My son and I attended the Pittsburgh Steelers Fan Blitz at Hienz Field this past April, and we had been standing in line for over an hour waiting to get autographs.  As we neared the table where the players sat, there was a pretty popular current player sitting with a veteran player from the 1970s.  The current player was decked out in nice clothes and had a Rolex with more diamonds than a jewelery store on, the veteran was dressed casually.  The current player stayed seated and signed items, while the veteran stood, greeted each fan, shook hands etc. 

As we neared the table, the current player motioned over an assistant, talked to her, and she started walking along the line telling everyone that the current player had another event to attend and was going to be leaving before the autograph period was up.  There was a lot of moaning coming from the line as people had been waiting a long time and now this guy was leaving 45 minutes early.  I was close enough to the table to hear the veteran telling the current guy "before you leave you might want to remember where the money for that Rolex comes from."  The current player looked at the line of fans, paused for a second, called the assistant back over and she started telling everyone that the player had decided that he would stay and sign.

I wish more players would think about who's really paying their salaries.

Thinking outside the Toilet....... 

What good is a Free Press, if it is a False Press ?   David Foote  GoE

Caution:  This punishment will fit the crime.

These illegals should have their legs and arms blown off at the knees and elbows and then tossed into the ocean to float home.  No wasted court fees.  No ICE/INS to fumble around and waste my money.  It would be cool to watch them get launched from a catapult... right into a brick wall.  I wish them suffering, and misery to spare.  Other than that, I have no strong feelings on the matter. 

The American Revolution Continued

Inquiring, now here's a real conundrum: unless the law has recently changed, in the state of Oklahoma, for a man to get a vasectomy, the wife must give her permission for the procedure!  In the case of vasectomy, it is only the man's body involved, and only about an inch of each vas deferens (if that much) is destroyed.  It seems to me that the argument of the baby-killing crowd applies in this situation, and does not apply at all in the case of abortion.  You are absolutely correct in that it is the body of the unborn child and not the anti-mother at risk.

"A communist is someone who reads Marx.  An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx."  Ronald Reagan

I'm a pro-abortion (aka pro-choice in Democrat speak) Republican, and while I'm against partial-birth abortions, I'm all for first, and some second, trimester abortions for women, and couples, who aren't up to the task of being parents.  I've heard all the "life is sacred" arguments from the pro-life crowd, but there are two aspects I have issues with.

First, if the situation really is all about the life of the unborn child, why are so many pro-life people approving of exceptions for the health of the mother?  Why is a mother's health more important than the baby's?  And if you're going to make this exception, then why shouldn't other people make exceptions based on their views?  I think if you're going to make the argument that abortion is wrong, then it should always be wrong and not just wrong in some instances.

Second, most pro-lifers have their views derived from whatever religion they practice.  Being an Agnostic I don't have that issue, but I find it interesting that religious people will talk about "God's will", or "God's guidance", time and time again, yet when it comes time do decide to abort a baby to protect the mother, the thought that it's "God's will" that the mother dies and the child lives never comes into play.  It's like people say "We want to live our lives in the manner that God wants us to, and to meet his call for being more caring and... wait... what's that you say... my wife might die?  Screw what God wants... abort the kid!" This is a crass oversimplification I will grant you, but that's the way I see it.