Tag Archives: pro-choice

Bill O’Reilly and Scott Roeder

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Would it have been murder to kill Auschwitz’s Dr. Josef Mengele? Here’s what Scott Roeder, the man suspected of killing Dr. George Tiller, posted on an Operation Rescue affiliated website: It seems as though what is happening in Kansas could … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Ayn Rand, and the Murder of Abortion Clinic Physician, Dr. George Tiller

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

The Kansas abortion clinic physician, Dr. George Tiller, was murdered today in a church. It’s hard to imagine a more animalistic and nihilistic gesture than to enter a church to murder someone, and it put me in mind of a … Continue reading →

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A Quote for Sunday: Barack Obama on Abortion

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Barack Obama: “The reason I’m pro-choice is because I don’t think women take [abortion] casually. I think they struggle with these decisions each and every day. And I think they are in a better position to make these decisions ultimately … Continue reading →

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Randall Terry for Beginners

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

What President Obama faces at Notre Dame today is embodied by Randall Terry, a leading figure in the protests. Salon.com describes Terry’s anti-abortion activism history this way: The Operation Rescue zealot turned off a lot of working-class people who were nervous about … Continue reading →

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The Gaff That Does McCain In?: On Thursday, Sarah Palin Declined to Call Abortion Clinic Bombers Terrorists

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

I think that Sarah Palin may have just committed a gaff that effectively takes Bill Ayers’s acts of domestic terrorism off the table as a campaign issue. And Ayers is about the last campaign issue in McCain’s arsenal. Now, each … Continue reading →

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Does John McCain Have a Problem with Women?: From Sarah Palin to “Health of the Mother” Set in Scare Quotes in Debate #3, It Seems That McCain Does Not Really Take Women SERIOUSLY

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

First it was an “any woman will do” attitude in impulsively picking Sarah Palin as his VP. And now Republican John McCain is utterly dismissive of the health of the mother with regard to abortion:

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Sarah the Zealot: It Appears That Sarah Palin Has Been an Anti-Abortion Picketer Who, on at Least One Occasion, Intimidated Patients Attempting to Enter a Physician’s Medical Office, Disrupting the Doctor’s Practice

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

According to Baptist minister Howard Bess, who has known Sarah Palin since the 1990s, Palin is so vehemently opposed to abortion rights that she even, on at least one occasion, engaged in aggressive picket activities against an abortion doctor. His … Continue reading →

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John McCain Will Say Anything to Get Elected: Yet Another Example of McCain Lying on the Campaign Trail

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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Stuff Happens: Donald Rumsfeld, the Free Will Defense, and the Problem of Suffering

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

After the invasion of Iraq in April 2003, George Bush’s Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, provided a free-will defense for the rampant street looting in Iraq. Why was it occurring, and why wasn’t the United States actively engaged in stopping it? Here’s Rumsfeld’s answer: Freedom’s … Continue reading →

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