Yes...but understand, Mitt is a Mormon and in his cult, they do not believe in birth control and single marriages. So as far as women having any rights is not in his or Ryan's or any of the dummies in the Republican clan for a women to have any rights and say over her body.

Thank you for your comment. Make a righteous decision and VOTE.

What will happen to us all if Mitt Romney becomes the next president?

You know, when George W. Bush was up for re-election, after his first four years, naturally I thought there was no way in creation he could possibly get another term, but he did, easily. If that can happen, then there is every possibility Romney could win in November. The very thought of it scares the hell out of me.

because mitten's dad fled to mexico so he can use money to mess up so many women's live and left a trail of bastards that those women had to take care of while these mormon scums continue their dirty work!

vote for a mormon?

are you nuts?

Yes They are NUTS ----- They are Getting Sooo desperate -- Its Almost Funny !!!

This shows the results of an anti-science mentality. A know-nothing speaking his mind.

leolady and everyone,

please read, "challenging the constitutionality of republican owned "voting machine" companies".

please read the article written by Robert Kennedy Jr. in Rolling Stone Magazine-5/31/2006.

it is in regard to the 2nd election stole by W. bush in 2004 in Ohio. the first was in Florida in 2000.

Robert Kennedy Jr. writes an extensive article on the way W. bush operatives stole the election from John Kerry.

"god prevent another republican theft of the United States election".

He's more qualified than you posting on this blog.

I have a CD by blackboxvoting.org called "Hacking Democracy" you should probably watch. And check out their site.

bloviating ignoramous X-

what an ignorant question.

republican men are just as weak when it comes to sex as democrats are. republican men who run on family values also have affairs. lets remember the long-standing affair that daddy bush had with jennifer fitzgerald starting when he was ambassador to china. he traveled everywhere with her throughout his presidency. the chinese were slackjawed that he traveled so openly with his mistress.

his son, w. bush had several affairs also, and was also charged with the rape of one of his friends daughters.

do the names mark foley and larry wide stance craig ring any bells?

i don't know if Robert Kennedy Jr. had any affairs or not. the fact that his father and uncle did does not make him sub-human or incapable of writing a factual article on voter fraud in the repub party.

remember, it is the repub party who runs on family values all the while doing the same things (or worse) than their democratic colleagues.

we are all imperfect. the mistake that repubs make is their obvious hypocrisy-calling democrats out for the very things they are doing themselves. their "do as i say, not as i do" hypocritcal attitude makes it more difficult for them when they screw up, as THEY OFTEN DO.

this makes for the double standard that you (the bagger/repub/conservative party) and rush limbaugh often complain about.

Got a link? If you do I'll take the time to go there.

XE-My remark was directed at Suzette. I doubt you'd get any benefit from it.

TM and Suzette-http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

Chris,

i have been aware of this ever since the 2000 election in florida, bush v. Gore.

norm coleman and john thune (senators) were both beneficiaries of these tactics, among others.

this is how repubs win elections.

Ha Haaa These Goofballs are Soo Ignorant - Before We know it - they are going to be Condemning the female body with their theory of that when a woman gets Raped and her body rejects the impregnation {according to them} then the female body is - in itself a threat to pregnancy and self-aborting and They will want That to be Illegal - but Hey - They Are Against Governmental Control - HAH -- GOMERS they Are !!! Just What Is Next on their Agenda - hey ..........

Funny - What Year Is It ???????

You mean like Anthony Weiner? Or David Vitter.

LIARS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Soo Desperate they Are !!!

No. Daniel Craig's old district. That's the place. They're used to it.

Minnesota House DFL minority leader Paul Thissen is calling for Duluth Rep. Kerry Gauthier to end his campaign for reelection to the Minnesota legislature after his sexual encounter last month at an interstate rest stop.

Gauthier, a Democrat, was questioned by police on the evening of July 22 at the Thompson Hill rest area off Interstate 35, where he met a 17-year-old boy for sex.

The two arranged the meeting on Craigslist, and the teen admitted he had told Gauthier he was 18 when responding to the post from the 56-year-old state lawmaker

Whine whine whine and ignore that a republican gets his diapers changed by hookers and no outrage or calls for him to resign, but hey IOKIYAR.

that's why they should change their name to "garbage, obtuse, pitiful" party!

let me guess your hero is John Edwards,his wife dieing form cancer and his out banging some bimbo.

Funny thing, you claim to live in Iowa yet you had clue about the nurse that drowned on the 6th of Aug. And you never talk about the drought.

I bet you think george wallace was a great guy as well.

Newt kicked his sick wife out of bed and put his mistress in his wifes spot, I didn't hear you whine about that. But then you are still trying to prove that you can pass 8th grade if someone helps you cheat on your 8th grade math.

Bingo! I was trying to think who she looks like. Thanks! She really does look quite a bit like her.

MJB how about that nurse?

She's a woman...they'd probably HANG her.

She's a woman...they'd probably HANG her.

And ther you have it, as they say the proof isin the pudding, you do not live in the Des Moines Iowa.

The nurse that I mention, is one that helped some of the Aurora Co shooting victums and she drowned tody in Iowa it si all over the news in that state.

Nurse who aided shooting victims in Aurora, Colo., theater attack drowns

By NBC News staff and wire services.

Nurse Jennifer Gallagher, who helped treat victims of the Aurora theater shooting in Colorado, has drowned while on a family vacation in Iowa.

Gallagher, 46, of Denver, went swimming in West Lake Okoboji the night of Aug. 6 and her body was found the next day, according to the Sheriff's Office in Dickinson County, Iowa.

Gallagher, an Ireland native, worked at the University of Colorado Hospital for 13 years and cared especially for a shooting victim treated in the hospital's neurological intensive care unit, which she helped open. She was among staffers who met with President Barack Obama during his visit two days after the July 20 shooting rampage that killed 12 and wounded 58 at the Century Aurora 16 theater

www.usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/21/13396810-nurse-who-aided-shooting-victims-in-aurora-colo-theater-attack-drowns?lite

Holy cow~ I wondered what the H3ll you were talking about. It came from out of left field. I haven't seen a paper or heard the news today, so I didn't know about her. But I DO live in DM, so I shall pull up WHO or KCCI and read about her. You ARE nuts. Why would I lie about living in DM? It's you Repubs that lie all the time. Yes, it's too bad about her. It just proves we never know when our last day on Earth will be.

MJ cow man/slash woman, who knows because one day he claims to be a black man the next he claims to be a white woman, is going insane because s/he can't find anyone to help him cheat on his/her 8th grade math.

It's been 2 months. Any luck explaining Feynman's theory yet?

You have never ask me anything about Feynman's theory.

Next I have only been on this blog for a month.

And I doubt you know anything about quamtum physics.

You can't even do simple 8th grade math.

Wow. Just wow. Four lies in a row. A real achievement for you. Way better than usual. You've really outdone yourself, Rob.

You have more BS than the day is long.

another ignorant statement from a repub/bagger/conservative.

birth control pills are about 15/month-

there's alot you don't know about 'generic' and 'brand name' birth control/medications, and about the functioning of women's bodies.

spew your ignorance somewhere else.

not that you will.

That horse face is just getting her 15 min of fame.

Birth control starts with "Do ou have a jimmy hat?" "If not I have one, now lets get naked".

Not "Hey tax payer I need to get laid and do not want to get knocked up, can you hook a girl up on some free birth control?"

Yes dear we can hook you up, go to the damn health dept and gets yous some free condoms.

Then head out to the local, pick up the dude of your dreams and phuck his brains out.

Suzette wants to play the "special interest" trump card - since I'm not in the "group", I'm not allowed to have an opinion. A man isn't allowed to have an opinion about women's birth control.

I'm thin, so I'm also not allowed to have an opinion on obesity.

I'm white, so I'm not allowed to have an opinion on affirmative action.

I have money, so I'm not allowed to have an opinion on poverty.

You get the picture. All men just need to shut up on this issue according to Suzette. We just need to cut them a check.

Where's my check? Oh wait... I'm a white male with money. I just cut the checks.

Why don't you try cutting the crap? Too thick?

Yes TheRealChris, I can't cut my crap because it's very thick. That was so... hurtful. You really "burned" me as my elementary school son would say.

Your contributions here are appreciated by all.

You don't speak for all. You speak for a bankrupt crime family that's flushing itself down the toilet.

ho-lee-cow wrote~~Birth control pills have only been around sense the early 60's, how in the hell did females survive the past 100,000 years with out them, can you please explain that

Yes, I would be honored to educate you. Prior to the birth control pill, women were kept pregnant and barefoot and busy with child-bearing and child-rearing, cooking and cleaning and you know, the little wife had to keep the husband happy, by keeping his sexual appetite feed.

ho-lee, we women have come a long way, and we are NOT going BACK. So that puts you on your own, take it when we say you can have it, or leave it. We can always find someone else to play around with, now that we don't have to worry about getting pregnant. That is what is killing the old gray white republican men. Their days of controlling women, are gone forever. GOT IT?

Yes, I would be honored to educate you. Prior to the birth control pill, women were kept pregnant and barefoot and busy with child-bearing and child-rearing, cooking and cleaning and you know, the little wife had to keep the husband happy, by keeping his sexual appetite feed.

The fact is, that is all bull$hit. Only narrow minded people think that nonsense.

Birth control pills have nothing to due with your interruptions.

Maybe you have heard of Condoms.

Next go read about the development of the pill and what the feminist Gloria Steinem said about it. she never made any statement like you just did.

Get out of the stone age already.

And now taking my money to pay for birth control, family planning and abortion on demand is a matter of "national security". Wow. Just.... wow.

Ask your insurance company for a list of things that they cover, and then tell them which you want to pay for, and which you don't. I'm sure they'll accommodate you.

TheRealChris - I did exactly that. I went to my insurance company and said "I don't want you to pay for ANYTHING until I hit my $5000 deductible". And not surprisingly they agreed. And now I get to play "adult" and make my own informed decision on how to spend my money on my healthcare.

Nearly all Western European countries have universal single payer health care systems that routinely cover family planning, birth control, and abortion services for women. I lived in Europe for four years and this system of providing these services for women works quite well. I personally think that American conservatives who oppose national health care do so because they are ignorant, stupid, and parochial. We need to get every ounce of economic production from each person in our society. We must have family planning, birth control, and abortion services available for women and girls of all ages free of charge. We are facing unprecedented economic competition from the BRIC and Asian-Pacific rim countries. We need to make sure every woman who can grow up to be scientists, engineers, teachers, or anything else that she can become. We can not afford to have women drop out of college or school period to become single mothers. The Chinese are outproducing us and India is not far behind. We are also facing extreme competition from a whole range of other countries.

Americans need to learn that the 21st century is going to be one of savage ruthless competition for every job, every contract, and for every once of economic growth from industrialized countries all around the world. If we can not compete we can only see our living standards deteriorate even further. The Chinese and Indian don't care if we don't keep up with them because they will work 24/7 to improve their countries. Conservatives in the United States are living in the 19th century. While the Chinese and Indians are living in the 21st. If we fall economically behind in infrastructure, green energy, and economic efficiency it will be checkmate for America. Game over, Asia will rule and we will be left with their crumbs in the 21st global economy.

Rex - I agree with you on much of what you wrote in that last post. I think the European healthcare systems are fine. For the Europeans. I agree that we're entering a time of ruthless global competition. I just don't agree that looking at the models in those other countries is the path for success for the U.S.

The U.S. has different values. Or at least I have different values. The philosophy, values and belief systems of those countries and those places are not ours. I think we have, and can extend, a BETTER model for social services that is consistent with our values, rather than adopt their values. I know you don't agree with that, I'm just saying that's how I see it. I acknowledge that their systems provide a set of services for them, in a way that is consistent with their values and that they are fine with the conditions and constraints that come with that. I'm not.

No country has ever developed a forward-thinking system that delivers social services based on open free-market principals and competition. Even the efforts to date in the U.S. have been half-hearted (half socialistic government-run/controlled programs, with a dose of over-controlled free market influence). What I appreciate about the Ryan approach to problems is that he's willing to think big, plan big, execute big, based on American values around free enterprise, personal responsibility, markets, and charity.

I would so much rather see a system where a disadvantaged mother is given access to resources based on her need, and then be responsible for deciding whether to use those resources on birth control, or an abortion, or childcare, or CableTV based on her own personal situation and priorities. And for the not-so-disadvantaged mother, I would like for her to be given no extra resources funded using my confiscated taxes, but also then be given full control and authority on how she chooses to use her own resources.

And if we could develop a fair system that did those things rather than a system designed to expand and expand and expand and give more and more and more services to everyone by taking resources away from everyone... I think we would kick the @!$%# out of every other economy on the planet and show the world a new and better way, just as we have already demonstrated the superiority of capitalism over government-planned economies.

The non-OECD countries are mostly Asian. The non-OECD countries this year passed the OECD countries in oil and fossil fuel consumption. Our media does a horrible job of reporting these things. The message is clear: it is an Asian 21st century and America will continue to slip until we make major reforms to our economy. China is expect to produce/purchase 100 million vehicles with India following not too far behind over this next decade. China and India will quadruple their fossil fuel consumption over the next two decades. The conventional oil supplies are reaching peak world production while non-OECD oil demand increases briskly. The Asians will rule in the 21st century.

www.smartplanet.com/blog/energy-futurist/oil-demand-shift-asia-takes-over/400

Germany's economy is fine in fact it is in much better shape than America is in right now. The German economy is making precision machinery and other durable goods for export in Asia and around the world. The Germans will be mostly immune from energy price spikes because Germans use only about one-half the amount of energy that Americans do. Germany's solar, wind, smart grid, and bullet trains are world leaders. The French have a TGV train that beats a commuter jet on trips of less than 500 kilometers. Europeans live in smaller homes, drive small turbo-diesel cars that get 40 to 50 MPG, and have government run health care systems that are much more superior to our dysfunctional health care system. Something to remember though is that most people in Europe love their health care systems, mass transit systems, and have an excellent social safety net that keeps them a float during tough times. The EU has many challenges but the EU has Germany which is the locomotive of Europe. Germans work hard, use the latest modern scientific methods of technical management, and will simply work harder to keep the EU together and functioning regardless of the pain the Germans aren't afraid of challenges. The resiliency of the German version of capitalism will eventually pull the EU forward down the tracks like the economic locomotive it has always been.

Europeans have their challenges just like America has its challenges. I think in many ways America faces terrible problems with energy, health care costs, and a bloated military budget that will hobble us for a generation or more. The U.S. is simply being run by big oligarchs on Wall Street. Big Oil, Big Banks, Big Pharma and a whole range of other industries are simply big huge corporate octopuses with their tentacles in local, state, and the federal government. The Republican party wants to make the United States a country run of/by/for large corporations. Wall Street companies are doing well with record profits of $2 trillion. The problem is that none of this wealth created for Wall Street is producing jobs for Main Street companies and small businesses.

Here is what needs to happen if we are ever going to keep up with the BRIC's and Asian Pacific rim countries in a world filled with remorseless competition.

1. We need year around school for all American kids. We can not afford to take three months off in the summer. Canada goes to school year around and it works well for them. We also need expanded community college aid so any person that wants to get an associates can do it at a cheap cost. If America does not produce more scientists, engineers, chemists, and above all else technicians we are going to slip further behind. Canada is number one in the world with 25-35 year old adults with at least an associates degree. The U.S has slipped to number 12.

"...blogs.burlingtonfreepress.com/highered/2011/09/29/u-s-educational-metric-slips-again/"

2. We need to invest massively in state of the art infrastructure. Our electric grids, roads, bridges, sewer-water mains, railways, and airports are antiquated, obsolete, and waste huge amounts of energy, water, and time. Our flood protection systems need massive investments. Some dams and levies in the U.S. are 100 years old and could catastrophically fail at any time. The American Society of Civil Engineers says we are $2.2 trillion behind in infrastructure investments with a grade of "D" given. We have 8,000 bridges that are in a dangerous state of disrepair and could fall down at any time killing unknown numbers of Americans in totally avoidable accidents. Take a look at the videos from the American Society of Civil Engineers. This is simply an appalling indictment of how we have neglected our infrastructure. We need WW II type mobilization to upgrade our infrastructure. Those who are argue for tax cuts don't care about the United States as a nation competing in a world economy. Raise the damn taxes, fix the infrastructure, and invest in our country for our kid's future.

"...www.infrastructurereportcard.org/

3. We need huge long term investments in state of the art mass transit. We need French TGV bullet trains and German ICE bullet trains on the east coast, the Great Lakes, and in California. We can also expand bullet trains in Florida-Georgia and in Texas. We need excellent Amtrak service, vastly expanded bus service, and commuter rail in our larger cities with connections to smaller cities that tie into airport travel. Most Americans travel less than 40 miles today for a commute we should also push for electric hybrid and all electric cars that go highway speeds and have a range of at least 110 miles. Denmark has many electric cars that work well as does Israel under Shai Agassy's Better Place initiative for electric cars.

www.betterplace.com/the-company-leadership-detail/index/id/shai-agassi

Here are a few videos showing the French TGV bullet train system and its future development in Europe. This is what modern investment in bullet trains can do. France gets most of its electricity from nuclear reactors with new investments in fast neutron breeder reactors. The French are also expanding investment in trolley system all around the country.

"...www.youtube.com/watch?v=33nR1Ztttyw&feature=related"

I guess instead of having green energy programs, bullet trains, bus service, and state of the art infrastructure like Europe, Japan, and increasing parts of China, American conservatives would rather have us driving obsolete fossil fuel cars on rundown roads, bridges so we can all rot our lives away in traffic jams.

Here is a video of a French TGV train that set the world's record for train travel at over 350 MPH. This beats a commuter jet on commutes of less the 500 kilometers. In fact a jet had to fly alongside the train to make the video. Imagine hundreds and hundreds of TGV bullet trains on the northeastern coast between Maine and Washington DC. Commuter jet traffic would become obsolete and the rest of the country's airports would not get jammed up when the northeast has a winter storm. Here is a video showing that America could use many bullet trains and people would ditch the car and the airplane if a system were in place.

"...www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=rSLXWRfFsxY"

Here is the French TGV train setting world record or 350 MPH. Notice the jet in the sky that can hardly keep up with the train.

"...www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ir_n3J5ABA"

If we want to compete in the world we need a national transportation system that promotes bullet trains, commuter rail, electrified Amtrak service, and bus service that feeds into the rail network. If the trains were built and put into place on a national system we could drive small little electric cars for local trips and use public transit for everything else. We can pay for this by starting public-private corporations that can invest the many trillions of dollars kept in tax shelters right here in America. This is an optimistic plan that will also save America from future wars for oil in unstable parts of the world.

Incredible

It's called get a job and pay for your own birth control.