What It Is
It is what it is. Of course, it is what it is. It can’t be what it isn’t unless it wasn’t what it was when we decided that it is what it is. It that case, it would be what it was, but not necessarily, what it is. Meaning that what it will be could affect what it was further casting doubt on what it is. But, if it is what it is, that immediately identifies it as to what it isn’t. Making the statement correct, it is what it isn’t, which leave room for interpretation. Still, by being what it is, then the only thing left to do is determine what it is or what it ain’t, or what it might be or become. Maybe it isn’t there at all, and then it becomes what it isn’t. Isn’t that right?
It is what it is. Of course, it is what it is. It can’t be what it isn’t unless it wasn’t what it was when we decided that it is what it is. It that case, it would be what it was, but not necessarily, what it is. Meaning that what it will be could affect what it was further casting doubt on what it is. But, if it is what it is, that immediately identifies it as to what it isn’t. Making the statement correct, it is what it isn’t, which leave room for interpretation. Still, by being what it is, then the only thing left to do is determine what it is or what it ain’t, or what it might be or become. Maybe it isn’t there at all, and then it becomes what it isn’t. Isn’t that right?
View From the Other Side
Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to have a television stuck up your butt? Probably not. I never gave it much consideration either until I went in for my first colonoscopy. Having a colonoscopy is the plumbing equivalent of having a roto-rooter treatment for your intestines. Basically, it is a procedure that checks the intestine for cancerous growths and other harmful items that could be life threatening. It has been instrumental in helping to diagnose colon cancer and helping to stop it before it spreads. That it is a good procedure no one can deny. Still, the idea of having a four-foot long cable with a television camera on it stuck up your hindquarters does not qualify as a fun thing to do. It will never be a ride at Disneyland or at Six Flags amusement parks. In addition to being brutally inserted into the rectum, the device also blows air into the intestines to make them stretch so the doctor can view the entire lining of the bowel. Having air blown up your butt is like farting in reverse. It is not pleasant. Nevertheless, it is a valuable procedure. If you have the desire, you can actually watch on television while the doctor runs the roto-rooter. Some people actually save the videotape so they can watch the thrilling procedure in the comfort of their homes any time they please. In lieu of vacation pictures what could be more thrilling than a personal screening of your friend’s latest colonoscopy? This procedure becomes a regular occurrence once you reach a certain age. It is important that you take advantage of this technology to keep yourself healthy. My mother died of colon cancer and I wish the procedure had been available at that time. Perhaps, she would still be with me. Nevertheless, when it is time for my “routine” colonoscopy, I would rather go to the dentist.
It’s Hard Out There for a Pimp
The trickle down effect of gas prices is hurting everyone including pimps. Four-dollar gasoline got these pimps parking those big Escalades and Navigators at the curb for Showtime. Now they got their hoe’s on Kawasaki’s and Yamaha’s one at a time. And, they got all them hoe's stripped down to nothing but pasties and a g-string to cut wind resistance and save gas. Gas prices finally dropped last week and the ch-ching, ch-ching of tanks getting $10 worth floats in the air from the local gasoline stations. At last, all the red suits are out of the pawn shop and the seven-inch heel business is thriving again. Now, Cadillacs and Lincolns are lined up for blocks for $2.50 gasoline and four dollar cigarettes. Even pimps got to live.
Bear Bottoms
Charmin plays along with the cudely cartoon bears and we all smile at their cuteness or, do we smile because we know that underneath this commercial rests firmly on bathroom humor. It is toilet paper in cheek because we all know those clever toilet paper manufacturers wouldn't be subtlety answering that often debated question of "Does a wild bear shit in the woods?" Apparently they do and not only that, they use Charmin toilet paper. I'm glad that's cleared up.
Blind Man With a Gun
A friend of mine reported that recently while waiting on a bus, a blind man tried to rob him. According to TJ, the man threatened to shoot him if he didn’t hand over his wallet. Pandemonium broke out when the man pulled a gun and no one could tell where he was aiming. Fortunately, no one was injured except the blind man, who broke his nose after falling over the people who had dropped to the ground. He should have kept his job as the bus driver.
Serious Note: Abortion
Abortion is a tough subject to debate because of the emotionalism connected with it and the various scientific positions associated with it. When does life begin? When do we become people? No one knows for sure, but when it comes to abortion, there are plenty of PRO and CON arguments to go around.
Is it simply a woman’s choice? As with everything, it depends on the circumstances. Is it a violation of the father' rights? Again, it depends. The one surety the decision still rests with the woman and it is that woman who carries the load.
Once morals stand, the issue becomes a cacophony of useless noise where competing sides seek shrill value from misleading and sometimes vicious advertising. Once church groups become involved, the waters surrounding the issue become so muddy, the real issues disappear in the swirl of mud clouding the ponds of debate.
The issues are clear and simple. Is forcing a woman to bring an unwanted child into the world moral or ethical? Especially seeing the world the majority will largely forget about them once the birth takes place. Alternatively, is terminating a fetus a method of improper birth control that takes away a human life?
Whatever, the answer may be, I am against abortion being a political issue. Should it be a social issue? I believe it to be so and for several reasons and among them are that too many people use abortion as a form of birth control, which in the age of contraception I believe to be inexcusable. Further, it points out a failure of self-control and lack of acceptance of responsibility to ever reach that point, but before any pro-lifers start to cheer, I also find their position just as untenable.
As long as there are babies who don't have homes, go unadopted because of their ethnicity, which people refuse to pay for as part of the "antiwelfare" movement then they are no better than the "killers” they despise. They hide behind Pro-life banners of moral rectitude, while letting innocent babies die after the fact because they won't adopt them, pay for them or care for them in any way because now it is a "welfare" problem.
Pro-life proponents can't have it both ways. If they demand that women carry a fetus until term, then they must be ready to provide care in whatever form is necessary. If you just walk away satisfied that another life begins, then they are even worse than their opponents are because they are capitalistic hypocrites. They want children to live as long as it puts no financial load on them.
Both groups share an equal shortsightedness. For the pro-abortion forces, they spend far too much time promoting acceptance of abortion and not enough time promoting contraception. I would not expect this camp to be into adoption or welfare, but I would expect them to be in for promoting responsibility.
The word abortion raises hackles in nearly every culture than hears the term, but it is hardly new. In fact, it is as old as time itself as human beings for various reasons have used abortion to stop family growth, to avoid having another mouth to feed or even because it was inconvenient. Those abortions had no face in that they were fetuses.
However, children as young as one month old are drowned, burned and smashed against rocks. Even the Bible records such inhumanity as smashing babies against rocks. Today, in third world countries, female children are expendable. They are routinely killed in other cultures.
What does this have to do with anything? Simple! It is responsibility. Until both men and women take responsibility for contraception and sex safe, then abortion represents a failure of character in the American fabric and portends to moral ambivalence. Until our orphanages are empty of children, when there are no starving children on the streets of the richest country in the world, when their are no abandoned children and when all children are entitled to equal treatment, then the protests of the antiabortionists will be as hollow as their hearts. If we eliminate the need, we eliminate the problem.
Doctor Bodacious
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