Showing posts with label College. Show all posts
Showing posts with label College. Show all posts
Friday, October 12, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Fluke's Followers are Fools
The media circus abound the Obama administration and Catholic charities continues. The Catholic charities have dug in their heels because the ruling threatens their very existence. Democrats have tried to shift the focus from the threat of government diktat to it to be a threat to a right they hold sacred, access to birth control with the testimony of Democrat activist Sandra Fluke. Meanwhile HHS, IRS, and other alphabet agencies involved in this effort have just issued a call for suggestions on how to improve/change this contentious issue.
About page 10 of that document something becomes clear, even though President Obama promised accommodations right now, HHS has another idea. They will review and accept advise on this accommodation but any change will not happen until the expiration of the one year grace period which they call a safe harbor time. Which can also mean these agencies could decide at a later date not to implement any accommodation. Perhaps after the November election which sees Obama re-elected or Obama sent packing. It kicks the problem down the road while hoping everyone falls for the promise the controversial issue has already been taken care of. This is the peril of administrative law, no Congress enacting the specific law while a cabal of bureaucrats decide to enforce a law of their creation.
But lets get back to Sandra Fluke. She testified under oath to Congress that contraceptives costs for law students at Georgetown like her will cost $3000 during her whole time at school. She says this a hardship. Lets guess she will be at law school for the average three years. That is thirty-six months. Now divide the $3000 by 36. The monthly cost then should be $83.34. My question is, like many others, is why is this a hardship for Ms. Fluke and where is she shopping? The costs for attending Georgetown are very expensive as this listing of tuition and fees show, perhaps she is tapped for cash. However as the Wall Street Journal article I link to shows she could have visited Wal-Mart or Target for contraception pills, spent about $150, and have enough pills for three years of frolic. Ms. Fluke's grasp of costs seems a bit flawed which raises questions of what her billing practices will be when she is in the real world, unless she just wants to work for the government where it seems costs are never a factor.
Of course the worse thing about Ms. Fluke's testimony is the damage it does to the concept of female empowerment. She is refuting everything Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox are singing about in this video about Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves. It seems the song Ms. Fluke sings is "I Want Someone Else to Pay for Me." She wants to be a kept woman, this time kept by the government and paid with other peoples money. Yes she has come a long way, right back to dis-enfranchisement.
About page 10 of that document something becomes clear, even though President Obama promised accommodations right now, HHS has another idea. They will review and accept advise on this accommodation but any change will not happen until the expiration of the one year grace period which they call a safe harbor time. Which can also mean these agencies could decide at a later date not to implement any accommodation. Perhaps after the November election which sees Obama re-elected or Obama sent packing. It kicks the problem down the road while hoping everyone falls for the promise the controversial issue has already been taken care of. This is the peril of administrative law, no Congress enacting the specific law while a cabal of bureaucrats decide to enforce a law of their creation.
But lets get back to Sandra Fluke. She testified under oath to Congress that contraceptives costs for law students at Georgetown like her will cost $3000 during her whole time at school. She says this a hardship. Lets guess she will be at law school for the average three years. That is thirty-six months. Now divide the $3000 by 36. The monthly cost then should be $83.34. My question is, like many others, is why is this a hardship for Ms. Fluke and where is she shopping? The costs for attending Georgetown are very expensive as this listing of tuition and fees show, perhaps she is tapped for cash. However as the Wall Street Journal article I link to shows she could have visited Wal-Mart or Target for contraception pills, spent about $150, and have enough pills for three years of frolic. Ms. Fluke's grasp of costs seems a bit flawed which raises questions of what her billing practices will be when she is in the real world, unless she just wants to work for the government where it seems costs are never a factor.
Of course the worse thing about Ms. Fluke's testimony is the damage it does to the concept of female empowerment. She is refuting everything Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox are singing about in this video about Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves. It seems the song Ms. Fluke sings is "I Want Someone Else to Pay for Me." She wants to be a kept woman, this time kept by the government and paid with other peoples money. Yes she has come a long way, right back to dis-enfranchisement.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Columbia - Short Memory You Have
While Columbia gears up to welcome Ahmadinejad to prove how tolerant they are, ie in typical leftist clap-trap I am superior to you but I am nice so I will let you talk since what you say agrees with what I want to hear, lets remember a bit of recent history.
Back in 2003 a Canadian journalist, Zahra Kazemi, was arrested for being outside one of Iran's most infamous torture prisons - Evin prison. While incarcerated in the prison in question, she died via torture.
To put it more bluntly, the tyrannical regime of Iran murdered a foreign citizen who was a journalist via torture.
And Columbia, which is supposed to be a school of journalism, is going to allow the primary spokesman of the government of Iran to speak on their campus. Columbia is just mad.
Back in 2003 a Canadian journalist, Zahra Kazemi, was arrested for being outside one of Iran's most infamous torture prisons - Evin prison. While incarcerated in the prison in question, she died via torture.
To put it more bluntly, the tyrannical regime of Iran murdered a foreign citizen who was a journalist via torture.
And Columbia, which is supposed to be a school of journalism, is going to allow the primary spokesman of the government of Iran to speak on their campus. Columbia is just mad.
Monday, April 16, 2007
We Are All VT Alumni
Cartoon by Gary Varvel. - added 10:58pm.I am shocked and very saddened by the tragic events in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Thirty two people with so much of their lives to live have had those lives tragically cut short. The depraved person whom authorities think is the sole perpetrator of these evil acts has committed suicide and is facing higher justice.
This is not the time to second guess and finger point. To run wildly at the mouth speculating with nothing to support it. I could be a complete prat and spout off things but I shall not, not on this day.
There are many families who are still wondering if their children or brothers or sisters or cousins or even parents are among the fallen. Then there are the friends who are wondering who among them are dead.
Thirty two people with so much of their lives to live have had those lives tragically cut short. The depraved person whom authorities think is the sole perpetrator of these evil acts has committed suicide and is facing higher justice.
This is not the time to second guess and finger point. To run wildly at the mouth speculating with nothing to support it. I could be a complete prat and spout off things but I shall not, not on this day.
There are many families who are still wondering if their children or brothers or sisters or cousins or even parents are among the fallen. Then there are the friends who are wondering who among them are dead.
Lets keep all of them in our prayers and let them know they are not alone.
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