The Bean Patch

Political commentary and satire, seasoned with personal experience, from the point-of-view of an ultra-conservative member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy and the Patriarchy to boot.

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Location: Jasper, Georgia, United States

Conservative, Baptist, family man. Married for 13 years with 4 children. Accountant by trade. Bachelor's of Business Administration from Kennesaw State University in Marietta, GA, in 1996. Graduated Cherokee High School, Canton, GA in 1991. Live in Jasper, GA.

Monday, January 23, 2006

The Anniversary of Irresponsibility

Yesterday, January 22, marked the 33rd anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision of Roe V. Wade. The day is heralded in many circles and mourned in others. I, for one, continually mourn the slow passing of our great republic brought on by such irresponsible decisions as Roe.

Prior to the Roe decision, abortion was legal in several states. Many today do not know this because they have bit the "back-alley-closehanger-abortion" line that has been propogated by such esteemed organizations as Planned Parenthood and the NAG gals, known otherwise as the National Organization of Women. But it is true. Abortion was legal, pre 1973.

Many on the right argue that abortion should be illegal for all states, since abortion is murder, and murder is illegal in all 50 states. But murder is not a federal offense unless you murder a federal stateman, foreign diplomat, the President, or some other agent of the federal government. Murder is otherwise a state offense. If any state wished to legalize murder, then it is their perogative under the 10th amendment. Otherwise, it is not a federal crime to murder, just to prevent someone from getting an abortion.

And that is where I stand on abortion. I find it repulsive to think that anyone could be so selfish as to murder an unborn child so as not be weighed down with the responsibility of raising a child for whatever the reason. I believe that the individual states should make laws pertaining to this, as the Federal government has no Constitutional authority to decide such a case.

And so we are here at this point in time, with irresponsibility breeding irresponsibility. To every action there is a reaction. To every action, there are consequences, good or bad. But people must realize that they are responsible for what they do.

And unfortunately, here we are in the culture of victimology. Everyone is the victim. No one is responsible.

And so it is with people and abortion. No one is responsible for engaging in the act that conceives children. This, according to some, cannot be helped, is an animal instinct.

I have always said that I am an advocate of a woman's right to choose; to choose to keep a dime between her knees when she is with her boyfriend. If she lets the dime slip, then...

Oh, and rape is a crime already. So is incest. Let's not murder unborn babies in retribution for the acts of others. It is not a baby's fault he is conceived.