Climate Change - Pre-hysterical Climate Change

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Yup, you've heard it before, and you'll hear it again today.  YOU (personally) are destroying the Earth!  Bad human!   Bad!!!
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As a by-product of your existence - you harm the planet which nurtures, feeds, and loves you (and loves you without measure).  Without YOU the Earth will be a beautiful, natural, vibrant place full of wonderful animals which will live harmoniously together, hug each other, run playfully, and frolic endlessly across fields full of wild flowers, orchids, and the occasional bit of broken concrete and brick-front where the Wendy's fast food joint stood just several thousand years earlier (a remnant left from the bad old days of...  Humans). 
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Ah, what a wonderful world it will be when we quit stinking up the joint with our constant carbon-heavy presence!  
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Too bad we'll never be there to enjoy it, you know, because we're all be gone...
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Okay, now that you've had your moment of Zen, it's time to get to the actual topic of the post, which I'll get to with great haste.  The introduction above was for the benefit of those deluded humans who HATE themselves (and you) for being born, and, just to keep the record straight (and also so they won't feel so completely alone)...   
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I HATE them too.  
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I don't know about them, but I sure do feel better for saying / typing that out loud.  
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Today's oft-deferred post IS actually about Climate Change.  No, no, no, not Man-Made Climate Change (for more detail on 'MMCC' reference any speech made by President Obama in the past two months since Terrorism has become 'popular' again), but I am speaking specifically about your basic "Earth-Made Climate Change" (feel free to use this new terminology just to tick the glassy-eyed 'Earth Firsters' off). 
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I came across an article which warmed me to my very core.  It was based upon 'Science' (and as you know, 97% of Scientists agree that 'Science' is 'Cool' and chicks LOVE the pocket-protector and white lab coat!) unfortunately, this particular bit of Science presents a conundrum for the planet-hugging folks on the Left because, well, while it IS science, it's not science that they will approve of...  
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It won't allow them to pull money out of your pockets.

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Earth, the Final Frontier

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Ancient Tropical Forest Found in Norway
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An ancient tropical forest found in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, may explain one of the most dramatic climatic shifts in Earth's history. Some 400 million years ago, Earth's atmosphere witnessed a 15-fold reduction in carbon dioxide. Climate scientists have long tried to account for the drop.
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Some scientists believe it was the rise of forests just like the one found in Norway that precipitated the change. As the planet came to host large plants for the first time, the mighty tropical trees sucked millions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere.   
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The newly unearthed forest -- dated at 380 million years old and with its tree stumps preserved still in their upright positions -- may mark the beginning of the transition from small plants and grasses to large tree forests.
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"These fossil forests shows us what the vegetation and landscape were like on the equator 380 million years ago, as the first trees were beginning to appear on the Earth," researcher Chris Berry, a professor of earth sciences at Cardiff University, said in a press release.
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Over the course of the ancient forest's long existence, the now-frozen trees have enjoyed a lengthy journey. During the Devonian period, 420 to 360 million years ago, the Norwegian archipelago was part of Laurasia, one of two supercontinents along with Gondwana. The ancient trees grew up near the equator, several hundred miles south of their current home.
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The forest's discovery supports the theory that the emergence of forests led to a drop in CO2 levels. In addition to sucking up more carbon dioxide, the tall trees also helped block out more of the sun's radiation. Slowly, the planet cooled to temperatures closer to today's. .

Sunny (and Tropical) Oslo, Norway

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So, Chris Berry, Earth Sciences Professor at Cardiff University, reports that the Earth's Climate HAS changed, continents have shifted, and temperatures / CO2 levels rise and fell over the past 420 MILLION years without the intervention of...  Man???  
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What manner of dark sorcery is this?  Who does this dude think he is?  White lab coat or not, somebody needs to have a talk with this guy because he is using the scientific method in describing Earth Made Climate Change.  If our President has anything to do with it, they're going to pull this guy's Pocket Protector, and repo the Lab Coat. 
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It's a shame, really, Professor Berry seems like a guy I'd like to have a beer with.  Unlike this guy...
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Barack Obama releases CO2 in France

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"I've come here personally, as the leader of the world's largest economy and the second-largest emitter, to say that the United States of America not only recognizes our role in creating this problem, we embrace our responsibility to do something about it."
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"Here in Paris, let's also make sure that these resources flow to the countries that need help preparing for the impacts of climate change that we can no longer avoid. We know the truth that many nations have contributed little to climate change but will be the first to feel its most destructive effects. For some, particularly island nations — whose leaders I'll meet with tomorrow — climate change is a threat to their very existence. And that's why today, in concert with other nations, America confirms our strong and ongoing commitment to the Least Developed Countries Fund. And tomorrow, we'll pledge new contributions to risk insurance initiatives that help vulnerable populations rebuild stronger after climate-related disasters."  - President Barack Obama, November, 2015
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Does it seem strange to anyone besides me that the President ALWAYS seems to make it 'about him' while managing to yet again blame America (you name it POTUS, we're guilty as sin) in his opening remarks?  And then to show his gratitude for being invited by the U.N. he spoke for 14 minutes, roughly 11 minutes longer than the U.N. requested.  I wonder how much CO2 he added to the environment from this single speech?  
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And what will our 'commitment' to the Least Developed Countries Fund cost us ($248 MILLION - sorry, I had to look), knowing that we don't have enough health providers (or funding) to support our Veterans and protect our borders?  
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If I were writing the check, which in reality, all of US are - I would prefer to support the people who protect and defend our Nation, rather than those who are looking to shake US down for cash for perceived injustices over the past four hundred years.  WHY do we need organizations like Paralyzed American Veterans and Wounded Warrior Project?  Shouldn't the Federal Government be providing the necessary care for our wounded Veterans? 
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And if the organizations are necessary, then might each of these organizations benefit from a $125 MILLION cash injection to care for our Veterans?  
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Yeah, that's what I thought...


 


 

Driving Inequality

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Once again I am reminded of how COMPLETELY unfair Life/America/Fate (all terms equally interchangeable at this point) is.  This Sunday morning I am shamed into admitting that my life is just TOO DARN GOOD.  (I need to work on this...) 
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Why?  Because, of course, I am 'more equal' than others (and SHOCK...  You may be too!!!). 
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Oops, sorry, here I go again, beginning a post in mid-stream.  I guess that I had better fill in a few details so that you can get to the middle (where I already am) and then we'll trudge together through to the end where you too can decide if you're 'more equal' than 'most Americans'.   
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HINT:  You probably ARE ' more equal', but perhaps The Washington Post just hasn't told you (in the past fifteen minutes) that you are.  If they haven't, have no fear, your equality-guilt awaits!
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Okay, so here goes...  (I'll type slowly - you know, so that you can keep up - since I may be even 'more equal' than you are...  Come on, that's a JOKE - don't get weird on me now)
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The Washington Post, October 1, 2015:  
The hidden inequality of who dies in car crashes
.Traffic fatalities in the United States have been plummeting for years, a major victory for regulation (strict drunken driving laws have helped) and auto innovation (we have safer cars). But that progress obscures a surprising type of inequality: The most disadvantaged are more likely — and have grown even more likely over time — to die in car crashes than people who are well-off.

.New research by Sam Harper, Thomas J. Charters and Erin C. Strumpf, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, finds that improvements in road safety since the 1990s haven't been evenly shared. The biggest declines in fatalities have occurred among the most educated. As for people 25 and older with less than a high school diploma, fatality rates have actually increased over time, bucking the national trend:
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.The underlying issue here is not that a college degree makes you a better driver. Rather, the least-educated tend to live with a lot of other conditions that can make getting around more dangerous. They own cars that are older and have lower crash-test ratings. Those with less education are also likely to earn less and to have the money for fancy safety features such as side airbags, automatic warnings and rear cameras.


.The number of trauma centers, the researchers point out, has also declined in poor and rural communities, which could affect the health care people have access to after a collision. And poor places suffer from other conditions that can make the roads themselves less safe. In many cities, poor communities lack crosswalks over major roads. The residents who live there may have less political power to fight for design improvements like stop signs, sidewalks and speed bumps. As a result, pedestrian fatalities in particular are higher in poor communities.

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(There is more, of course, but you can read the rest of it HERE , you know, if you really want to - I read it for you, so you don't HAVE to...  I don't want you to feel bad about yourself like I do.)

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Key Take-Aways from the above 'article':

1. They claim that older vehicles have lower "Crash-Test" ratings?  According to the iihs, they began testing vehicles back in 1995 - the authors claim blaming accidents on 'lower crash-test ratings' is ridiculous, as everyone KNOWS 20+ year old vehicles with (200,000+ Miles) are JUST AS SAFE as new ones built today.  Shoot, I'm sure that the 'less-educated poor' are keeping up with their manufacturer-recommended maintenance schedule as I type this!  
2. Perhaps the Federal Government should mandate that Owners Manuals be written at the Fifth-Grade level so everyone (well, almost everyone) can understand the importance of proper vehicle maintenance:  "Change your oil every 3,000 miles and make sure that your brakes and lights work before you leave your home to drive to Colorado to buy pot.  Failure to do so can generally mess up your day and NOT allow you to access your necessary herb...  Seriously dude, not kidding.  Just keeping it real...  Make sure to check your lights, because the Po Po is on the lookout for you."
3. The authors also state that less-educated / poorer people buy (steal?) cars which are older and do not have 'fancy safety features' like side air-bags, automatic warnings, and rear-facing cameras.  Hey, Sparky, my 1998 Volkswagen had side impact air-bags, and that was, um, at least, (taking off my socks to count) yeah, like almost twenty years ago!  
4. And yeah, regarding those necessary and wondrous 'automatic warnings' systems?  Here's an idea for you "less-educated / poorer" drivers, how about you turn down that 1,200 WATT AM/FM/CD/USB/Bluetooth-connected radio (with active sub-woofer, built-in GPS & Satellite Tracking system) that vibrates 'under-carriage rust showers' from beneath your 10+ year old vehicle?  Then, why don't 'cha lower the windows a little to let the cigarette smoke and engine exhaust fumes out, so that you can hear the sounds of other terrified motorists screaming, "Oh, God NO!!!" as you ignore the STOP sign / RED Light while you plow through the intersection at 46MPH without so much as a HINT of braking?  Yup, this could have a real impact on your (and everyone's ability) to live long enough to spend working peoples' tax dollars on the hearing aids which the government will provide you with because you had that 1,200 WATT...  Ah shoot, never mind. 
5. Next the authors delve into something which is NOT EVEN the subject of the article:  Pedestrians - BECAUSE poorer communities do not have Raised Cross-Walks above streets.   HORROR:  The poorest among us have to cross streets which may have...  (Da da da!!!)  CARS / TRUCKS on them!?!?!?!  What the Heck is going on in America???  Can't we please just elevate crosswalks for the less-than-average (according to the authors, not ME) Americans who do not have the political 'clout' to make this happen for themselves?  Thank you, thank you very much...  If we keep them up on crosswalks, we'll know who they are, now won't we?  [Evil laugh]
6. I'm not even going to address the 'number of Trauma Centers', because as everyone KNOWS, with the passage of the Affordable Care Act, any criticism of healthcare in America is completely and totally UNFOUNDED.  These authors CLEARLY have no idea what's going on in America today (perhaps they were born after 2009?).  So I will say no more about this vicious attack on the President of the United States (um, this is still Obama's Reign, right?) and the Democrat Congress which passed this legislation without a single Republican vote.  No, I will NOT sit idly by and have them cast aspersions on my President!  The authors are nothing but a bunch of Racists...

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So I wonder...  (Wondering Sequence begins in 3, 2, 1...)

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• How do the authors of the article feel about the Federal Government giving tax breaks to the more-equal Americans who are purchasing the majority of Hybrid / EV / Alternative fuel Vehicles?  Sure, they've got ALL the bells and whistles in those new 'safer' cars for the Rich, AND average Americans are helping to subsidize this?  Hmm?  The authors can't like that, can they?  They seem to want ALL Americans driving Cool cars or ALL Americans driving Old crappy cars, you know, just to balance things out on the highways of America.   
• Might these authors be the 'PR Crew' to suggest that have a do-over of the 'Cash-For-Clunkers' of 2009?  You know, a 'little money' (according to TIME Magazine we lost BILLIONS on this deal which 'patriotic' (a.k.a.:  Rat) Democrats tied to a Military Spending Bill supporting our troops in harms way overseas) from the Federal Government?  Might this 'prime the pump' for the poor / less-educated among us to have their CHANCE of moving their 1,200 WATT sound system from their Plymouth Neon into a spiffy new 2016 Dodge Dart?  That sounds really fair, doesn't it?  It's always fair when you are using OPM (other people's money) - unless, of course you are one of the 'other people' actually paying for this fairness).
• Perhaps they would like the Federal Government to design 'Safe' Vehicles for the poor & less-educated among us.  What might these Transportation Wonders look like, I wonder?...

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Body by GM - Design by the NTSB

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• And within 20 years, future generations of the still poor, less-educated Americans will take these vehicles, add some after-market accessories and turn them into...  Death rides of the future (but they'll SOUND awesome!)

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Once again, your tax dollars CAN be at work, relentlessly altering our future by providing for the less-educated and the poor - so they won't have to do it for themselves.  [Sigh]
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Drive Safely folks!  The life you save will 'most likely' be your own (from a purely statistical perspective)... 
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A Tail of Two Cecil(e)s

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First and last time I'm going to say this.  

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Yeah, bummer about the lion.  

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Having said this, can we spend a moment discussing the difference in bandwidth, which this coverage and another story are getting nationally?  Turn on the television and there's a photo of Cecil licking his paws, lying down, mounting one of his 'wives', and, in general, just doing cute-hey-I'm-not-a-killing-machine I'm doing cute and cuddly 'kitty' stuff.  Next appears a photo showing a despicable man who spends his time scaling gums, scraping tarter, drilling teeth, and tells you constantly to "Rinse and spit" which ended the short, (yet memorable) cuddly kitty life of 'Cecil the Lion'.  

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Another story cropped up recently which I'm thinking might be a bit MORE worthy of National debate than this, "Lion shooting" obsession in the Media.  Perhaps the one about the folks from the Center for Medical Progress who were negotiating to buy 'virtually unused!' fetal parts from Planned Parenthood?  

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Interestingly enough, this story is about another Cecil (well, actually it's 'Cecile' Richards, but I'm leaving the last 'e' off her name because, well, just because I can - it's my post, after all). 

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I'm guessing any off-hand remarks about 'Mounting THIS Cecile's Head above the mantle' would be inappropriate?

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Cecile Richards is the President of Planned Parenthood.  This family-friendly (not really) organization offers wonderful services to women, WAY too many for me to type here, but here's what I found on their website, you know, so I won't misrepresent the useful, beneficial, and wonderful work they do for our society:

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Huh, that's weird - when I click the link to find out about the services which Planned Parenthood offers, I'm given three options:  

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1. I can make an appointment
2. I can locate my nearest Planned Parenthood 'Health Center' (they recommend Google Maps) or,
3. I can send them a 'gift'

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Odd that their vitally-important services are not listed on their very own http://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/who-we-are/planned-parenthood-at-a-glance site, isn't it?
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I'm sure this is just a normal glitch, perhaps the programmers who built the Planned Parenthood site also built the www.healthcare.gov site?  I dunno, it's possible... 
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I'm not sure why I would want to send them a gift as it seems that with all the 'charitable donations' they receive from the Federal Government (roughly $500MILLION), large corporations, private parties, charitable trusts and the like, they probably don't need anything from me.  They're looking for money that folds, vs. money that 'clinks' when it falls onto the dresser at the end of the day.  And now that I think about it, I  don't need anything from them.
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Well, I maybe need one thing from Planned Parenthood:  I need them to just go away. 
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I believe that they've done enough in setting the tone for our current century.  I found an article last week which states that in 2012 on the lone island of Manhattan, 31,328 African-American women chose to 'end their pregnancies' (humanely, of course, by suctioning, by scraping, or by injecting 'really bad things' into the fetus causing it to, how should I say, 'cease to be').  
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In contrast, 24,758 African-American women delivered their children during the same period.  Yes, you read this correctly, more African-American women chose to kill their 'fetus' as opposed to allowing them to come to be a bouncing baby boy or girl.
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Bottom line is that the next time you hear about the 'Bad Dentist and Cecil the Lion', you might want to remember the 56% of Black children aborted by their 'Host' in one city in America in one year.  
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Worry not, however, because the mission of Planned Parenthood to make sure that YOU are safe to 'choose' what YOU want do with your own body.  
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Although, perhaps Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, is the one who wanted to ultimately wanted to 'choose' for you?  
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I leave you here with quotes from Margaret and will allow her to speak for herself because I wish to speak no more about her...  I hope to sleep this evening after all and when I begin thinking about her 'work' I find my sleep thin, restless, and full of images better in a Stephen King novel than in my dreams. 
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On blacks, immigrants and indigents:
"...human weeds,' 'reckless breeders,' 'spawning... human beings who never should have been born."  Margaret Sanger, Pivot of Civilization, referring to immigrants and poor people
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On the purpose of birth control:
The purpose in promoting birth control was "to create a race of thoroughbreds," she wrote in the Birth Control Review, Nov. 1921 (p. 2)


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 On the extermination of blacks:
"We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population," she said, "if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members." Woman's Body, Woman's Right: A Social History of Birth Control in America, by Linda Gordon  
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 In Summary:
"The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it."
Margaret Sanger, Women and the New Race
(Eugenics Publ. Co., 1920, 1923)    





Planned Parenthood....

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The Final Word:  Seriously, not kidding, I AM done posting after this...
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Ingrid Newkirk, President of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), made a statement to Time Magazine and is quoted, 
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“If, as has been reported, this dentist and his guides lured Cecil out of the park with food so as to shoot him on private property, because shooting him in the park would have been illegal, he needs to be extradited, charged, and, preferably, hanged.”
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Apparently the 'Ethical Treatment of Animals' extends ONLY to animals, and not to human beings?  
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Hey Ingrid, with a face like that mug you've got, it's no wonder you 'love' things outside your own species...  But hey, what's with all that anger???  Are you still mad because your parents tied a pork chop around your neck to get the dog to play with you?
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For more FUN with PETA, check out either of the following links:
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"What Exactly, does PETA stand for?" 

"Lettuce Entertain You" 

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Maggie's Parts and Body Shop

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Over the past few weeks you may have heard about several videos released by the The Center for Medical Progress which captures 'CMP' undercover staff arranging and haggling for the procurement of 'body parts' from Planned Parenthood representatives.  
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I would like to say that I was surprised by what I saw, but when you consider what Planned Parenthood is afterall, well, its stock and trade is...  Death.  
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They are to 'parenting' what Jack Kevorkian was to 'long term health care'.    
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I don't mean to shock anyone, but the current iteration of PP is wholly consistent with Margaret Sanger's vision of the organization.  Planned Parenthood was created to remove the weak, the poor, the addled, and the undesirable from our society.  
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Oh no, that's not me saying it, I found excerpts from her speeches and writings and included them in a post entitled, "Meet Maggie!!!" back in 2012.  If you read it, you might wonder WHY the Federal Government provides about a HALF A BILLION dollars in funding to this organization at all.  Unfortunately, this organization, firmly rooted in the concept that all men are NOT created equal, has been a darling of the Progressive movement for over one hundred years.   Yeah, let's send them some cash for doing 'God's Work'...
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"United States eugenics advocacy poster" by Source. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_eugenics_advocacy_poster.jpg#/media/File:United_States_eugenics_advocacy_poster.jpg

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To a Liberal Progressive, any attack on Planned Parenthood means that you are a hater of women, you want to deny them 'rights' over their own bodies, and you cannot manage to keep yourself out of their gosh darn bedroom - gosh darn it all!!!
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Okay, fair enough, but then, might it then be equally fair to say then that if you SUPPORT Planned Parenthood it may mean these witless supporters of Eugenics are best described as Racists, Nazis, Genetic Purists, and proponents of Infanticide?  
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Yes, I believe this would be fair to say.  After all, if you're not 'Pro-Life', you're not really the politically correct 'Pro-Choice' flavor of citizen, now are you?  You're actually more of a, oh, I dunno, how about, a 'Pro-Death' kind of guy / gal?  See if that works for ya.     
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Sanger, Parenthood's founder, was a well-known Eugenicist, believing that she, and others, could control the future of a society by determining the genetic make-up of that society through selective culling of the population.  Undesirables, as determined by Eugenics proponents were to be sterilized, kept out of the country, or shuttered away until they passed either by natural, or in some cases, unnatural causes.   
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Time for TRIVIA!!!  
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Can you name other fun-loving Eugenicists / Groups who believed in keeping the race pure and healthy (by doing 'really bad things' to the impure, the un-healthy, and the un-desirable)?:  
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• Sir Francis Galton,
• Charles Darwin,
• The Carnegie Institution,
• George Bernard Shaw, 
• The National League of Women Voters, 
• The Rockefeller Foundation, and, um, yes, 
• this guy... 

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Adolf Hitler - What a guy!!!

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Thinking that Planned Parenthood is a harmless organization dedicated to helping 'parents PLAN for children' is akin to thinking that Adolph Hitler's life work was all about driving tourism to Germany and building a better 'Bug'.  (Yes, look at all the foreigners who ended up going there and years later, drove HIS car!)
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If you haven't seen either of the two videos which came out over the past few weeks, here's one for you.   I hadn't heard of the The Center for Medical Progress prior to the release of these videos, but now I owe them a debt of gratitude.  In actuality, when I heard the name, I figured it was another Lefty Group who put 'Progess' in their name as a hat-tip to the Progressive Movement.  
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Could this be why representatives of Planned Parenthood agreed to meet with them?  They believed that they were meeting with fellow travelers?
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Whoever they are, I'm glad that the folks at The Center for Medical Progress are out there.  
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And I wish them luck, even though trafficking body parts for profit is illegal in the U.S., Democratic lawmakers are requesting that the Department of Justice investigate The Center for Medical Progress for filming these under-cover segments. 

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This is a decision of which, I believe, would make Ma Sanger very happy...
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Dear Ma Sanger,

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If you are still in Hell, I hope that Hitler is treating you badly.  You two deserve each other.  Wishing you an eternity of misery together.

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All my worst,

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Moos