Comments on: Barack Obama Wants to Eradicate Death Panels: Where Death Panel is a Euphemism for Foreskin

By: kewe65

kewe65 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:48:43 +0000

holy mackerel, you have absolutely no clue what you’re talking about.

the controllable behavior you’re talking about is not free love, its a) lack of access to prevention, made more difficult by the Bush administration, and b) reckless behavior by men of all age groups, all sexual orientations and – sorry to inform you – all political orientations too.

when dems and repubs alike flail around with your so-called free love, they are a microcosm of poor choices when it comes to sexual behavior

its simply moronic to suggest that what the CDC does is directed by the executive branch of the US government. yes, its part of the Dept of HHS, but has complete autonomy to organize, restructure, and make recommendations of risks to the general population, which is what is actually at work here.

If you did even the slightest bit of reading into the topic of circumcision, you’d see that this has been recommended for hygienic reasons for decades. to suggest otherwise is simply sophomoric.

By: preeder

preeder — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:16:37 +0000

… not entirely true everywhere. Here in AZ the government cannot deny schooling for children who have not received any vaccination. The government does reserve the right to ask parents of children without specific vaccinations to keep the children home during an outbreak. This seems like a great compromise between parental rights and public protection.

As a brand new father, I could be wrong on this, but I am positive this is exactly what our (brand new) pediatrician told us.

By: blooch

blooch — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:09:46 +0000

“Try Again Later.”

By: janis

janis — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:05:47 +0000

Pass a constitutional amendment to prevent the gov. from forcing circumcision? And how would you phrase that particular amendment? Should we also include that the gov. doesn’t get to force female circumcision as well?

Perhaps lurking is, after all, your strong suite.

By: LJ "Beaglescout" Miller

LJ "Beaglescout" Miller — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:26:40 +0000

The government has exactly zero (0%) reason getting involved in whether people keep or clip their foreskins, or tonsils, or unibrows, or whatever. Where is circumcision in the list of enumerated powers the government has? Find it in the Constitution, and the general welfare doesn’t count because it is clearly a rhetorical phrase, not a prescription.

By: JustLeaveMeAlone

JustLeaveMeAlone — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:26:16 +0000

and called traitors for questioning the government.

Patrick Henry said, “If this be treason, make the most of it!”

Thomas Jefferson wrote that government “derives its just powers from the consent of the governed”.

Key word: CONSENT. The rights and power belong to the People.

This isn’t about foreskins or even ice floes for the elderly. It’s about a power grab over our lives by the now dem- and lib-controlled Federal Government.

I do NOT consent. And I won’t give it a break or shut up about it.

BTW, that Constitution you mentions says, specifically, that all power resides with the People, then States, then the Federal Government. So unless the Constitution now states the Feds have these rights over our bodies (or we, by our silence, allow it), they do NOT, under our Constitution, have that right.

As for foreskins, I could not care less. That’s an individual choice. And that’s how it should remain. A CHOICE by an INDIVIDUAL.

By: LJ "Beaglescout" Miller

LJ "Beaglescout" Miller — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:22:07 +0000

But you have to pay for your tonsils with your foreskin.

Yea and it was made so, for the boy resident hath made it to be ordained. And so it was in the ninth year after the end of the reign of King Bill of the Dog of Horns had ended.

By: Vegas_Rick

Vegas_Rick — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:15:21 +0000

Very little of what this administration has done meets your own requirements.

Go back to lurking.

By: spandrel

spandrel — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:05:12 +0000

I’m sick of folks who claim to love democracy dissing government. If you love democracy, then you gotta get behind a government, which is, by construction, of the people, as long as everything is consititutional. If you don’t like circumcision, pass an amendment against it.

Sorry, usually I just lurk, but I had a couple of martinis.

cheers!

By: tantytantalus

tantytantalus — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:18:39 +0000

Cuttin’ willies to cut costs: The New American Way.

By: mallcopsaysno

mallcopsaysno — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:09:03 +0000

Link here.

By: mallcopsaysno

mallcopsaysno — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:08:07 +0000

Georganne Chapin, who is referenced in the article as the leader of Intact America, is evidently .

By: janis

janis — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:46:38 +0000

which even his dad started drooling over. Everything’s original, just needs some work. You can have your car—but you don’t get any gas.

By: RJD

RJD — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:35:58 +0000

As long as this car or one similar is around, too.

By: janis

janis — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:33:49 +0000

Could have sworn I hit “Reply to This”.

By: janis

janis — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:32:33 +0000

and every policy that is issued by his administration is something that he is responsible for ultimately. Just like George W. Bush had to be responsible for every single thing that happened on his watch.

You know, that “The buck stops here” stuff?

By: mallcopsaysno

mallcopsaysno — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:27:22 +0000

Didn’t see him quoted in the piece. A google search for “Obama” “circumcision” didn’t turn up anything relevant.

By: Finrod

Finrod — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:26:00 +0000

By: Erick Erickson

Erick Erickson — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:23:16 +0000

On occasion I can be profound.

By: janis

janis — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:01:29 +0000

He’ll be pleased to grant your request, RJD. Rat burgers in the sewer it is. Without buns. And no pickles or mustard.

And no singing catchy jingles from TV ads circa 1965-70 either.