Find the Cost of Freedom (A$$hole)

I'm reminded on this "Good Friday" -when Christians honor the concept of sacrifice - that our freedoms as Americans are paid for through the blood not just of our soldiers but also many innocent lives who never auditioned for roles in this particular blockbuster. We owe it to all of them not to be assholes. God bless us, everyone.

Everything's Bigger in Texas - Except Human Decency

It's getting very hard to decide what the biggest affront to human decency within public discourse is these days. That said, I feel confident that the comment from Texas state representative Jason Isaac embedded in this transcript from an NPR story about the US Supreme Court's consideration of a very restrictive bill affecting abortion rights in Texas, in which Isaac offered some words of wisdom for women who live far away from any clinics as a result of these laws.

"Hopefully," Isaac said, "they'll be more preventative and not get pregnant." Women who live far from a clinic should realize, he said, that "Hey, that might still be an option legally — but now I live 300 miles away from the nearest place, I should probably be more careful."

Has anyone else noticed how the party that's supposed to be all about keeping government out of people's private lives has no hesitation about getting involved in any aspect of private life that involves sex? I'm not saying that all Republican politicians are slimy little perverts (too many of them are limp-dicks too manage that). I'm merely wondering if that unpleasant odor is fecal matter or stale spunk from the involuntary ejaculations that presumably accompany the orgasms they attain from proposing such offensive legislation. Then again, since assessing affronts to human decency is often a multiple -choice activity, it may well be both.