter has already expressed concerns because I don't react to pain very much.  It's just like "Oh...Crud.  Well, there you go."

Gottcher Back

Security Fail

Dear Mom,

You weren't home and I got hungry.  So I helped myself to a snack.

Love, Blu
 

Not Hiring this Gal

Nope.  Three years of law school and this is the best argument she can come up with – one that two seconds of analytical thinking can pull apart.  The only word I can think of for the testimony is “stupid.” 

As everybody probably knows by now, the usual suspects had one Sandra Fluke stand up before a Congressional hearing and bemoan that she and many of her fellow students are being seriously hurt by the cost of contraceptives.  Apparently, they are having a lot of sex over there at Georgetown, and she can barely get by on her scholarship money because she has to pay for contraceptives out of her own pocket.  My heart bleeds.

Pssst… come closer Sandra…I have a secret I want to share with you.  Closer…I want to make sure you can hear this… Pregnancy isn’t a disease.  In fact, it is a very natural thing, and necessary for the survival of the species – a species that has aborted and contracepted so heavily that many countries are becoming demographically irrelevant.  You need human beings to pay the taxes in order for the government to buy you stuff, by the way – it doesn’t come off a money tree.   And even if it was a disease, you already have access to a preventative that is absolutely free – self control.  I know you’d rather someone else be responsible for your actions, but oh, well.

On the other hand, oral contraceptives, quite aside from the fact that some of them act as abortafacients, have been associated with health problems such as blood clots.  Ask my neighbor how long she was laid up in the hospital a couple years ago because of her oral contraceptive.  So it could be argued that you and your pals are demanding that someone else pay to put a potentially dangerous drug in your system.  Shall the school provide you with an occasional cig as well?

And where are the men in this?  Well, letting you hold the bag for their fun – that’s where they are.  You are making sure that they won’t have to deal with responsibility.  Tell you what – ask your boyfriend to pay for the contraceptives that let him have his grins and giggles.  No steady boyfriend?  Multiple partners is called “high risk sex” – that also has known health risks.

So here’s a recommendation, Sandra.  Spend more time studying law, and less time having sex.  Maybe you might learn to put together a cogent argument.  Until then, ain’t no way I’d let you argue anything for me. 

A Couple Political Follies

From our neighbor the Socialist State of Maryland:

The American Mustache Institute presented Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R) with a proposal called the Stache Act, which calls for a $250 tax deduction for grooming products for mustachioed men.  Due to a media request for information it got forwarded to the House Ways and Means Committee.  His office should have shredded the thing when it first came in.  Political opponents who are challenging him this year have jumped on it as a sign that Bartlett, who himself has a mustache, supports the measure and hence is out of touch with his financially suffering constituents. His chief of staff responded:  "Roscoe is pro-stache, but he does not believe Americans should pay for people's  personal grooming decisions."  More here. 

The other incident that was getting a lot of chatter yesterday concerned Prince George's County council woman Karen Toles, who was clocked doing more than 100 mph on the Beltway.  In a county car.  Said she was late for a meeting.  First question - Where the heck is there any place on the D.C. Beltway where you can possibly move that fast?  Every time I'm on it I'm lucky to hit 50 mph.  Second question, and the one everybody is asking is - How is it that all she got was a ticket for an illegal lane change?  More here.