Teen Endangerment, Political Tricks, and Nerves
Well it's been a while since I posted anything, and I apologize for that! If you read my friend Maggie's blog, or Michelle's, you know how busy things are. We are currently 40 days away from election day. For most people that translates into "40 more days of these phone calls, and ads, and mudslinging?" And for those of us who work in this schtuff are saying "what?? 40 days! I can't wait for it to be over, but can I have more time please? My calls? My door knocking goals, my absentee ballots! I'll never get this all done in 40 days."
And then if you are a republican in congress, you think something else entirely!!!
You think, Finally we'll pass this law that's as dangerous to young women as it purports to be safe for them.
You think, we'll go ahead and pass a law that limits citizens abilities to use the judicial system to protect them from governmental tyranny.
You think, we know these bills won't pass in the Senate in the tiny amount of time we have left before congress recesses for the election, we're just going to do these things so we can tell our base that they should be happy with us.
The Teen Endangerment Act, this law is ridiculous. I've blogged about it before. This law is aimed at protecting minors from being taken across state boundaries to avoid a parental notification law in their home state. Parental Notifications are bad laws to begin with, they aim to "strengthen family ties" and reduce the number of women having dangerous abortions or dying of complications afterward because their parents didn't know they did. Well these situations rarely occur, and we all know that if a young woman has a relationship with her parents that fosters that communication, she will tell her parents. I've stated before that we know only 3% of young women who get abortions don't tell their parents, there are good reasons.
This new law will allow the Government to put Grandmothers in jail for taking their granddaughters across the state lines nearest them for an abortion. Cab Drivers may be held liable legally.
During the Same legislative day, the US House passed a law limiting the amount of money granted in lawsuits against government entities for freedom of religion situations. Essentially we've passed a law that says that local governments such as counties or cities can put up things like nativity scenes, a blatant disregard for freedom of or FROM religion, and the result will be a minor lawsuit. There won't be enough money allow to be granted by a judge, to make the government entity want to take down the display.
The kicker for these things is that there is no chance of this legislation passing the Senate, or probably being signed by the President. This is just to be able to go back into the districts from which they come, and say we've done this for conservatives across the country.
This is a base mobilizer, a cover up, and way to deceive the conservatives who are concerned with things like when we are going to get out of this war, that they aren't even supporting anymore.
Most importantly, the message is this:
We are 40 days from Election Day, please do something!!!!!
And then if you are a republican in congress, you think something else entirely!!!
You think, Finally we'll pass this law that's as dangerous to young women as it purports to be safe for them.
You think, we'll go ahead and pass a law that limits citizens abilities to use the judicial system to protect them from governmental tyranny.
You think, we know these bills won't pass in the Senate in the tiny amount of time we have left before congress recesses for the election, we're just going to do these things so we can tell our base that they should be happy with us.
The Teen Endangerment Act, this law is ridiculous. I've blogged about it before. This law is aimed at protecting minors from being taken across state boundaries to avoid a parental notification law in their home state. Parental Notifications are bad laws to begin with, they aim to "strengthen family ties" and reduce the number of women having dangerous abortions or dying of complications afterward because their parents didn't know they did. Well these situations rarely occur, and we all know that if a young woman has a relationship with her parents that fosters that communication, she will tell her parents. I've stated before that we know only 3% of young women who get abortions don't tell their parents, there are good reasons.
This new law will allow the Government to put Grandmothers in jail for taking their granddaughters across the state lines nearest them for an abortion. Cab Drivers may be held liable legally.
During the Same legislative day, the US House passed a law limiting the amount of money granted in lawsuits against government entities for freedom of religion situations. Essentially we've passed a law that says that local governments such as counties or cities can put up things like nativity scenes, a blatant disregard for freedom of or FROM religion, and the result will be a minor lawsuit. There won't be enough money allow to be granted by a judge, to make the government entity want to take down the display.
The kicker for these things is that there is no chance of this legislation passing the Senate, or probably being signed by the President. This is just to be able to go back into the districts from which they come, and say we've done this for conservatives across the country.
This is a base mobilizer, a cover up, and way to deceive the conservatives who are concerned with things like when we are going to get out of this war, that they aren't even supporting anymore.
Most importantly, the message is this:
We are 40 days from Election Day, please do something!!!!!
posted by Marshall at 11:01 AM
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