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To: LindyBill who wrote (101657)	2/22/2005 5:55:11 PM
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Corner - RAMESH V. RYAN [Jonah Goldberg] I don't how I missed Ramesh's excellent post from earlier this morning. I would just chime in on one point that he speaks to only indirectly. There is a notion much championed by libertarians that if you believe in small government you are automatically a libertarian and not a conservative. This would be news to many Goldwaterites, Buckleyites and Reaganites. There's a related claim that Sager implies when he complains about all the whining about Will & Grace. Depending on the policy prescription that comes with such complaints, it's fairly absurd to suggest that libertarians cannot actually be very socially conservative when it comes to values. Moreover, to expect normal Americans to accept philosophical denominations whole is entirely unreasonable. Heck, we can't even get most of NRO's readers to agree on what's conservative and what isn't, never mind the writers. Ramesh demonstrates this in the aggregate by discussing issues as net gains and net losses. But it's important to remember that individual voters are also deeply schizophrenic. I know lots of small government types who love government funded scientific research or even farm subsidies. And there are more than a few pro-life libertarians. Lots of people call themselves libertarian about sex and drugs, but would be horrified by privatizing the schools. The number of actual, honest-to-goodness, Cato-style libertarians in this country is very, very small. And, whatever the actual number of Christian Conservatives who want to make the Bible the platform of the GOP may be, I can guarantee it's much, much, much, much smaller than the number of self-described Christian Conservatives who would like a smaller government. Posted at 04:23 PM THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY [Jack Fowler] Some 100 Yale woman scientists are petitioning college president Richard Levin to blast Harvard’s Lawrence Summers for his recent “controversial remarks.” Here’s the story from today’s Yale Daily News, with the usual fem ranting about “institutional barriers” and the like. So far Levin is keeping quiet, which must mean that he too is a hierarchical oppressor. Posted at 03:56 PM ONE LUCKY KID [K. J. Lopez ] A mom e-mails in response to that Philly Inquirer piece: Dear K.Lo., Could I chime in here with my two cents on the post? Why does it have to be baby or college? Why do women think these are their only choices? It infuriates me that women justify their reasoning for abortion with such claims. This is not an either or situation, I can speak personally from experience. I became unexpectedly pregnant my second year of college. The father decided maybe he wasn't ready to marry me after all and shortly disappeared. I was devastated, but could not even consider abortion - this was a life, period. I played with fire and knew the possible consequences, so took the responsibility. It was not easy, it was a bit humiliating - the pain I caused my family, the looks I endured from people and the comments, and having to take a semester off to hide myself which led to gossip about me back at school. But I survived. By the grace of God and the love of my parents. My intention was to give my child up for adoption, but must confess I was too selfish to do so. My parents supported me, but made it clear this was my choice and I would have to shoulder the responsibility. I went back to college with my son in tow. It was not easy, it was incredibly hard at times, several nights of crying, but I learned so much. I learned the real meaning of friendship. I learned that majority of college students and several professors are self-centered, oblivions. I learned the true meaning of God never gives us more than we can handle. And I learned that I had choices. That the only limits to my choices were the ones I imposed on myself. One clear memory was sitting in a Spanish conversation class after my return, we were to debate a topic in class in Spanish - the topic was abortion. One girl's comment was 'I support abortion - I don't want to be fat for 9 months'. I was dumbstruck - this is what they were thinking? So I provided a testimonial. I think the only person who 'got it' was the teacher. Now I only have pity for such people as that female student - if their life is centered around how they look when they are pregnant, then they have very little moral foundation. Maybe I am an anomaly, but it still burns my bum to hear women justify abortion through such flimsy means and then to have them brainwash a child, who inherently understands that abortion is killing a baby, that abortion was the only way they could go to college - what a cop-out, what a horrid parent. Thank you for the vent and please keep up the excellent work! Love you and NRO!! Sincerely, [Name Withheld] PS. By the way, I graduated from college two years after I returned and my son is now preparing to go off to college. :) Life can have a happy ending if you want it to. If only more girls (and women—wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age) realized that they're allowed to let the kid live. As the mom writing says, it doesnt' have to be baby lives OR college