Rape Rant

I have been meaning to touch on this issue for a while, Representative Todd Akin is absolutely "out of touch," just as the Huffington Post quotes. Todd Akin is a long time Representative who in his election primary's for Senate stated that women who are victims of what he called "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant.

According to this 2003 study, "Are per-incident rape-preganancy rates higher than per-incedent consensual preganancy rates," Akin is wrong, in fact evidence points in the opposite direction.  So where is Akins getting his medical advice? I'm guessing the doctors that attend Westboro Baptist Church...

It is people like Todd Akin that make me question how anybody could still think statements like these are legitimate and that its acceptable to say them out loud.Todd Akins is no better than the college student from Arizona who thinks girls are asking for rape by wearing shorts. Not only do I wonder how this guy could really think this way, but I wonder why he is getting votes. How do you win 12 years of elections with beliefs like that. Please tell me it is not because the majority of voters agree with him...

Marijuana... donjuana?

National Government

After reading this article (and before reading it), I agree with you that marijuana should be legalized. You make a good point, America is known for the highest rates of incarceration out of any country. If we decriminalized the use of marijuana and put a tax on it, we could help with the countries climbing debt, and take care of our inmate overpopulation. As long as most careers require drug testing I don't believe marijuana usage will rise to an all time high. I believe if we changed the laws against marijuana distribution, those who are buying from dealers (who buy from dealers, who buy from cartel members) will instead buy from stores, who will buy from local growers. I think that by converting it into a nationally taxed crop we will ultimately be fighting the war on drugs, and putting those risky drug operations out of business.