Thanks for nothing MSNBC

There are times as a Democrat that I am proud, and there are times I am not. But these past couple days I have been more ashamed of being a journalist than anything. I am ashamed that MSNBC, a liberal news organization, is dropping the ball on one of the biggest news story in America.

I am trying to think back to a time in my life, or even my father’s life, when the American people have stood up like they are doing now and telling the rich––and the Republicans––to fuck off.

I am proud of the people; there are the few of us out there that have realized that the status quo has changed, that we no longer have a shot like we use to, and that America needs to fight back.

At MSNBC, with this revolt, we have Americans sitting in on the capital, refusing to leave. They are setting up drumlins and really making this hell for soon-to-be governor Scot Walker. And nothing in the media. There are literally more than 10 thousand people at the capital every weekend and no news. This is despicable. After two weeks in Egypt, CNN was all over the story; and for the campers on the capital, they are MIA, and the AMERICAN PEOPLE are speaking.

With the exception of Rachel Maddow I have yet to see any coverage of Wisconsin. In fact, for an experiment, I will turn on MSNBC randomly to see what they are showing so far and here is what I have found: Charlie Sheen. The end.

That’s right, the nation’s leading liberal news organization wants to talk about a coked up ex-Indians pitcher instead of the middle class taking a stand. Although, I suppose I shouldn’t be too shocked, they didn’t cover the 9/11 first responders bill at all, and when Obama dropped the defense on the DOMA bill, they spent five minutes on it only to cut away to Lindsey Lohan live in court.

Here is what's pathetic, though: I am not shocked that Jon Stewart, a comedian, has been on this story more than any other news organization. Even Fox News, the be all, end all of the Republicans isn’t reporting too much about this. Not that they would want to because they are losing, but still, you would think some news coverage.

We have the American people, in all of their glory standing up to the American public and we get Charlie Sheen. Come on journalism, for once, don’t do what sells, do what’s WINNING!

In 1969 Norma L. McCorvey found out she was pregnant for the third time. Under the current Dallas law, she could only get an abortion if she had been raped or there had been a case of incest. After panicking, she told the clinic that she had been raped, but was still turned down since there was no police report. Finally, she just had the child.

That story is one of the cornerstones of American law. McCorvey, and her attorneys would go on to sue the Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade. Using the alias Jane Roe, McCorvey's case eventually made it to the Supreme Court, where it was argued on two separate occasions. In the end, the case was ruled a win for Roe in a 7-2 vote, and in the decision, the court considered abortion a fundamental right.

I bring all this up because it appears that our good friends, the Gaysis Old People (GOP), have decided that Roe v. Wade is no longer an essential part of our community.  Leave it to the Republican's to find a way to get rid of abortion and claim that it was part of their way to save us, the taxpayers, money.

A couple of weeks ago, the GOP  tried to change abortion by redefining rape. Yes, you read that correctly. Basically, the Grumpy Old People wanted to take away federal funding for rape by changing it to only funding abortions for "forcible rape." I suppose we can ignore stupidity of that statement, otherwise I will waste a hundred words on how dumb that sounds.

Under the new Forcible Rape Only Bill, women who were drugged, had limited mental capacity or were underage during the sexual act (statutory rape) don't qualify.

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Where do I start?

I can't even begin to imagine what being raped is like, nor would I want to. Having your body taken advantage of by anyone else should be punishable by castration. But, now to tell people, might I add people who pay your salary, that you won't federally fund them after they have been raped is ridiculous.

Luckily, they dropped the ball on that argument and have now taken to something even more stupid. I wouldn't expect anything else. Now the Geezers On Patrol want to take full aim at Planned Parenthood.  The plan now is to take away their funding. Great, so let's not directly go after the Roe v. Wade case, instead lets tip toe our way around it and make getting abortions impossible. Thanks.

What really annoys me here, is the reason behind these issues. The Geezers are saying that people don't want their tax money to go to this, but don't we all pay taxes to things we don't support? I didn't support the war in Iraq, and our money went to that. I don't support John Boehner using spray on tans, but again there goes my money. And now I have to hear an argument, that abortions are a waste of my tax paying money? Sure, let's just forget about those millions spent on Iraq, or the very costly Patriot Act, which essentially gives me no privacy.

Here is a better idea, if you are going to take peoples' rights to their own body away, I want to start adding them and gaining money.  I have never smoked, but how about we legalize marijuana. Taxes on that will make considerable revenue, and at the same time not cost the taxpayers money to put all the marijuana possessors in jail.

After all, if I got to choose what I pay taxes for, I wouldn't be paying for Chris Lee's Craigslist sex-mail.