Friday, September 30, 2005

Egad, Bill Bennett is a Moron. Obviously, We Need to Talk Seriously about Aborting Males

Maybe dining with the Libertarians has tainted me, but when I think about the fact that my hard-earned tax dollars paid this idiot's salary under Reagan* and Bush I, it makes me want to punch someone. All right, let's take this slowly for the idiot ex-Secretary of Education. You, Bill Bennett, said: "But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down" and then went on to say that such a suggestion was "an impossible, ridiculous and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down. So these far-out, these far-reaching, extensive extrapolations are, I think, tricky." People got pissed off. You defended yourself by saying, according to Yahoo, that your "comments had been mischaracterized and that [your] point was that the idea of supporting abortion to reduce crime was 'morally reprehensible.'" No, idiot Bill, people got pissed off because you suggested that aborting BLACK children would reduced crime, thus feeding into the widely-held belief that black people are all criminals and that most crime is committed by black people and that getting rid of black people--if that were possible--would reduce crime. But, let's go to the numbers, America. For instance, I'm looking at the DOJ's 2002 statistics and the numbers tell a different, albeit interesting, story. Seventy percent of all federal arrests that year were of white people. Forty-four percent of the violent crime arrests were white people. Almost seventy percent of the federal arrests for drugs were of white people. Should we encourage white women to have abortions to reduce crime? It would reduce crime as much if not more than suggesting, even satirically (As dear Krumm believes Bennett was being), that aborting black babies is a solution, albeit a far-out one, to our crime "problem." This would be a "solution," but a more effective solution presents itself in this number: 86% of the people arrested by the Feds are men. FBI numbers on state law enforcement show a similar state: 70 percent of arrestees in 2003 were white, 60 percent of the violent crime arrests were white people, AND 76.8 percent of all arrests were of men--82.2 percent of the violent crime arrests. Clearly, if we drastically reduce the number of men in America, we'll make a much more effective dent in our crime rates than considering how "tricky" it would be to implement the "morally-reprehensible" option of aborting all black fetuses. As happy as white male Bob Krumm is to defend white male Bill Bennett's position--"Bennett is unfortunately correct that aborting every black child in America would reduce crime. Instead of being shocked that he said it, we should be shocked that it's true."--I eagerly await Krumm's insight into what we can do to make men behave themselves and sharing a hearty laugh with him over the thought experiment of aborting all male fetuses in order to reduce crime. I mean, really, why should we even consider forcing black women to abort their fetuses, when the obvious solution is to just ask all American women to sacrifice their male babies for the good of the nation? *Okay, actually, I don't think I had taxable income during the Reagan years, but let's ignore that.

21 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Back it on up, Sistah Souljah.

If you recall from our conversation last night, I brought up the book "Freakonomics". Aside from comparing the Klan to Realtors, the authors also state a correlation between the Roe v. Wade decision and the drop off in crime eighteen years later. That book was being discussed on the Bennett show. Gamblin' Bill disputed the findings as ugly and immoral. He then said, apparently in disgust,
"If you wanted to reduce crime, you could -- if that were your sole purpose -- you could abort every black baby in this country and your crime rate would go down."

Certainly there would be a reduction a brawls at NBA games. Then Bennett went on to say:

"That would be an impossibly ridiculous and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down."

It makes you wonder if Jonathan Swift could get away with writing "A Modest Proposal" in our enlightened age.

9/30/2005 11:45:00 AM  
Blogger Kat Coble said...

It'd be just like that Island of Women where Wonder Woman came from.

I'd be all for it if there were hot one-legged lesbians to meet my needs and bracelets that repel bullets.

9/30/2005 11:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Paradise Island or Themiscyra.

Oh shit, outed myself again.

9/30/2005 11:48:00 AM  
Blogger Aunt B said...

Please, if you want to go hold hands with Krumm and whisper to yourselves about how unfair it is that poor Bill Bennett got taken to task for speaking a little truth to power, go right ahead.

But to suggest that Swift--an actually talented author--would not be recognized today because Bennett--a marginally logical moron--doesn't think things through before he opened his mouth is really absurd.

The fact is that people are upset, and rightly so, because the group he chose to single out as his extreme example were black people--who, as I said, are constantly being held up like some kind of criminal class, when, in fact, most crime is not committed by black people.

Kat, I'd totally pay good money to see you in a Wonder Woman outfit.

9/30/2005 12:14:00 PM  
Blogger Kat Coble said...

Save your money. There are better things to look at, B.

I'll hold hands with Krumm any day. I like that man.

Bennett has ALWAYS been a provocateur and a thrill-seeker. You don't get the gambling monkey that dude has without loving the thrill of risk beyond all sanity.

He's always saying stuff to get a rise out of people. Do you imagine we'd be sitting here talking about Bill Bennett, Wonder Woman, legless lesbians and cannabilism if he had just let that statement moulder in his brain? Course not. So his work is done. People are talking about Bill Bennett again.

9/30/2005 12:23:00 PM  
Blogger Kat Coble said...

People who know the name of Wonder Woman's island home should not throw stones at people who play online strategy games.

9/30/2005 12:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

People who play online strategy games wish they had the upper body strength to throw stones.

9/30/2005 12:32:00 PM  
Blogger Kat Coble said...

Am I the only person here who wants to hold hands with Bob?!? Am I??

All my upper body strength has coalesced into my boobs.

9/30/2005 12:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I didn't realize BKrumm had played the JSwift card until after checking out his site.
Glad to be on the same page, but have no interest in hand holding.

9/30/2005 12:52:00 PM  
Blogger Aunt B said...

Yep, I think you have him all to yourself. But I've checked out his photo and I totally think--based on what of his shoulders you can see--that he has some upper body strength. So, you can hold his hand and he can use the other one to throw rocks at Sarcastro for you.

9/30/2005 12:52:00 PM  
Blogger Aunt B said...

S. I think we've established that you're not one to settle for hand-holding when there are more... adventuresome... activities in which one might participate.

Shoot, Kat, as much as I'd pay to see you dressed like Wonder Woman, I might pay more to see what S. and K. might get up to. That could be rather hot. All that upper body strenth in one place...

9/30/2005 12:56:00 PM  
Blogger Kat Coble said...

Gives a whole new meaning to the definition of S&K menswear....

Yeah, when I saw Bob had done the Swift thing over at his site I felt as though I missed a Talking Points meeting. It does all dovetail nicely, however, with my dream about the cannibals at the mexican restaurant.

Interesting factoid: Bill Bennett looks a hell of a lot like my dad.

Interesting factoid II: I have a picture of myself standing next to Bill Bennett on the capitol steps.

Interesting factoid III: I paid for living expenses for a year in college with my poker winnings. Yeah. It was against that statement I signed.

Interesting factoid IV: I've never played poker with Bill Bennett.

9/30/2005 01:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Semi-interesting factoid:
I just finished playing an online poker tourney as a break from all this hard-blogging.

Hey, there's yer Libertarian orgy. Poker Night at Kat's.

9/30/2005 01:21:00 PM  
Blogger Aunt B said...

1. Liberals take money from Libertarians to fund their frivilous lifestyles; they do not participate in activities that would let libertarians take their money.

2. Have you met me? I have the worst poker face ever. My only strategy is just to hope that my opponents are overwhelmed by all my tells and forget which one means what.

3. Although, if there's going to be cigar smoking, my mind could be changed.

9/30/2005 01:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hell, I've got a nice stogie in the truck that has been begging to be smoked.

As far as not participating in activities that would transfer your money to Libertarians, have you ever heard of Social Security?

9/30/2005 01:35:00 PM  
Blogger Aunt B said...

That's why I try to make as little money as possible. The less I make, the less I have to throw into the till, the less you get out in the form of Social Security. I'm also in the process of teaching my dog to smell out Libertarians using their laptops at Centennial Park, so that we can run y'all off from there.

You leave a perfectly good cigar in your truck? I can't decide if that's awesome or appalling.

9/30/2005 01:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Barbieux isn't a Libertarian, he's on your side.

Someone gave me the cigar earlier in the day. Was I supposed to walk around with it unlit all evening? Keep it in my back pocket? Hell, as it was a gift, it probably isn't worth a shit.

9/30/2005 01:55:00 PM  
Blogger Kat Coble said...

There's no one I'd rather play poker with than someone who has no poker face.

No one at all.

Except Strip poker with vin diesel.

I like that man.

Between used cups, cigars and god-knows-whatall you have the most interesting trunk this side of Repo Man.

9/30/2005 05:03:00 PM  
Blogger Kat Coble said...

Ah. Truck.

Never mind.

9/30/2005 05:04:00 PM  
Blogger Aunt B said...

Vin Diesel... ah, Vin. He has such a nice voice and an endearing nerdy side, but in that terrible action movie, he kisses like he's never done it before. I just can't stand it.

9/30/2005 09:02:00 PM  
Blogger Kat Coble said...

All of XXX is the dumbest movie ever made. There is not ONE redeeming frame of that film.

Rob Cohen, the Harvard-educated womanising jackass (I have no idea what Harvard has to do with it, but he brings it up in every interview so it must be important to him) who directed the film is one of the sorriest excuses for a human being I've ever seen.

That being said, when a guy as ripped as Vin also plays D&D and loves musicals...mmmm... Shame I'm already married.

9/30/2005 10:02:00 PM  

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