Have we learned NOTHING?

So, it's Friday evening and I am sitting on my couch, trying to write a witty and entertaining blog post. Unfortunately, it's just not flowing, so instead I am going to share a comic I saw on Facebook today. This comic, to me, sums up the current and pathetic state of affairs in the US and, to a lesser extent, Canada as well.



It frustrates me to hear about the seemingly endless array of anti-freedom, anti-love, anti-choice and anti-health arguments spewing from so many people. And it horrifies me to think that one of these "spewers" could be the next American president. Among other things, Rick Santorum is opposed to birth control, freedom of choice, nonmonogamy, sexual diversity, marriage equality and anal sex. But wait, it gets better ...

Santorum has stated that he does not believe a "right to privacy" is part of the Constitution. He has been critical of the Supreme Court decision in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), which held that the Constitution guaranteed that right and overturned a law prohibiting the sale of contraceptives to married couples.^[144] He has described contraception as "a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be,"^[8] and said in 2003 that he favors having laws against polygamy, adultery, sodomy, and other actions "antithetical to a healthy, stable, traditional family".

In 2003, Santorum became the subject of a controversy regarding homosexuality when he juxtaposed same-sex marriage with pedophilia and bestiality during an interview.^[145] The remarks drew a retaliatory response from gay rights activist Dan Savage, who launched a contest to coin a "santorum" neologism among his blog's readers.^[146] The outcome was a description pertaining to anal sex,^[147] and since 2004, the website Savage set up for the campaign has regularly been among the top search results for Santorum's surname, leading to what commentators have dubbed "Santorum's Google problem".^[147][148] Santorum has characterized the campaign as a "type of vulgarity" that was spread on the Internet.^[148] In September 2011, Santorum unsuccessfully requested that Google remove the content from its search engine index.^[149]

Source: Wikipedia - Rick Santorum

BTW: Rick Santorum's "Google problem"

Yes folks, this is the man who is currently leading the race for the Republican presidential candidacy. I feel sick just thinking about it. Yes, he probably has a few decent points on his campaign ... but HOW CAN SOMEONE WITH SUCH NARROW-MINDED, ANTI-FREEDOM VIEWS REALLY BE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2012?!?!?!?!?!?! Have we learned NOTHING from the past?!?!?

I guess the post did flow after all ...

- Candice