Tag Archives: Dean Cannon
by nonnie9999 | April 7, 2011 · 12:51 am
It's My Uterus!
Change of plans, kids. I had a post all ready to to, but at the last moment, I changed my mind. We haven't had a new song in a long time, and the nonsense in Tallahassee inspired me. In fact, it's gotten even better! From The Miami Herald:
Florida's Republican House speaker and a Democratic lawmaker exchanged insults Wednesday in a growing flap over the use of the word "uterus" in floor debate.
Speaker Dean Cannon said the controversy was "silly" and denied he had banned members from uttering the word.
The Winter Park Republican said he, instead, had interrupted Rep. Scott Randolph because he'd veered off policy matters when the Orlando Democrat suggested his wife would need to "incorporate her uterus" to protect herself from Republican anti-abortion proposals because of the GOP's stance against regulating businesses.
Randolph shot back in a news release calling Cannon the "most effective legislator when it comes to waging war on middle class Floridians."
Scott has appeared on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" to discuss the matter and Democratic lawmakers are wearing pink buttons saying "UTERUS."
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida responded by launching a website, http://www.IncorporateMyUterus.com, where women can get a declaration of incorporation.
ACLU of Florida executive director Howard Simon said telling lawmakers their body is a business is the best way for women to get Republicans to leave it alone.
To the tune of Just the Two of Us, written by Grover Washington, as performed by Bill Withers:
Filed under abortion, ACLU, Democrats, Florida, humor, MSNBC, music parody, parody, politics, Republicans, snark, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Bill Withers, Business, corporations, Dean Cannon, Grover Washington, House of Representatives, middle class, misogyny, Rachel Maddow, regulation, Scott Randolph, uterus, women's health, women's rights
The U-Word
From The Palm Beach Post:
Have you heard about the uterus rebellion?
It started this past week in the Florida House of Representatives when Rep. Scott Randolph, D-Orlando, suggested during a floor debate that his wife ought to incorporate her uterus.
If women's wombs were businesses, Republicans would have no interest in regulating them, Randolph was saying.
The Republican House leadership responded by admonishing Randolph for his language and banning the word "uterus" from being spoken from the floor.
Filed under ACLU, Florida, humor, movies, parody, politics, Republicans, snark, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Business, corporations, Dean Cannon, governor, House of Representatives, Mark Pafford, misogyny, regulation, Rick Scott, Scott Randolph, Solantic
by nonnie9999 | September 6, 2009 · 12:52 am
Rethuglican School Daze
From the Atlantic:
What began as idle musing by Michelle Malkin and a few other conservative bloggers has since hit Politico, the Associated Press, and the New York Times. Obama's Sept. 8 speech to public school children, which will be broadcast online and on C-SPAN so classrooms can tune in, started out as about "the need to work hard and stay in school," reported the AP. But now? Turns out that it's a secret White House plot to "indoctrinate their children with socialist ideas," as the Times described the fears of Obama's critics. As several school districts vow to avoid the speech, a few questions. How did this happen?
Filed under Barack Obama, Democrats, Environment, Florida, Gary Bauer, Hardball, Hillary Clinton, Homophobia, humor, Immigration, Jeb Bush, Joe Scarborough, John Mica, Michelle Malkin, movies, parody, politics, Republicans, snark, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as AmeriCorps, Charlie Crist, conservatives, David Boaz, Dean Cannon, Department of Education, gay marriage, health care, Hypocrisy, Jim Greer, Lawton Chiles, Michele Bachmann, RedState, socialism