Absurd Random Phoniness - 3/15

If this year’s election is decided based on a bogus argument based on the supposed lack of access to contraceptives it might be time to move. The way that the story, that once seemingly dominated headlines, has faded to the background while honest disagreement with the mandate is promising but there are still many whom allow themselves to confuse access to such things with the desire that someone else pay for them. And that’s what the point is, after all. Because contraceptives are in wide use, it is a subject that would seem uncontroversial to most people. But the mandate has nothing to do with contraceptives. Health and Human Services deemed that a tangentially health-care related product be provided free of charge through health care plans. That a person can go to a no or low-cost clinic to obtain a contraceptive prescription and then have it filled by Wal-Mart for less than $10 a month doesn’t seem to matter to the takers in our society.

I wonder what would have been the reaction to recent comments by Rush Limbaugh comparing the testimony given by the Georgetown law student (average starting salary upon graduation: $160,000) and self-described reproductive-rights activist to some less than kind words would have been if phrased differently. Something like, I wonder the reason why this person believes that it’s so necessary for contraceptives be provided at no cost as part of health care coverage, could it be because of promiscuity? And it seems as though this person is desirous of being compensated, in a roundabout way, for their coitus related activities. Many wouldn’t have even noticed. However, the resulting feigned indignation wouldn’t have changed one bit because those faking outrage didn’t care so much about what was said but who said it. Rush has been around for a long time. No matter the desires of those who disagree with him and his popularity, he will be around for a lot longer.

It’s cliché to say ‘keep your laws off my body’. In response, no one cares what you do with your body so long as you keep it out of my wallet.