Romney/Ryan Ticket DANGEROUS to Women

Forgive me for being nit-picky, but all this uproar about Paul Ryan and his one-man (okay, one party) war on women has one word lodged in my mind like an accidentally swallowed whitefish bone in the throat.

Womb. ***scream!***

Womb.

It's like using ...what was the biblical term for penis, anyway? I guess Adam's rib...so yes, it's like saying, in all seriousness, "Place the condom over your Adam's rib prior to intercourse"...or wait, what was the biblical word for intercourse? That would be "knowing" right? Okay, so if all things were to be reduced, as women's anatomy is, to ancient biblical terminology, one would place a condom over one's Adam's rib before any and all instances in which any knowing of a woman's womb may take place. No, wait, that's not right either, because condoms weren't in the bible either...

Contraception is a sin according to our wonderful new Teavangelical Republican party which apparently either takes its marching orders from a very out-dated view of the story of Onan from the Old Testament of the Bible (Genesis 38:6-9) or the better known New Testament musings of Paul (I Corinthians 6:9) in which seed "shall not be wasted upon the ground" or, I assume, otherwise mistreated in any way...even though according, again to Paul, it (semen) makes one terribly "unclean." What the people who translated those passages failed to note is that THE key word pertaining to the exact meaning of the original text, which has since been twisted to cover everything from coitus-interruptus birth control to homosexuality (sodomy) to masturbation, literally lost its meaning millennia ago. The meaning of the original Greek word has been unknown for centuries and translators, ministers, priests, rabbis and popes have been guessing, just guessing, and abusing these passages to suit their own prejudices ever since.

Yes, I was shocked too. ***yawn***

Then there is the real wrinkle in the parchment. If you actually pay attention to the CHRIST in Christianity, HE said it was the thoughts in our minds and hearts and not what we do with our hands that make us unclean. Ohhh I can just hear the tea-baggers now. "Sounds like some kind of LIBRUL!" Seriously, I think if most Teavangelicals met "Jesus" right here and now they'd SHOOT Him! THERE's something to ponder for Misters Romney and Ryan, who repeatedly tell lie after filthy lie and steal from the poor, the disabled, children, elderly, and veterans to further enrich the already obscenely wealthy--which they tout as a faith-based initiative.

Of course, they may not be being as dishonest as it may appear because personally, I think the only things they truly worship are money Grover Norquist and the Koch brothers. Of course Romney worships that Joseph Smith guy too, and pays more to his cause than he does in taxes, if he pays ANY taxes at all...so I guess that counts for something.

Sigh...

My original point here, anyway, is that, obviously, womb is a terribly outdated word. Penis, uterus, vagina, and all their sundry and assorted sub and associated parts are perfectly and accurately described by scientific terms. I like to keep up on medical and associated practice in women's health and actually read a "new age" holistic healing text just today that advised an herbal suppository of some kind for placement "in the womb". Umm--NO! Not outside a physician's office or hospital. Clearly they meant vagina, but it is a perfect illustration of how this kind of archaic language leads to misunderstanding and misinterpretation. Also, and as too many of us already know, plenty of men are already mightily confused by lady parts as it is.

So....let's get our language out the the dark ages and into the 21st century. We can begin by removing "womb" and "Adam's rib" and "fornicator" and "sodomite" and all other such ridiculously dated words (and IDEAS) from common usage. While we're at it, as the lovely Nuns on the Bus would advise, let's keep the politicians out of our bedrooms too!

It's bad enough that Ryan VERY LITERALLY wants to return women to barefoot and pregnant status (no one more bitter against women, apparently, than a man forced to marry for money, but hey, at least his wife just inherited that $$$five million$$$, so she DID pay off, and he still gets to "see the guys" at the gym every day).

Very seriously, this is something I have warned young women for YEARS not to be complacent about.

They didn't listen.

Now the reproductive rights they took completely for granted--rights women like me worked so damned hard to defend--are being eroded away, state by state, and maybe even on the national level by the effing Teavangelicals, to the point where even THE PILL will be considered ABORTION because it prevents a fertilized ovum from implanting.

You read that right, the DIVINE and ALL KNOWING Teavangelical wing of the Republican Party said so, in the guise of ultra-healthy "I don't eat sweets because I want to keep my ripped abs because my dad died young and even though I was filthy rich I used Social Security for college anyway, but now I want to take it away from everyone else." ...Paul Ryan.

Ryan has PRONOUNCED that from this day forward a new human life begins the split second a man's PRECIOUS SEED pierces the protective membrane of the female ova (egg) in the (here it comes) WOMB.

Pardon me while I grind my teeth.

At that point, the all-knowing Mr. Ryan insists, when what usually gets flushed down the toilet or washed down the shower drain happens to meet inside a female human body (which is now no longer a living breathing human being, but nothing more than a human incubator for a man's seed to mature inside an ova, whether it was placed there with or without her consent, and no matter who put it there, no matter what her age, dreams, hopes, or health...even if pregnancy and delivery will ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY result in her DEATH at the age of TEN after being RAPED by her own FATHER) that sperm meeting that ova is WAY more important than the living, breathing, thinking, dreaming female human being in which the meeting took place...no matter how violently or by how much force...because she has a working WOMB.

Ugh...that WORD.

She is, in Ryan's eyes, nothing but a BABY FACTORY. If that factory breaks down, the job can just be outsourced to a new, improved womb next time. I hear lots of wombs are crossing the border from Mexico... Maybe he can get one cheap.

THAT is the man who wishes to be one heartbeat away from the presidency.

Yes, I tend to agree this is the most radical choice for VP we have had in my lifetime. Sarah Palin was dirt stupid and had a HUGE ego. Dick Cheney was a violent, war-mongering S.O.B.

This guy Ryan is DANGEROUSLY MISOGYNISTIC and if Romney is elected the damage they do could last for decades. Way too women are going to look at him, think he's CUTE (you know, like that serial killer Ted Bundy...very charming...until he started the killing part) and vote for him because he seems so earnest and nice and homespun. Then, when it's too late they're going to wonder why they can't get a refill on their pills anymore or just go a couple states over if they can't get an abortion in their own state. Not only will they be forced into parenthood too early, but there will be NO social safety net. They'll be on the STREETS with those kids...so while he's insisting they all be born, he's also going to be MURDERING them by refusing medical care. I don't know what your definition of psycho is, but that's pretty close to mine.

And for the record, yes....I know precisely how over the top ridiculous this all sounds. As my son says, "No one is going to take you seriously if you say all this stuff." Well, so be it. It's true. I have not said one thing here that isn't true.

They do want to outlaw hormonal birth control.

They do want to end ALL social safety net programs and instead give more tax cuts to their ultra rich contributors and lobbyists.

They do DEMAND and seek to legislate that all pregnancies, even rape and incest cases, be brought to term, no matter the age of the victim, but they don't want programs like Medicaid which provide health care for the resulting children or food stamps to feed them. That is slow, lingering death for tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of children. When you live in a cardboard box on the street because your mom can't make ends meet, because NO ONE can pay rent alone, much less day care and utilities on minimum wage and TRUST ME, not everyone has family willing to help (been there, done that) PEOPLE DIE.

So though this sounds like hyperbole, I am speaking plain fact. The Romney/Ryan ticket is DANGEROUS TO WOMEN!

And yes, I really do despise the word womb, because when people like Paul Ryan look at people like me, that's all they see. It's exceedingly demeaning. It takes something beautiful and miraculous and wonderful and turns it into a violent act of force and submission.

To that I say NO! I CHOSE to have my sons. I could not personally choose to have an abortion. I am PERSONALLY pro-life in EVERY way, meaning I also care about the poor, the disabled, the elderly and the disenfranchised. I believe in the teachings of Christ with all my heart and soul. I would, however, die to protect the right of another woman to make her choices for herself, especially women who have already suffered sexual assault and don't have loving families to support them. That is a hard, hard, lonely life and I would not wish that on ANYONE.

Paul Ryan doesn't care. Women like her mean less than nothing to him. And what's worse...the infant, once it's born, means nothing to him either! He wants no health care for it, no food stamps, no education...and if heaven forbid it's female, he won't care if the same thing happens to her.

If anyone has unclean thoughts in heart and mind I'd say that person is Paul Ryan. I do not see how any Christian can vote for a ticket topped by a cultist who worships a guy named Joseph Smith and thinks he's the second coming of Christ and has chosen as VP someone as unclean, according to Holy Scripture, as Paul Ryan.

Women...I've warned you before and I warn you again now. Paul Ryan is dangerous. A vote for his ticket is a vote AGAINST equal pay for women, against birth control, against health care, elder care, care for veterans and it's in your hands. Romney/Ryan can't win without female votes. Don't give them yours. For once let us put our differences aside and act as sisters. Think of that little nine year old rape-incest victim forced to lose her life in childbirth. What he does to one of us he does to us all!

Here... A picture paints a thousand words. It's real. She's nine. I've taken care of children not much older. It happens in Paul Ryan's own state, which is also mine. He thinks that's just fine. I don't.

Nine year old pregnant child. If she survives delivery she will likely be disabled and unable bear children as an adult. Her own development will be stunted because the developing fetus takes what it needs, such as calcium she needs for her own bones. As it grows the fetus will make breathing and other body functions increasingly difficult leading almost certainly to a premature delivery by major surgery and a lengthy hospital stay for mother-child and baby, if she is in a city with access to a newborn intensive care and her parents, if she has them, take her there.