Comments on: Provide half the raw materials: get $10,000. Provide the finished product: get $500. http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:00:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: hipparchia http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94486 hipparchia Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:13:21 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94486 fully-cooked baby! the image that comes to mind is a large kettle over a campfire, boiling merrily, containing fully-cooked babies ready for adoption. that article that jessica linked to, about south carolina trying to force women wanting abortions to view ultrasounds of their fetuses, has a sidebar with a poll "Should women be required to look at an ultrasound of their fetus before getting an abortion?" i think we should all go vote NO. vote early and often. fully-cooked baby! the image that comes to mind is a large kettle over a campfire, boiling merrily, containing fully-cooked babies ready for adoption.

that article that jessica linked to, about south carolina trying to force women wanting abortions to view ultrasounds of their fetuses, has a sidebar with a poll “Should women be required to look at an ultrasound of their fetus before getting an abortion?” i think we should all go vote NO. vote early and often.

]]> By: Lenka http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94478 Lenka Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:24:50 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94478 Sounds like those with permanent-resident status would be out of luck under the propsed bill, too...a minor distinction, but something that always bugs me because I myself was a U.S. permanent resident until age 28 and my parents still are (though even back then I had lived in the U.S. for over 25 years and had been a taxpayer for the latter 10 ). That little fillip proves to me it's not about the precious life of "the babies," but rather only about the "real American (read: most likely white) babies." Sen. Patrick apparently could give a rat's rectum about the rest. Sounds like those with permanent-resident status would be out of luck under the propsed bill, too…a minor distinction, but something that always bugs me because I myself was a U.S. permanent resident until age 28 and my parents still are (though even back then I had lived in the U.S. for over 25 years and had been a taxpayer for the latter 10 ). That little fillip proves to me it’s not about the precious life of “the babies,” but rather only about the “real American (read: most likely white) babies.” Sen. Patrick apparently could give a rat’s rectum about the rest.

]]> By: TomCody http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94456 TomCody Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:11:15 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94456 Well, if this is truly for *all* babies and they want them to be put up for adoption, what about the Black/Latino/Asian babies that no one really adopts anyway? What happens to the the welfare for those kids? Well, if this is truly for *all* babies and they want them to be put up for adoption, what about the Black/Latino/Asian babies that no one really adopts anyway? What happens to the the welfare for those kids?

]]> By: exangelena http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94445 exangelena Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:33:50 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94445 Zuzu - yeah, for all the hue and cry about pro-life policies, Republicans in the judiciary committees, during the twelve years they controlled Congress 1994-2006, could have, at any time, brought up a pro-life amendment to the constitution. Zuzu – yeah, for all the hue and cry about pro-life policies, Republicans in the judiciary committees, during the twelve years they controlled Congress 1994-2006, could have, at any time, brought up a pro-life amendment to the constitution.

]]> By: Jess http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94434 Jess Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:19:48 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94434 This is actually really good news for women. Just stop and think about it for a moment. It's truely wonderful news for the upwardly mobile profesional ladies of the world. Why take the time off work and ravage that hard-earned body when you can just go out and buy a baby for next to nothing. This could actually help women get hired for high power jobs since the bosses won't have to worry about us taking time off of work to have families/lives. Besides, the basic principals of capitalism beg that we ask why use six figure earners for breading when all those unemployed, unmotivated hussies have nothing worthwhile to do with their lives anyways? I'm sure this will be of great benefit to those who have found themselves pregnant and facing very real health risks, huge costs, and lost income. If nothing else it really demonstrates to these women how much they are valued by their govt. Not to mention the positive effect that this will have on global overpopulation. If there are more local babies available and less demand for foreign babies maybe all those empowered third world ladies will quit choosing to get raped by their husbands and other men from their communities. This kind of absurd thinking by people in power severely erodes my hope for humankind! This is actually really good news for women. Just stop and think about it for a moment.
It’s truely wonderful news for the upwardly mobile profesional ladies of the world. Why take the time off work and ravage that hard-earned body when you can just go out and buy a baby for next to nothing.

This could actually help women get hired for high power jobs since the bosses won’t have to worry about us taking time off of work to have families/lives.

Besides, the basic principals of capitalism beg that we ask why use six figure earners for breading when all those unemployed, unmotivated hussies have nothing worthwhile to do with their lives anyways?
I’m sure this will be of great benefit to those who have found themselves pregnant and facing very real health risks, huge costs, and lost income. If nothing else it really demonstrates to these women how much they are valued by their govt.

Not to mention the positive effect that this will have on global overpopulation. If there are more local babies available and less demand for foreign babies maybe all those empowered third world ladies will quit choosing to get raped by their husbands and other men from their communities.

This kind of absurd thinking by people in power severely erodes my hope for humankind!

]]> By: Doctress Julia http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94428 Doctress Julia Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:34:01 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94428 Actually, I think it's .07 cents an hour. EVEN WORSE!!! Actually, I think it’s .07 cents an hour. EVEN WORSE!!!

]]> By: norbizness http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94415 norbizness Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:48:45 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94415 Well, trigger bills have been passed in apparently less progressive states than Texas. I wasn't aware such states existed and will do my best to avoid them, although I suspect that in the case of <a href="http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3100/context/archive" rel="nofollow">North Dakota</a> that's like giving up buying Caribbean islands for Lent. Well, trigger bills have been passed in apparently less progressive states than Texas. I wasn’t aware such states existed and will do my best to avoid them, although I suspect that in the case of North Dakota that’s like giving up buying Caribbean islands for Lent.

]]> By: zuzu http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94413 zuzu Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:39:31 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94413 I always suspect that the Republicans aren't really serious about actually banning abortion, since it's such a great way to get the base all stirred up. I always suspect that the Republicans aren’t really serious about actually banning abortion, since it’s such a great way to get the base all stirred up.

]]> By: norbizness http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94412 norbizness Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:36:21 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94412 There's no point in debating hypotheticals on this bill. In addition, I'm relatively surprised that both abortion repeal trigger-bills have apparently died in committee (HB 175, SB 186). In fact, none of the bills related to abortion have <a href="http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Reports/Report.aspx?ID=subject&LegSess=80R&code=I0005" rel="nofollow">made it out of committee</a>, but there's still time. There’s no point in debating hypotheticals on this bill. In addition, I’m relatively surprised that both abortion repeal trigger-bills have apparently died in committee (HB 175, SB 186). In fact, none of the bills related to abortion have made it out of committee, but there’s still time.

]]> By: balsemon http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94409 balsemon Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:27:11 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/23/provide-half-the-raw-materials-get-10000-provide-the-finished-product-get-500/#comment-94409 Here's my comment to his lordship: If you're really serious about paying women to keep a baby to term rather than abort, you might want to consider upping the payment to them from $500 (which is beyond laughable) to something more on the order of $250,000. After all, if a stockbroker is worth 7-8 figures A YEAR, a baby, that commodity more precious than anything on earth, should be worth at least a middling 6 figures. Don't you think? PS - Who's running against you next term and where do I donate to that person? Here’s my comment to his lordship:

If you’re really serious about paying women to keep a baby to term rather than abort, you might want to consider upping the payment to them from $500 (which is beyond laughable) to something more on the order of $250,000. After all, if a stockbroker is worth 7-8 figures A YEAR, a baby, that commodity more precious than anything on earth, should be worth at least a middling 6 figures. Don’t you think?

PS – Who’s running against you next term and where do I donate to that person?

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