So Abdul Rahman has been released from police custody. Hopefully some country will offer him asylum before his countrymen have the opportunity to tear him apart.
With the exception of Israel, things don't look too good for a person wishing to leave the Religion of Peace in any other country in that region, either.
But to find the true evilness of religion in politics, St. Petersburg Times Robyn Blumner suggests you look closer to home; and sounds a clarion call about future Red State Christian nits becoming voting lice:
The 2004 presidential election clearly illustrates the trend. Fertility rates among the states that went for Bush were 12 percent higher than those that went for Sen. John Kerry.
Children born to parents who embrace patriarchy, tradition, nationalism and rigid religiosity are highly likely to adopt these views and vote for the party that reflects the same values: Republican. The children of parents who are more cosmopolitan, progressive, individualistic and supportive of women's equality - the Democratic voter - will have never been born.
Kevin Phillips may be ringing the alarm that the Republamentalists are dragging this nation down. But pretty soon there won't be enough of us left to do much more than go along for the ride.
What she leaves unsaid is it's the "cosmopolitan, progressive, individualistic and supportive of women's equality - the Democratic voter" who is more apt to abort. We "patriarchal, traditional, nationalistic and rigidly religious" Southerners aren't churning out extra babies -- we're just less likely to abort the ones we have.
If a group of people chooses to abort themselves into oblivion, that's their call. But it doesn't mean any other group is required to follow suit.
Didn't your Blue State father ever tell you that just because everybody else is jumping off a cliff, it doesn't mean you have to do the same?
Posted by floridacracker at March 28, 2006 12:18 AMEh, while I scoff at the term "today's enlightened but slow-breeding societies" (he's talking about France), there's something to the lifestyle differences with urbanites not choosing to have kids (and we're talking birth control here too, not just abortion). It's interesting though - for all that enlightenment, zero birth rates kill a society economically, so they're merely sipping mochalattafrappacininos while burning Rome.
Personally I think it maintains a sort of ideological detante, as the higher birthin' of the red states counterbalances the cookie cutter liberal indoctrination (a la Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2) of the educational system.
Posted by: Bill from INDC at March 28, 2006 05:54 AM(he's talking about France),...That wasn't on purpose..or was it ?
I think Ms. Bummer's 'Republifundafacsimentalist' theory is just a ploy to get Kev to donate sperm
to as many fans as possible...we all know we are running short on Cosmoequaessivalistic babies.
(since the future doesn't exist for the 'enlightened' maybe a Dworkinesque inviso-casket is in order)
The only people we have to worry about outbeeding are the muslims. Libs are such wimps that trampling them is gonna be a cakewalk compared to Islamo fanatics.
Posted by: Alnot at March 28, 2006 11:45 AMI bet we were OK when we were "The Solid South" for the Democratic party, though.
It wasn't us who changed.
Right, she didn't mention BCPs either. I've heard tales that those play a part in whether there's going to be some parturition going on too...
Posted by: Donnah at March 28, 2006 02:00 PMAhh..The Solid South Dem party..into which i was born.
I remember haulin off down to Pahokee, to visit
with my uncle, who was hosting George Wallace for
dinner, and a fund-raising weekend..getting sent outside to play, while my Dad, Uncle Ray, and George
Wallace and the boys planned. Seemed like a normal
summer day to me..
I love Pahokee. Newspaper writer Bob Morris had a joke that you were a true Floridian if "Not only do you know how to correctly pronounce 'Pahokee,' you have relatives there."
Posted by: Donnah at March 29, 2006 01:33 PM