No. Really. You're kidding me.

Yesterday, as I was perusing my daily email from Firedoglake, I came across this little gem, and thought I'd share:


National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2007 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
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National Sanctity of Human Life Day serves as a reminder that we must value human life in all forms, not just those considered healthy, wanted, or convenient. Together, we can work toward a day when the dignity and humanity of every person is respected.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Sunday, January 21, 2007, as National Sanctity of Human Life Day. I call upon all Americans to recognize this day with appropriate ceremonies and to underscore our commitment to respecting and protecting the life and dignity of every human being.

Now, I am well aware that this statement was a pity fuck for the Righteous Right, who W has used brutally, and then never called until the next time he was needy. And it is the anniversary of the decision in Roe v. Wade. But this is beyond the pale, even for the Idiot in Chief.

Who in the Hell does he think he's kidding? "We must value human life in all forms, not just those healthy,wanted,or convenient". Tell that to the people in Iraq, those who can't afford proper health care, or the people in the 9th Ward in New Orleans. Never have so many people failed to be "healthy,wanted,or convenient". Tell that to all the people waiting for the potential miracle that stem cell research and treatments could bring. Talk about unhealthy AND inconvenient.

I am sick and tired of abortion, and reproductive rights, carrying all the water for this idiot's personal agenda. I would like to make one thing clear: NO ONE WANTS TO HAVE AN ABORTION! For a great many reasons. People, for the most part, don't prance about saying "Well, whatever, I can always have an abortion". I had to consider the prospect myself at one point. Fortunately, I never had to go through with my decision. But it wasn't happy. I was sick, and sad, and wondering, and second guessing.

Which seems to be a luxury this President doesn't worry about. It must be nice to be so certain of your rectitude, that you can slap a couple of layers of polyurethane varnish on your opinion and call it right. But to actually say he wants to "underscore our commitment to respecting and protecting the life and dignity of every human being". Again, he must really be delusional. He's doing a piss poor job of protecting human life in Iraq, either American or Iraqi, and he's going to respect 20000 Americans so much, he's going to send them over into that cluster fuck too. The only kind of human life this man cares about is the one that isn't here yet. Zygotes don't make mistakes, don't ask for money, aren't liberal, and can't see right through him. Once a child gets here, they are much more difficult, not quite so easy to deal with as they were in the abstract. They start needing food,and shelter, and education, and all the stuff that makes those of us already born such a pain in the ass.

Well, celebrate your "National Sanctity of Human Life Day", Mr. Bush. Throw that big bone to the anti-choice fundamentalists, and forget all about the humans who are already here, needing someone to recognize the sanctity of their human life. The poor, the sick, the battle scarred and war torn. Those who have given everything, and those who have had nothing to give. We'll keep trying to take care of the rest, W. That's what liberals do, when we're not off having abortions and stuff. good night and good luck...stimp