tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post5114361440370828586..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: Breaking! Must Credit Ross Douthat! Conservative Slaughter of Innocents!Susan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-11813290158267021122012-07-13T16:38:09.350-05:002012-07-13T16:38:09.350-05:00The article says 90% of those with a positive resu...The article says 90% of those with a positive result choose abortion. That is not 90% of all pregnancies, as the test is not mandatory, at least in Texas or Louisiana. <br /><br />In fact with my last two children we opted not to perform the test as a false positive on our first child led us to the conclusion that we would carry to term anyway. <br /><br />Thus to some extent, I do not know how much, you are getting selection effects, pro-choice parents are more likely to get the test than pro-life. Additionally conservative is not always pro-life or vice versa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-49210295324567829692012-06-13T11:30:04.638-05:002012-06-13T11:30:04.638-05:00well, that goes without saying.well, that goes without saying.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-41828598093399025122012-06-13T10:00:02.295-05:002012-06-13T10:00:02.295-05:00I think this means that movies about teachers, esp...I think this means that movies about teachers, especially if George Clooney is in one, are signs of the Apocalypse.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-71921550052098079012012-06-12T18:32:52.975-05:002012-06-12T18:32:52.975-05:00We may be rotting, as Both Sides Do It says, but i...We may be rotting, as Both Sides Do It says, but if we are it's because the American people have come to worship greed, profit and unlimited consumption. This has not been caused by liberals, however. Money matters far less to liberals than to conservatives--thus their never-ending protection of tax breaks for the wealthiest, subsidies for hugely profitable corporations, and their desire to privatize everything for the sake of profit--the welfare of the people and the common good of the country be damned. And, if teachers' unions are so 'evil' why do those states have higher academic performance than states without them. We've never had teachers' unions in Texas so we should be at the very top, right? But Texas is at the bottom of academic performance, and is highest in drop out rate, teen pregnancy, etc. They don't fire bad teachers in Texas, they recruit them because they're cheaper!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-71724599717097605072012-06-12T12:45:24.777-05:002012-06-12T12:45:24.777-05:00I think what BSDI is saying, and is right to do so...I think what BSDI is saying, and is right to do so, is that Down's Syndrome was created by the Teacher's Unions as a plot to ensure job security and to sap America's essence.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-14297125242636598442012-06-12T12:43:33.515-05:002012-06-12T12:43:33.515-05:00Somebody get Douthat a helmet, he's getting st...Somebody get Douthat a helmet, he's getting stupider.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-53691884269629059872012-06-12T09:26:30.856-05:002012-06-12T09:26:30.856-05:00That's either primo snark or a failed Turing T...That's either primo snark or a failed Turing Test...Postscripthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832216047130433452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-57099230110076156702012-06-12T08:27:15.909-05:002012-06-12T08:27:15.909-05:00Nice pastiche "both sides".Nice pastiche "both sides".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com