Archive for January, 2008
What Happened to Family Values and Conservatism?
Why is it that republican and religious and secular conservatives continue make family values an election issue. The issue of family values and morality was ONE of the hallmark reasons for the Republican take-over of congress and it was also used as a theme during Bush’s first run for office.
Read the list of “hypocrites” below and respond whether or not you think that family values was/is a “SMOKE SCREEN” to win favor and votes
POPULAR SCANDALS
1.Senator Larry Craig, recently pleaded guilty to lued homosexual acts in an Airport. He still defiantly claims that he is not gay.
2.Mark Foley, had phone sex and indecent conversations with male pages.
3.George W. Bush, Republican president, accused in a criminal complaint and lawsuit of raping Margie Schoedinger, who later committed suicide. Accused by Tammy Phillips, a former stripper quoted in the National Enquirer in 2000 saying she had an affair with Bush that had ended in 1999
4.Senator David Vitter (R-La) who ran a hard-core platform on traditional family values, name was found on a Madams list. He told his constituents that it was a “private issue” and to leave him alone.
5.Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican governor, had sex with a 16 year old when he was 28.
6.Joe Scarborough, former Republican Congressman, currently a conservative talk show host. Resigned his congressional seat abruptly to spend more time with his family, amidst allegations of an affair. His intern, Lori Klausutis, was soon after found dead in his office. The medical examiner, who had his license revoked in Missouri for falsifying information in an autopsy report, and suspended in Florida for six years, ruled the case an accident, after giving conflicting information about her injuries. He said he lied about them because “The last thing we wanted was 40 questions about a head injury.”
7.John E. Peterson, Congressman (R-Pa), accused of sexual harassment and creation of a hostile work environment by six women. Peterson has refused to admit a crime, saying only “I may have been an excessive hugger.”
8.Henry Hyde, Judge who oversaw Clinton’s impeachment proceedings, prominent opponent of reproductive rights, who had an extramarital affair with a woman who was married and had three children, during the course of which she and her husband were divorced.
9.Newt Gingrich, married three times. Gingrich campaign worker Anne Manning admitted that she gave Newt oral sex while he was still married to his first wife. Informed one wife he was filing for divorce while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer treatments
10.Richard A. Dasen Sr., Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, convicted of sexual abuse of children, promotion of prostitution and several counts of solicitation, enough to add up to a sentence of 126 years in prison
Conservative Personalities and Figure Scandals
1.Paul Crouch Televangelist, Former President of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Paid $425,000 in hush money in an attempt to cover up a gay affair.
2.Ted Haggard, popular conservative pastor who advised Bush on Family Values issues was outed by a male prostitute who also alleged that he gave Haggard drugs.
3.Rush Limbaugh, triple-divorcee
4.Bill O’Reilly Right-wing conservative talk show host on Fox News, sued for sexual harassment by his producer.
5.Dr. Laura Schlessinger, right wing conservative radio host. Promotes family values, estranged from her mother, opposes birth control, has had her tubes tied, espouses saving oneself for marriage, admits to having had sex before she was married, opposes adultery, has committed adultery while she was married, and has slept with a married man, opposes divorce, is divorced and remarried, has posed for nude photos which are available online.
There are many, many, many more. I know that I am going to be accused of being repub-coserv-basher. I am not, I know the democrats have just as many scandals if not more. However, I think that the whole PLATFORM OF CONSERVATIVE FAMILY VALUES IS A DISINGENIOUS strategy to rally votes and to swing elections. THIS LIST DEMONSTRATES THE FACT THAT NO ONE PRACTICES WHAT THEY PREACH!!!
I also believe that we are all human and everyone makes mistakes, but it is VERY HYPOCRITICAL to impose ideas that these “cultural-icons” don’t keep!
(((What are your thoughts???)))))))
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Why won’t a bank hire someone who has filed bankruptcy?
I am 26 years old. I have made a few mistakes in my life. But when I was pregnant with my son, I was in and out of the hospital a lot. I racked up some severely expensive hospital bills, among other things, and I got over my head in bills. This all happened before I was 21. My husband and I decided that bankruptcy was our only option. I am a lot more mature now and I would like to get back to working at a bank. Banking is what I know best because I worked previously for a bank. I loved it. I just want to know why I can’t get a second chance. I’m not a theif and I don’t have a criminal record. I am a church going person and would do anything for anyone. I just needed help and bankruptcy did that for me. I just wanted someone else’s perspective on this.
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can you sue the hospital if they were wrong and said you didnt have something when someone else said you do?
i went to the hospital three days ago because i was in pain. my family doctor told me to go there to get help since i could not get to her. well i had a pretty good idea what was wrong with me same with my doctor. but the doctor at the hospital said no. i called my regular doctor and told what happened and was told to come see her emediatly. well me and her were both right and the doctor was wrong. just so you have abetter understanding of this we are talking about herpes which f there is an outbreak is very noticable (and quite painful). so there should have been no mistake at all. can i sue the hospital? ( have the bill from the hospital cleared at least since he made a mistake) and there was also talk of me haveing cancer when my doctor didnt see one sign of cancer. what can i do????
If you know what you are doing though you would know the difference between herpes and a little rash from your skin rubbing together. EVEN I KNOW THAT AND I DONT HAVE A DEGREE IN ANYTHING! If you are an OB/GYN you should know exactly what you are doing down there. and to the girl who said i am pathetic- you wouldn’t be saying this if you were going through the same physical pain i am going through. and yes i was prescribed a medication that according to my doctor and textbooks makes the situation much worse and painful. i cant even walk with out feeling the pain, can’t sit down or lay down t sleep. do i sound pathetic now?
and also i have no medical insurance of anykind. i had just started my job and my insurance hasnt started yet. i kinda feel like they didnt want to waste any of there money on me (if you can prove you cannot pay for the costs for certain reasons such as mine you pay nothing)
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