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There is a terrific article

Oxy Mora — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:36:53 +0000

In reply to Republicans revert to the withdrawal method.

There is a terrific article by Andrew Sullivan on the Daily Beast site, "How Obama set a Contraception Trap for the Far Right".

Thanks. Watching some of the

Oxy Mora — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:45:02 +0000

In reply to They are behind on

Thanks. Watching some of the snippets coming out of the CPAC I don't even recognize this country.

They are behind on

cmaukonen — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:07:13 +0000

In reply to Republicans revert to the withdrawal method.

They are behind on everything. The government, society, the economy and foreign policy. Everything.

They really do believe they can bring back those glorious days of yore. The cold war 1950s if only they just tried hard enough to get their message across.

Good diary.

O'Donnell has had a couple of

Oxy Mora — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:59:18 +0000

In reply to I think the fix is an

O'Donnell has had a couple of good segments on this. Apparently, the requirements in some of those states, 28 not 40, have "exemptions" of a kind---the institution has to provide this drug benefit if they offer an overall drug benefit. The "out" is they can simply drop the overall drug benefit. So the O team based their rationale of blanket requirements in these states without understanding that exemptions did exist---if they dropped the drug benefit itself.

Thanks, Erica. I'm never sure

Oxy Mora — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:51:11 +0000

In reply to Ps excellent piece, oxy.

Thanks, Erica. I'm never sure when I've crossed the line. But writing is about risk taking.

Thanks, very funny. If only

Oxy Mora — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:35 +0000

In reply to The low turnout in the

Thanks, very funny. If only we could relocate Missouri over there. But we do need a new term for "red states".

I think the fix is an

Verified Atheist — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:25:59 +0000

In reply to In revisiting this debacle, I

I think the fix is an excellent idea. As Oxy and others have pointed out, those extra expenses would actually be negative, so that would just mean more money for the government coffers!

The low turnout in the

jollyroger — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:12:07 +0000

In reply to Thanks, Aunt Sam. You would

The low turnout in the Caucasus

I dunno--true, the Chechens stayed home, but the numbers from Ingushettya weren't that bad.

And, of course, the Georgians voted twice each.

Ps excellent piece, oxy.

Erica — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:07:07 +0000

In reply to Republicans revert to the withdrawal method.

Ps excellent piece, oxy.

Dinosaurs didn't use birth

Erica — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:05:04 +0000

In reply to Republicans revert to the withdrawal method.

Dinosaurs didn't use birth control and they died off anyway when things changed.

Of course, republicans don't believe in dinosaurs.