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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Douthat's real job at the NYT is to make the rest of the coumnists look smart.

Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

figure a way to work in some of those sweet farm subsidies and I'm in

Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

OT

it's a boy- BFD

Comrade Wingtardd's avatar

I thought Irish children left Ireland before they were old enough to get pregnant anyway (around age 10 for Irish people)

Dashboard Buddha's avatar

it would still be available to women with the resources to travel out of state.

Yep...until American Religious Extremists like you make it illegal across the country. fuck all.

SullivanSt's avatar

And who can blame them?

SullivanSt's avatar

(let's see if I can get this one past Censorbot... ETA: yup, removing reference to the particular "song meaning site" allowed me to post, guess it looked too spammy)

Ah, so it <em>is</em> the song. I made the same mistake too, briefly, when I heard it for the first time in years and years a few months ago. As is pointed out on one of the song meanings sites, though, abortions don't get reported in the paper, so the third line establishes it as being about the Bulger murder (still a silly line though, it was simply impossible to avoid the news coverage of that tragic crime). Also, yeah, definitely one of the weakest tracks on <em>No Need To Argue</em>, which still places it above the level of most of, say, <em>Bury the Hatchet</em> (which, even thought I own, I don't recognize a single title in the track listing).

Even the alleged interview quote the forced-birthers use to claim her as one of their own starts "<em>I am in no position to judge other women, you know.</em>", which is pretty much the exact antithesis of the "pro-life" position.

Comrade Wingtardd's avatar

Actually I think they really just want it never talked about, and the only way to keep it secret and shameful is to make it illegal

SullivanSt's avatar

You'll probably need fewer than you think, on account of how similar some of them are ;)

bobbert's avatar

Now, that is a succinct observation.

Vienna Woods's avatar

Which I assume will link to that asshole Erick Erickson's twitter.

Incoming Ham's avatar

Not "Ass-hat"?

PubOption's avatar

Women needing abortions in Deer Trail, CO, will be out of luck.

SullivanSt's avatar

Well, there is evidence that the Irish Government was concerned enough about the Halappanavar tragedy reflecting a larger trend, because they <em>changed their laws</em> in response to the mediaeval senselessness of it all, plus the threat of the European Court of Human Rights getting all sanctiony about it.

Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

just sprinkle them across the land as he flies over- like Johnny Abortionseed