When I first wrote this down years ago I thought I'd come up with the perfect reflection of my ideas. It was quickly pointed out that my statement was an Oxymoron. So, I consulted with my two top advisers. My Mother and  Aunt Dolly pictured above smoking. After much discussion, They said: John, it's not up to you, the church, or anybody else. Whatever choice a woman makes it's between Her and God, and those SOBs should keep their nose out of our business. This embarrassed me because I knew they were talking about their private parts. That was in 2015, they have both passed away and are in heaven now. 

My Mother's favorite saying: “There's always room for one more at the dinner table!”

Another thing that I find perplexing is that they ask this question as if they  are only concerned about the "from conception to birth." The woman's health and baby's health before and after birth  They could care less. For all you Alpha Males out there that thinks Mother's Day is nine months after fathers' night and are worried about the health of a Mother's Vagina. Get a vasectomy!

Whatever choice you make, this is your right to religious freedom. The United States was founded on religious freedom. But what most people forget is that religious freedom is a two-edged sword.

The right of religion, and the right from Religious Beliefs Being Forced on You. The second point is what most people forget and are trying to force their beliefs on others.

I talk to God all the time, but he's never answered me! Last night I was in bed half asleep thinking about the new abortion laws when I had a vision and this sudden anger swept over my body (April 28, 2022). I think It was my Mother and Aunt trying to tell me something! Their words were kind and gentle so I'll translate them into a language I think the people in the capital will understand!

To all you swinging Dick’s, you heartless S O B trying to Legislate Morality, I'm inviting you to meet me and some of my friends down at a local bar for a drink to discuss your "Good Old Boys" attitude of  “Your skirt was too short, You deserved to be Raped.  Your Gay, Colored, or a Minority, Your Vote doesn’t count!"  Then bend you over the pool table so you can be on the receiving end of being humiliated in public and the shame that goes with it!

I'm not calling you a hypocrite but why is the United States ranked  50^th  in the World's lowest Infant Mortality Rates? 

Future

Read a book to your kids!

I have a story or a joke that I like to tell that is one of my oldest and I never thought about its origin until I started writing this piece. Tracing it back to my grandfather when I was about five I heard him say something to the effect of those no-good kids need a job and a mortgage. Over the years I've expanded this idea. First, it was no-good kids but today I use Teenagers.

When we older people are talking about teenagers of today, I like to interject this story. "Do you know how to get even with them?" This is the fun part; everybody looks at me with a weird look on their face. "How and Why?"

1. Make sure they're healthy.
2. Provide them with a good education.
3. Find them a good job.
4. Before you know it they will get married, have kids, and a mortgage.
5. Now they are just like us, have to pay Taxes, and are less likely to pick up a gun! "This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty" - Colin Powell.

If you feel offended, all I can tell you is what my friend Jeffrey told me.

While attending UW Madison Wisconsin, I was a bartender and Jeffrey was a gay waiter friend at the Edgewater Hotel. He majored in Social Science and was obsessed with overpopulation. To get him going, I would tell him I was a good Christian and that was going to have 15 or 20 children. After a while, all he would do was smile at me and say. "They are looking for people like you at the Soylent Green Factory!"

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