Conservatives vs. Liberals

More from Korrespondent Kat:

What a friend asked me today:

I have a suggestion for your next diatribe. Explain to
me how the conservative and/or Republican parties have
gotten so effective at getting out the vote. There are
plenty of liberal minded people. Why the hell don’t
they vote? They almost make me as angry as the
conservatives who get out there and do.

My reply:

How conservatives have taken over the world:

1.) Religion: They have built up the righteous to a fever pitch, and nothing is as single-minded and driven as a person who thinks she is morally in the right. Said person will move hell and high water to change the world to fit those beliefs. The Dems unfortunate “we should all just get along” and compromising nature (which is a good balance) has been toppled by the zealot throngs. Dems lack the passion to fight back. Compassion is for weenies.

2.) Spin: Having put themselves firmly on the ground of missionary/procreation only, they’ve forced desire, lust and just general horniness back to the realms of the dark and seedy. They’ve also managed to separate actual violence (war, pestilence, pillaging), which is GOOD, from fictional violence (“The Matrix,” Kung-fu movies, Ice-T), which is BAD. In doing so, they have reinforced their own superiority and painted Dems and other “degenerates” as the reasons that sex, violence, etc. is so prevalent in today’s society. It is, however, established that sex and violence are prevalent in every society, for without sex there would be no children and without war they would be no conquests. Hence, society would fall apart without healthy doses of both. However, it’s all about establishing that passionate self-righteousness again. It’s not ever, ever about facts. Facts are irrelevant.

3.) Volume:

A.) The right-wings are freakin’ loud. They scream as they enter the world and don’t stop screaming until THE LORD comes to take them home. They bang the gong/drum/hood of the gas-guzzlin’ SUV excessively. Louder than any of us. Louder than LAX traffic control. And, we all know that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Those Repubs are swallowing a lot of grease.

B.) There is a LOT of them. For people who don’t want to see sex on TV and think it’s sinful, they sure pop out a lot of kids. Getting kids still requires the naughty, right? So, obviously, they aren’t practicing what they preach. On average, the Republican, right wing groups have about four times as many children as Democrats. So, through the magic of Darwin’s evolution, they are slowly taking over the gene pool—even though they don’t believe in Darwin and think he was the Devil himself.

So, these are the basic rules that Dems should learn:

1.) Fuck compassion. Compassion is for weenies.
2.) Facts aren’t important. The cause is important. Lie for the cause.
3.) Scream louder than anyone else in the world. Scream until your lungs burst and vocal chords will no longer vibrate. Remember, LOUDER is RIGHTER. Uh, more right.

4.) Add to the collective any way you can: Convert or procreate.

We learn these things, and we might get our country back. Of course, I’m not sure if we’ll want it back once Bush is done slobberin’ all over it like a big Doberman.

Morality and the Pill Dispenser

From extra-special Korrespondent Kat:

It seems it’s a growing trend for pharmacists in America to refuse to fill prescriptions that they morally oppose: the “morning after” pill being the largest contender in this dilemma.

The question is: What gives the pharamcist the right to impose his morality on patients? A doctor prescribed the pill. The pharmacist job isn’t to discuss the ramifications of this pill on the patient’s soul. The pharamcist’s job is to walk his ass from the counter to the pills, count, and bring them back. He’s a little pill delivery man. Nothing more.

Since when did the delivery man get to decide which packages he’d prefer to deliver? The UPS man isn’t tossing out boxes of dildos and vibrators being shipping to the nearest Priscilla’s because he finds it offensive. The pizza delivery man doesn’t get to refuse to drop off the Canadian bacon pies because he’s Jewish and refuses to have a pork product in his vehicle. And, if either tried to do so, they would be summarily fired, and for good reason.

The job a pharmacist does is simple. Complicating it by preaching to the scared and confused women who are desperate or violated and need that “morning after” pill seems especially cruel – especially given this “morality” doesn’t seem to apply to any other area of their position. It only seems to apply to sexuality – and only female sexuality, at that.

Are they refusing to fill Viagra because it promotes lust? No. Are they refusing to work in a drug store that sells condoms, personal lubricant or enemas (which, as we know, are often used to “clear the way” for anal sex)? No.

And, on other fronts: Are they personally limiting the number of addictive prescription painkillers someone can have? Are they watching their flock like a hawk to make sure no one is using what they distribute to hurt themselves or others? No, and they would be the first to say they are not personally responsible for what people do with their prescriptions, that they can’t be held accountable for poisonings (accidental or direct) or addictions. But, if they are going to pick up and carry a moral “cross” for one personal cause, why allow them to draw their own lines in the sand?

If they want personal responsibility for my vagina and my sexual morality, they need to be responsible for the whole kit and caboodle. The whole body and soul. Make sure I take all my antibotics and complete the process. Make sure I’m not abusing the steroids you gave me for allergies. Make sure I’m not improperly ingesting my addictive pain medication.

And, if they don’t want to do all of that, then they need to drop this ridiculous and invasive policy on “morning after” pills. A pharmacist is not required to counsel on morality or sin. Let’s leave that to the preachers, priests and Planned Parenthood, where it belongs.

K.