Food for thought 3-10-06

If life actually begins at conception which is what the right wing conservatives believe, why can't a pregnant woman or her husband get life insurance on the fetus? Why can't the pregnant woman or her husband claim the fetus as an exemption or dependent on their taxes? If children under the age of 8 years old and under 40 pounds must be in a child restraint seat in the back of the vehicle then why is an exception made for the unborn fetus? I mean by their definition life has already begun at conception.

Should pregnant woman who smoke, eat unhealthy food or engage in unsafe behavior of any kind be charged with attempted murder or attempted manslaughter? Using their definition life begins at conception.

I wish I had the time and the money to research how many churches here in America have adoption programs. And what percentage of each church's congregation have adopted children.

And then there is this whole concept of love the fetis but hate the child thing that is so apparent in this Bush administration and republican controlled congress. Free and reduced hot lunches have been cut as has education funding and after school program funding.

Another thing...

We constantly hear about the movie industry and Hollywood being immoral. Tonight while watching some of the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament I saw a commercial about some chewing gum. In the commercial there are two attractive sexy young women sitting on opposite sides of a young man. The commercial is provocative. I got to thinking. The party responsible for this immoral suggestion (trying to think like a conservative here, stick with me) of two women with one man at the same time is the chewing gum company. You know, corporate America. And who/what has benefited most from this republican President and republican controlled congress? Corporate America and the wealthy have benefited most. So it seems apparent to me, at least in the chewing gum commercial, that right wing conservatives put these republican demi gods into power to protect themselves from moral decay and low and behold look who is promoting immoral behavior. It is non other than the benefactors of the right wing agenda, corporate America. Seriously, many commercials promote sex to sell their product. Corporate America is cashing in big by promoting immoral behavior. That is if we use the conservatives definition of immoral.

Bush and the republican controlled congress have sold our morality to the highest bidder. Go figure. Maybe Hollywood should make a movie about it.