Posted on 05/12/2006 2:35:12 PM PDT by Excellence
Having convinced the poor that they can't get out of poverty when they have all those extra mouths to feed, you will have to provide the means to prevent the extra mouths, because abstinence doesn't work. The religious right has had 12 years to preach its message. It's time to officially recognize that people are going to have sex and what we need to do as a nation is prevent as much disease and as many poor babies as possible. . . . There have been 30 million abortions in this country since Roe v. Wade. Think of all the poverty, crime and misery...and then add 30 million unwanted babies to the scenario. We lost a lot of ground during the Reagan-Bush religious orgy. We don't have a lot of time left. . . . The biblical exhortation to "be fruitful and multiply" was directed toward a small tribe, surrounded by enemies. We are long past that. Our survival depends upon our developing a population where everyone contributes. We don't need more cannon fodder. We don't need more parishioners. We don't need more cheap labor. We don't need more poor babies. Hat tip: Ramesh Ponnuru. This pretty much speaks for itself, although it does seem worth noting that the three sentences before the last one contradict everything else he's saying--unless you think soldiers, churchgoers and low-paid workers don't contribute to society. Also creepy is Weddington's postscript: "I was co-counsel in Roe v. Wade, [and] have sired zero children and one fetus, the abortion of which was recently recounted by my ex-wife in her book, A Question of Choice. (Grosset/Putnam, 1992) I had a vasectomy in 1969 and have never had one moment of regret."
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Weddington is addressing the Clintons.
(Might have similar comments)...
Not enough crime for you, eh?
Ever hear of the link between abortion and falling crime rate?
The Bell Curve has all that.
I hope those advocating lots of poor babies are prepared for the welfare cost of raising them.
Sickening.
Vooidoid went bye-bye.
Nuking seems a bit harsh...
The biblical exhortation to "be fruitful and multiply" was directed toward a small tribe, surrounded by enemies. We are long past that. Our survival depends upon our developing a population where everyone contributes. We don't need more cannon fodder. We don't need more parishioners. We don't need more cheap labor. We don't need more poor babies.
Sounds like Ron is saying he doesn't need any more Democrats. And his swipe at the military is not excusable (we don't need more cannon fodder.).
This was a Clinton era big-shot in the Clinton Administration... No wonder we are in such a mess today...
He must have posted something more objectionable on another thread.
very nazi-like how they can refer to their removal of "unwanted babies" - that's right - babies, not a strange growth called a fetus. do they realize the allowance of the extermination of unwanted babies feeds the culture that destroys them? ie: a snake eating it's own tail
I don't think it's The Bell Curve. I think the book you're refering to is "Freakenomics."
What do you think the reaction to this will be vis-a-vis the remarks by Bill Bennett?
No, Freakonomics comes out in defense of the Bell Curve's conclusions.
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