Welcome to the dumping ground for all my random thoughts and strokes of genius. Tread carefully.
P.S. The title comes from a Dorothy Parker quote. "This is not a novel to be tossed lightly aside. It should be thrown with great force."
Replace "novel" with just about anything else and you've got yourself some damn good words to live by.
Republicans repeatedly said providing money to family planning organizations was a waste of taxpayer funds.
You know what I think is a waste of taxpayer funds?
Salaries for so-called “representatives” who make it their mission to take (or keep) certain rights - that should be unalienable - away from the people they’re supposed to serve.
Also, people who come thisclose to shutting down the federal government to prove their close-minded ideological points.
It is good gosh darn thing they figured this out, because I was feeling real, real stabby about the whole ridiculous scenario.
Abortion’s Role in Budget Dispute Shows Conservatives’ Sway - NYTimes.com