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Entry: My "Mugger-Loving" Mom Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/gerry_and_the_mooley#20034 Post contents: Fastforward to 2008: George W. Bush is President of the United States, 7/9 justices on the Supreme Court are Republican appointees, and from 1994 to 2006 Republicans controlled both chambers of Congress (aside from a few months following the Jeffords defection). Guess what? Abortion is still legal, but now homosexuals can marry each other in Massachusetts, same-sex civil unions are recognized in Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and same-sex domestic partnerships are recognized in Maine, Hawaii, California, and Oregon. Pornography is more accessible than ever before thanks to the internet. No one knows how many illegal aliens there are in the United States. Estimates range from 12 million to 20 million. There are 36 million immigrants in America; almost as many that came from Jamestown to JFK. 1/2 of American children under the age of 5 are non-white. Real wages have stagnated for 35 years. The average American family is worse off in 2008 than 1999. The price of oil is nibbling at record highs - in the absence of an oil shock - and Peak Oil is looming just over the horizon. The share of national wealth held by the top 1% of Americans is at its highest level since 1929. The national debt has doubled under George W. Bush. The dollar is crashing against the Euro and Yen, inflation is hitting grocery stories, and consumer confidence is dropping like a stone. The U.S. banking system is on life support from the Federal Reserve. Billions of dollars are flowing out of America every day: to East Asia for manufactured goods, to finance W.'s stupid Iraq War, to OPEC. Skittish foreign investors are pulling out their capital for various reasons. We're looking at $150 oil within two years and the worst macroeconomic conditions since the Great Depression. The cherry on top is that conservatives have managed to bust the federal budget too. But let's return for a moment to the single issue that Zmirak cares about: abortion. <em>Why</em> is abortion still legal in the United States? It is because of the support for the pro-choice Democratic Party in his native Blue States; the place where his fellow Catholics tend to live. There you have the nub of the problem: Northern Catholics are reluctant to vote for pro-life Republicans because of their horrible economic policies. They're still voting against them. That is unlikely to change with religion becoming less salient and economic conditions deteriorating. Sent at: 2008 09 05