Lieberman – as compassionate as a serial killer

Via FireDogLake:

Remember when Bush's favorite Democrat, Joe Lieberman said Catholic hospitals shouldn't be forced to give emergency contraception to rape victims and that "In Connecticut, it shouldn't take more than a short ride to get to another hospital,"?

Well, Connecticut Bob had an idea:

But here's a suggestion: Why don't you provide maps for the victims, so they can walk out of the Emergency Rooms of the various Catholic hospitals around the state, hail a cab, and take that "short ride" to another hospital?

But, he must have realized he was talking to the wrong guy. Compassionless Joe wasn't likely to do that, so CT Bob went ahead and did it himself.

[...] knowing how difficult it is to even GET a cab at 2AM, I'll include the distance between the hospitals, in case the victims have to walk (or crawl) there.

So here ya go, Joe. Just print these out and send them to the Catholic hospitals Emergency Rooms. (Of course, we all know they wouldn't even give them to the victims, but it can't hurt to try…) 

The maps make it very clear just how much 'love' Joe has for rape victims.

In New Haven, the distance between the Hospital of St. Raphael and Yale New Haven Hospital is 1.37 miles, or a 27-minute walk. It's worse for women raped in the Bridgeport area. The distance between hospitals is 2.73 miles, or a 54-minute walk.

Naturally, this assumes the rape victims are able to walk. Unfortunately, Bob didn't include expected times for those women who must crawl between hospitals due to the severity of their injuries and the lack of available cabs at late hours.

How Intelligent Are YOU?

If you aren't wandering your home muttering, "3 W on a T?!" or "8 T on an O?!!" then you haven't tried the Intelligence Test yet.

Click to take the tests: Part one – Part two – Part three

I'm please to say I'm a freakin' genius on Part One of the test with 25/30 (on my second try) and 15/24 on Part Two. I'm still working on Part two and will hopefully improve my score. 

Rats and sinking ships

We all know things are bad for His Chimpiness….'Chokes-on-Pretzel'….the President, but now, the rats are really flinging themselves off this Titanic-sized disaster of a Presidency.

USA Today founder, Al Neuharth, a man Editor and Publisher says was "once known for his generally Republican views" had this to say in an Op-Ed piece today:

From USA Today:

May Day on May 1 in the USA used to be a celebration of various nice rites of spring. Internationally, it was a workers' holiday, especially in socialist countries such as the former USSR.

Now, it has become a make-believe day in the USA. And a Mayday internationally, as in the universally recognized SOS distress signal.

[snip]

How low can Bush's approval rating go? My hunch is it's at or near the bottom. That 34% represents mostly unshakeable far-right wingers. Like Bush, Vice President Cheney and company, they are in denial. As were the 24% in the polls who still approved of President Richard Nixon before he resigned in disgrace.

What happened to the 37% who have switched from pro-Bush to anti-Bush? They finally realized they were suckered by Bush and his buddies back then about Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction, his tie to terrorists and his threat to the USA.

President Abraham Lincoln was right when he said: "You may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." [emphasis mine]

 

Friday Anti-War Song

For Everyone — Philip Riddle

In these times of world confusion
From my window I can see
A light down an empty road
Shining thru the trees
I have danced like the wind
With my shadow in the night
In dreams I've felt their anguish
The homeless people's plight

Oh the rain will fall on a stormy day
And the clouds may block the sun
The day will come when everyone
Shall walk the road to peace

There are those without a country
Oh their struggle has begun
Born into a world of fear
Behind the blazing gun
We must look beyond the color
Beyond our hate and greed
And open up our hearts to those
With not enough to eat

Oh the rain will fall on a stormy day
And the clouds may block the sun
But I believe we all shall see
The day when war is done

This life it knows no boundaries
No borders to patrol
We gave them money to buy guns
But nothing for their souls
And to the ones that gave their lives
So that other shall be free
One day I'll walk beside them
And them beside of me

Oh the rain will fall on a stormy day
And the clouds may block the sun
But I believe we all shall see
The day when war is done

In my life I've tried to give
A part of me in song
These days I find it harder
To try and right the wrongs
But I try and keep my strength
When the pushing comes to shove
For every fallen spirit
There is a star above

Oh the rain will fall on a stormy day
And the clouds may block the sun
But I believe we all shall see
The day when war is done

I believe we all shall see
The day when war is done

¡Cinco de Mayo!

 

It's Cinco de Mayo – the 5th of May – and once again, I'm trapped in whitebread world where everyone thinks Ortega makes real tacos and tortillas. *blech*

This is one of the few days of the year when I absolutely yearn to be living in Phoenix again. The sights, the smells, the music…*sigh*

A lot of people think Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican Independence Day, which is actually September 16th. Here's a little history: 

The 5th of May is celebrated in the United States among the Mexican-American population, especially in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

Various Mexican-American societies use the celebrations to commemorate the overthrow of the Mexican Imperial Monarchy headed by Maximilian of Austria. The Imperial Monarchy was imposed from 1864 to 1867 on Mexico by Napoleon III, Emperor of France (nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte) and the Mexican conservatives "Club de Notables".

[snip]

France's designs were formented and abetted by the plutocratic and conservative land owners of Mexico who feared loss of land and political power to the newly elected constitutional government of Benito Juárez. On December 8th, 1861 the European powers landed and occupied Veracruz, Spain arrived first. By April 11, 1862 after realizing France's intent, England and Spain withdrew their support.

Meanwhile, in Mexico City, President Juárez (a full blooded Zapotec Indian, and a lawyer who had studied to become a priest), was taking countermeasures: "There is no help but in defense but I can assure you… the Imperial Government will not succeed in subduing the Mexicans, and its armies will not have a single day of peace… we must stop them, not only for our country but for the respect of the sovereignty of the nations"(1). Juarez declared martial law and declared all areas occupied by the French in a state of siege.

After reinforcements arrived, a French force of (7,000) seven thousand set out on the (225) two hundred twenty five mile route to Mexico City in early April under the illusion that the Mexican people would welcome them. This illusion was fostered by Juan N. Almonte, a Mexican reactionary, and by Count Dubois du Saligny appointed French Ambassador to Mexico by Napoleon. Presidente Juárez commanded General Ignacio Zaragoza to block the advance of the French Army with 2,000 soldiers at the fortified hills of Loreto and Guadalupe by the city of Puebla.

On May 5th, 1862, cannons boomed and rifle shots rang out as the French soldiers attacked the two forts. Before the day was over, one fort was in ruins and more than a thousand French soldiers were dead. The Mexicans had won the battle, but not the war. Yet, this date was established as symbolic of the Mexicans' courage against a formidable army.