A good measure might be if the fetus can be safely removed and remain viable. In those cases, the only reason to choose abortion would be cost, which I don't really think is a good enough reason to let the current chaos continue.

Complicating things even further is the Florida Jewish population. In the case of Orthodox Jews opposing abortions, there is a chance that they are doing so based upon Talmudic law, which counts the fetus as the limb of the mother. While this might seem to be a big boon for the pro-choice side, remember that such a definition would make an abortion equivalent to hacking one's arm off, and Orthodox Judaism doesn't look kindly on tattoos, let alone amputation.

Posted at July 5, 2008 12:56 AM in response to thoughts on Obama's recent statements on abortion

Don't be too quick to call an end to suburbs. H. G. Wells thought they'd be long gone by now, but they instead expanded. While they will contract somewhat, many coastal suburbs show similar size and density to what was considered urban not too many centuries ago, giving a modicum of self-sufficiency, and telecommunications make is easy to work while in ISRAELI suburbs, let alone American ones (I know an Israeli who would have worked on Sim City 3000 if shipping back then hadn't made it impossibly to actually get the early versions, but says that modern communications would have made the distance trivial).

Posted at July 5, 2008 12:43 AM in response to Welcome to "Eventually"

TV. I watched TV.

Posted at July 5, 2008 12:34 AM in response to How Did You Celebrate?

I watched RV, assisted my dad in putting in a filling and crown (a friend of his is staying with my family and needed some work done and all the hygienists were celebrating), and went into town to see the “Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular.”

Posted at July 5, 2008 12:33 AM in response to How Did You Celebrate?

I went through quickly, so apologies to anybody else who made the connection:
Peter: Well, he's my dad. And I just want him to love me.

Francis: Peter, how could you say such a thing? I love you with all me heart.

[Sentimental music playing]

Peter: You do?

Francis: Of course. I just don't like you. I don't like anything about you!

Posted at July 4, 2008 6:29 PM in response to We Are Family

Tis is an example of the Republican habit of seeing things in extremes. If you don't follow every whim of the polls, you're suddenly too stubborn. Never mind that most of the American public foolishly thinks that oceanic drilling will lower prices, or that, as a senator, he leads as a representative of his state at least as much as much as of the general public.

Posted at July 4, 2008 5:14 PM in response to Senator Obama - our new "Decider"? When Do we see the part about We'll Chart a New Course?

I don't suppose you could tell me why he telecoms even need these, given that all info thus far seems to indicate that they acted in good faith in the government?

Posted at July 2, 2008 6:28 PM in response to Are We Retarded?

I know know you don't think that Clinton deserves much of any respect, but could you at least have used a modicum of self respect and proof read the think for typos (capitalization)? You're making us look bad.

Posted at June 3, 2008 11:42 PM in response to So I went to HillaryClinton.com and left this Message for her.

But aren't the academics the ones who have actually spent years studying the subject?

Posted at June 3, 2008 7:44 PM in response to Rethinking Historical Analogies

We still have coloured water fountains in public schools, though. This is mostly due to the challenge of affording a plumber with proposition 2.5.

I really am going to hell.

Posted at June 3, 2008 7:26 PM in response to For the First Time In My Adult Life...