AP – Wichita, Kan. The man accused of shooting a Kansas abortion provider to death as he handed out programs at a Sunday church service … said he appreciates the prayers said for him and his family in the wake of his arrest. “I haven’t been convicted of anything, and I am being treated as a criminal …”

“I want people to stop and think: It is not anti-government; it is anti-corrupt government … He said he was concerned about how the media attention was affecting his family … particularly his elderly mother.

“I appreciate your prayers,” said Roeder

How nice. How awful damn …

Wait, didn’t somebody die? At your hand? Killed?

Is there no end to pathological narcissism?

Whatever. Jesus loves you. Maybe.

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Isn’t that a Monty Python song, or am I imagining things again.

You believe, as I do, that every human life has value, that the strong have a duty to protect the weak, and that the self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence apply to everyone, not just to those considered healthy or wanted or convenient. George W. Bush.

How like Dubya to spread a clause until it touches—just barely touches—upon the magic word. The trigger, the hot-button. The code in which he speaks, and in which they hear. Read the rest of this entry »

U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton’s ruling came in one of three lawsuits challenging the legislation President Bush signed last year.

She agreed with abortion rights activists that a woman’s right to choose is paramount, and that is therefore ‘irrelevant’ whether a fetus suffers pain, as abortion foes contend.

Jesus, can you hear the shit hitting that particular fan right now. “Irrelevant.” We all wince at that one.

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