a subset of derek

I don’t commment much on abortion because I don’t have a womb. I cannot have abortions. I can’t give birth. I am male. I think that each decision is in the hands of the woman who owns the womb.

I think that the sanctimony of some “pro-lifers” is absolutely disgusting. Once the baby is born, no one gives a damn…especially if the baby is any or all of the following:

a child of color
a girl
poor
addicted
mentally retarded

That is why it was heartening to see an anti-abortion group and the ACLU in support of the same single teacher that got fired for being pregnant. from the original ABC News article:

“If you take away the resources, you could unintentionally drive a woman to having an abortion,” said Foster.

“It is not pro-life to take away the resources and support that women need and deserve to bring children into this world,” Foster says. “The appropriate response for the employer when they found out she was pregnant, is to say, ‘Congratulations,’ and, ‘How can I help?’ “

Here’s an interesting insight into the impetus behind most abortions:

A 2004 survey by the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights but is cited by both sides in the abortion wars as having reliable data, indicated that 73 percent of those seeking an abortion were doing so because they could not afford to have a baby.

“We have to systematically eliminate the reasons that drive women to abortions, and the root causes are lack of resources and lack of support,” Foster says. “Women deserve both.”

Why do I believe women have a choice? I respect women as equal human beings, capable of intelligent thought. That’s really it. As my man, Butterfly says of Digable Planets in La Femme Fetal on their first album reachin’(a new refutation of time and space):

Hey pro-lifers need to dig themselvesbecause life don't stop after birthand to a child born to the unpreparedit might even just get worse

This article talks about why figure skating is not a sport.

Sooo, by his logic, Division I-A college football isn’t a sport either. All of the people who determine the championship (or computers whose algorithm had to be written by someone) are not players…they are pretty much judges too. The BCS is like that horrible French judge from a few years back…

According to this article, Kevin Federline (who is currently married to Brittney Spears) states that he is being criticized because “He hates his children, he treats his wife like dirt, he gets high all day.” and because he’s white.

Eminem (and 3rd Bass and the Beastie Boys before him) proved that you can be white and rock the M.I.C.. Skills are skills. You will, however, face increased scrutiny because you are of the Caucasian persuasion and because you haven’t shown us much.

You can dance, though. But, people haven’t heard enough of your stuff to have a decision one way or the other…

You have a very high potential for being wack. When you are new, just do what you do and see what happens. There’s no need to be arrogant. I know y’all are thinking “What about Kanye?”. Kanye had bangers for other folks before he did his own thing. People still bang H.O.V.A.(Izzo) so he has a history of really good work. So far, he has lived up to his own hype.

But, time will tell…but, if the first joint is the strongest you have…goodbye Mr. Federline…you will be placed in the Rob Van Winkle Wing of the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame.

You know shit’s bad when…

Martha Stewart is downing a 40….