"My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them," he explained. "Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave." --Arnold Schwarzenegger U.S. News in November 1990

He's a Republican who thinks America should be a controlling fascist state, his dad was a soldier in the Nazi army, and he's a big supporter of the Bush administration. Right now he's working to undermine the democratic process in California by running out the elected governor. Why not try what Bush did to twice elected President Hugo Chavez and simply back a coup.

What would a state fair be without travelling Jesus Freaks. Yes, the almighty lord no longer has the booming voice from the heavens that he used to. He's been reduced to getting an old U-Haul trailer and shouting at passerby's telling them that they need to worship him and donate money so he can get a bigger trailer.

stick around for a conversation.

Two older gentlemen (surpringly not overweight, I assume because they had real jobs) stopped to ask me about emergency contraception. Expecting the predictable line about EC being an abortion pill I overloaded them with facts before they could start an argument. The truth is EC is effective 89% of the time 72 hours after unprotected intercourse. Once conception occurs it is uneffective and does nothing to stop the fertilized egg from dividing or implanting on the uterine wall. The antis, who had been lied to by the anti-abortion crowd, moved on since they realized they were out of their league.

The next anti was a surprise, it was Troy Newman. Yes, the leader of the most well known anti-abortion organization stopped his crusade of begging for dollars to stop by my little booth. He signed the form for those wanting more information of pro-choice activities. He signed it "Stupid Head" which seemed extremely appropriate. He

kept his mouth shut for some reason. I'm assuming it was because there were no police or television cameras to impress. Either that or he taught himself that a strong-willed, intelligent, educated woman isn't worth a conversation because he'd look like a moron trying to attempt one. Stupid Head, um Troy, took some packets of information and left.

The final anti of the day came close to closing time. She tried to pass off as a supporter of the freedom of personal choice crowd but was easily exposed as a lying fraud (why do antis have to lie so much when they claim to have the truth on their side? Oh yeah, because they are lying about that too.) I asked her if she'd like to sign the form to get more information and she declined saying she had plenty of friends involved in the movement. I gave D-cubed a confused look since we already know everyone in the movement and didn't recognize her. After taking one of our magnets she started telling a story about a clinic worker who found Jesus and went on radio to expose the horrid conditions of an abortion clinic. Of course she couldn't provide the name of that clinic, or the name of the employee, or even the city simply claiming it was somewhere in Texas. D-cubed said she probably embellished the story otherwise nobody would pay her any interest but the anti claimed she was tellling the truth because she was crying. I wonder if she was crying the way fellow anti-abortionist Susan Smith when she claimed her children were kidnapped by a Black man. (For those who don't know deranged fundy Susan Smith drowned her kids in a lake)

Her tales went on. The lying fraud went on about how abortion doctors are only in it for the money. Of course an abortion costs between $300-$500 on average for first trimesters while a delivery can cost from $5,000 on up. D-cubed pointed out how the anti-abortion clinics are only interested in propaganda. The example he brought up was Choices Medical Clinic who performed an ultrasound on a patient five weeks pregnant and played back the fetus heartbeat (the heart is developed by the sixth week therefore unaudiable at five weeks). By now she figures she was recognized as a fraud and didn't mind telling the typical anti-choice lies. D-cubed made comments about how the anti-abortionists were at fault for any abortion clinic that was unsafe. The anti-abortionists work to shut down clinics thereby making access more rare thus increasing business for those poorer clinics. Had there been more options available the women could forgo the more seedy places for more reputible ones. The anti responded with the claim the clinics needed to be regulated but I shot back with the fact that clinics already are regulated and in Kansas abortions are the safest medical procedure performed. D-cubed mentioned that in the past 10 years only one death has resulted from an abortion procedure and the cause of death was anethesia, not the operation itself. I asked her if there were any clinics in Kansas she was familiar with, she couldn't name a single one. The anti then rambled on about how a hospital killed her father completely oblivious to the subject she started. I don't see how her father dying had anything to do with the need for abortion clinics needing to be regulated more. As I said antis aren't terribly intelligent. Oh well, gotta call it a night cause I go back to the fair tomorrow morning to deal with more stupid antis.

Book of the Day:Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them...A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken

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