Today in one of my local papers, I spotted two letters. No, not exactly the same, but using the same construction:
1. We have economic challenges here in NH!
2. Why are legislators going to spend time on monkeying with a woman’s reproductive rights! We are a pro-choice state!
4. You need to work for all of us, and not just your own personal agendas!
Yeah, mark me impressed – one of them decided to mock those of the "faith community" by the use of the phrase "archaic belief systems". Yeah, that’s gonna make me switch my views real quick, lady.
Here’s my response (the actual Letters are after the jump):
Dear Form Letter Ladies,
So nice to see that you could come up with an original idea between the pair of you! While it is true that NH faces "economic challenges", we can lay much of that at the feet of your fellow Liberal Travellers that decided, without a shred of economic understanding among them, that they knew best just how businesses should be run, regulated, and taxed so as to produce "jobs". We, thusly, find ourselves in the situation we currently now enjoy – shared misery instead of "a rising tide lifts all boats".
You know, I don’t remember seeing these same Letters as the Democrats put THEIR social agenda first during their time in power and control – where was your outrage over their lack of attending to economic issues then?
I love the euphemisms in trying to hide YOUR agendas:
- legislate family communication – "parental rights and responsibilities are outweighed by some unknown social service clerk that hardly knows your 8th grade daughter. And that 26 year old boyfriend? Irrelevant!"
- womens’ rights – "in our world, every female is a full fledged woman, you patriarchial mysogynist!"
- archaic belief systems – you moralistic Bible-Thumpers are just getting in the way of our ‘enlightened" secularism!"
- slow us down even further – "we have to move society forward!" (ah! the key phrase for Progressivism! Which is nothing more than incremental socialism – yeah, that’s the ticket! And where do we end up, dearies?)
- potentially cost taxpayers even more money – "you think abortion is expensive? wait until you have to pay for 18 years of welfare!"
Look, there is no reason why Republicans (the unstated Party in their diatribes) shouldn’t revisit the Parental Notification law that codifies that the responsibility of a minor child resides, not with the State, but with her parents. It also treats abortion as it truly is – a major medical procedure and should handled in the same manner as an aspirin from a school nurse. Treating the two is mere hypocrisy in the fight over ideologies.
Heck, we should be treating the life of an unborn child with FAR most concern than a pill.
But that seems to be all that the anti-Parents crowd wants…after all, just like Michelle said:
"We just can’t leave it up to the parents."
Lynn, look what I just wrote!
To the editor,
We have enormous economic challenges facing our state, educational funding issues and problems so it is unbelievable that lawmakers wish to spend their time wanting to legislate family communication and a woman’s right to choose in our pro-choice state.
We need time spent on creating jobs, not on a social agenda, getting involved with a woman’s personal reproductive decisions,especially decisions that could put a woman’s health at risk.
I urge lawmakers to stay on task for the benefit of ALL state’s residents, not use their position to push a personal or social agenda.
Barbara Hughes
Wolfeboro
Your turn now! Just do what I did – just different
Thanks Barbara – but can I use your typewriter?
To the editor,
With so many economic challenges facing our state, it is imperative that the lawmakers focus on just that, not another side-bar to legislate family communication in another futile attempt to turn the clocks back and alter womens’ rights. We live in a pro-choice state, lets move on and get to work on the economy before more unnecessary suffering occurs.
It is stunning to me that in this day and age in this country, there are still legislators out there more interested in archaic belief systems than fixing the most obvious problems. It is their job to fix the economy — this is why
you were elected. We are a country founded on equal rights for all. Why anyone in their position would consider doing anything to slow us down even further, punish young women and potentially cost taxpayers even more money by costly mandates that could endanger the lives of our young women is beyond me.
I urge lawmakers to keep their focus where it will do the most good — on our economy. I sincerely hope they will do the right thing.
Ms. Lynn Hughes
Alton Bay
That makes me feel just so darn good, Barbara – thanks for the ideas!
