Pro Versus Anti-Honesty

Having had someone close to me be faced with the choice - and yes, it is a choice - of abortion or having her life or the life of her unborn child be put at risk, I find the continued drumbeat of Fox"News" and the Modern American Right that anyone of opposing political alignment is purely a "pro-abortion" party to be simply ridiculous.

But, they seem to have their hooks in their easily lead droogies, so why should they give it up?



What Fox and the Right are missing is the fact that the platform of "choice" is not about a woman sitting around at her house going "jeez, if only I could get pregnant just so I could have an abortion". Nor is their insistence that Planned Parenthood is nothing more than an "abortion mill" even remotely accurate.

The choice that a woman makes is hers, not that of an alleged "law-maker" that doesn't even know her or her situation. The choice of a woman is not taken lightly, as they would have you believe. The choice of a woman is all to often that of life and death - and not in the fashion that the Right would have many of us believe.

This, more than anything, is about control and regulation of the reproductive system of women all across America - regardless of what is written on their voter registration card. Sadly, the Modern American Right still view women as second class citizens, no matter how many times they shove Sarah Palin in our faces.

Gretchen Peters Rocks

Unless you are a follower of who writes country music, you probably have never heard of Gretchen Peters.

However, if you have even a modest portion of country-music knowledge, you've likely heard of Martina McBride.

And if you watch Fox"News" on Sunday night, you have heard the song "Independance Day". It's the song Sean Hannity uses to open his "Hannity's America" program.

The fun part of all this, is that Hannity doesn't know what that song is about. Gretchen Peters made a statement about the song she wrote and how Sean Hannity is complete fool for thinking it means something else:

They are co-opting the song, completely overlooking the context and message, and using it to promote a candidate who would set women's rights back decades

Since Hannity is a part of the party that continually tosses out the word "context", maybe they need to learn what that word means. The song is about domestic abuse.

Considering that the Republican party espouses policies thatcompletely cast women aside or are abusive in their own right, there is a juicy chunk of irony that comes into play when one realizes that Gretchen Peters is donating royalties from this track to the group that draws more ire from the Republican party than just about any other - Planned Parenthood. And, she's doing it in the name of Sarah Palin. Fucking incredible.

But, it's not just Hannity that is using the song, Sarah Palin is even using it at rallys where she is speaking.

Much in the same way that Reagan used "Born In The USA" as a rallying song, Palin and Hannity are just two more in a long line of ignorant Republicans who can't process the obvious.

So, is this going to stop Hannity from using the song?

Only time will tell.