New Stanek WND column: “Rosie’s pro-life Haiku crockapoo”
Rosie O’Donnell has confounded me. She has taken a pro-life position, and it has ticked me off.
On May 1, the radical liberal (thinks 9-11 was an inside job) posted this Haiku crockapoo on her blog following the announcement by her conservative sparring partner on “The View,” Elisabeth Hasselbeck, that she was pregnant:on the view
u have seen my last hasselbeck spat
2 day was it
no more – its done
there is a new life
there – inside
and in the end
what else mattersRevering the miracle of pregnancy is great. Showing consideration, like giving a pregnant mother a seat on the bus, is also great.
But patronizing, no.
I cannot imagine anyone else in the public eye linguistically patting a pregnant mother on the tummy as O’Donnell did, saying, in so many words, “I have decided to no longer debate issues of the day with you for fear you might faint from overexcitement.”
I could endure some of that, and having been pregnant over two years of my life, I have.
But not from O’Donnell. She’s repulsively hypocritical on this issue, just as eager to toss a “new life” to human wolves if it suits her politically or personally.
Less than two weeks prior on “The View,” O’Donnell defended the most disgusting procedure of them all (to date), partial-birth abortion….
How I wish Elisabeth had announced her pregnancy before this exchange….
Continue reading my column today, “Rosie’s pro-life Haiku crockapoo,” on WorldNetDaily.com.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Great article, Jill!
I can still remember watching Rosie’s humble beginnings as the host of VHI’s Stand-up Spotlight. She was hysterical and I was an immediate fan. I have followed her career. I even watched “Exit to Eden”, which is probably one of the worst movies in history, because she was in it.
As a fan, I stood by her when she announced she was gay. I stood by her when she adopted her children. I stood by her when she got married…..
However, she has completely lost it! She has been bashing Catholicism on a weekly basis ever since she joined “The View”. She has accused the government of either planning or knew about 9/11. She has demeaned the hero’s of 9/11 and has trashed our soldiers. Of course, the last 2 she corrected after the commercial break.
She doesn’t have any facts to present for any of her false claims. PBA is only used to save the mother’s life? Really? That must be why the man who invented the procedure and the man who testified before congress (Dr’s McMahon and Haskell) admitted that only 20% of PBA’s were for genetic or health reasons and that 80% were elective. Barbara Walters has lost all creditbiltiy because she allows Rosie to spew half truths and lies.
And now she stating that she will not debate with a pregnant woman? What? What kind of feminism is that? I’m done.
I used to be a fan of Barbara Walters.
I used to be a fan of The View.
And now one person, Rosie O’Donnell, has destroyed the reputation of both. And she did all this in just one year.
I wonder what she plans to destroy next?
Valerie,
I liked Rosie at one time as well. I remember years ago how she would work as a stand-in, the substitute maid with an attitude, a flustered florist on Valentine’s Day, on my then favorite soap opera. The woman was a hoot!
She has certainly gone down hill. Her exchange with Donald Trump was infantile on both their parts and I was disappointed that a man like Donald Trump would lower himself to this sandbox level. I expected nothing better from her. He would have shown far more dignity with his silence.
Is Rosie acknowledging a life to be protected, however condescendingly she goes about it?
Rosie: I can’t really describe what I think of her without going into a foul-mouthed rant.
Ok, so this is silly, and I promise I’ll stop takling about the fact that I’m pregnant BUT-Elizabeth and I have the same disorder (celiacs) which affects fertility and both times I’ve been pregnant she’s announced that she is as well.
So there’s my useless observation for the day :).
As for Rosie, I used to *love* her. I even had a Rosie O’Donnell doll! I honestly don’t know what happened to her. Now she reminds me of the vile commenters over at dykesfunctional. It’s really sad.
All,
I’m glad the Pope is taking a stand on this.
Pope warns Catholic politicians who back abortion:
Pope Benedict on Wednesday warned Catholic politicians they risked excommunication from the Church and should not receive communion if they support abortion.
YEEE-HAAA
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0956318820070509?feedType=RSS&rpc=22
Lauren,
If I may ask, how along are you? I liked going to the appointments with my wife to listen to the heart-beat and to the see the ultra-sound, etc.
I can’t help but feel that Rosie has become the new “Roseanne”. It breaks my heart.
Wow, Jasper, just read your link. That’s wonderful!
Lauren, what is celiacs disorder?
I didn’t think Rosie was that great when she had her own show. I began to really like her on The View. She added some spice. I also respected her for adopting children. However, She turned me off when she made a comment, “If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.” Well, men can’t and never will bear children, so let’s just forget it. The one that irks me is Joy. She’s so pro abortion, it’s not even funny. I like Elisabeth for her constant defense of the unborn. When the topic is brought up, Barbara gets quiet.
Jasper –
I read that and it is awsome!
Heather – I actually like Joy. She is such a **tch! Several years ago when Merideth was still on they were talking about how Joy will take her own bed sheets with her when visiting family and friends. She refuses to sleep on anyone elses sheets. Can you believe that I am now doing that when visiting some people? I mean, how can you tell a friend or family member “you’re sheets smell and are not soft enough for me.”?
Joy’s opinion on abortion does make me sick and alot of her other opinions. But at least when she ‘spouts’ BS she will admit it is BS. She is also a huge anti-catholic. But isn’t as venemous as Rosie.
Elizabeth is nice, but she needs to get louder! She lets the others cut her off and not finish a sentence. Drives me nuts! I haven’t watched the show for awhile. (Rosie was getting me angry every day and it wasn’t worth it to keep watching) Maybe she has gotten better.
Haha I’m not as far aslong as she is…only agbout 5 1/2 weeks.
Celiacs is a disease where your body can’t process gluten. Basically it just causes horrible inflamation in your digestive system. Thankfully, avoiding wheat and wheat gluten “cures” the disease unless you begin eating it again. It has a genetic component and an unknown component. Only about 5% of Celiacs have the genetic component.
Basically it is NO FUN.
Oh how awful….is it hard to avoid gluten? I mean, is it sometimes hidden in foods that you wouldn’t usually expect it to be?
Unless you’re buying something like corn tortillia’s you have to look for things that are marked “gluten free”. Thankfully there is a pretty large market for gluten free goods. Rice pasta or spelt pasta are good alternatives to traditional pasta, and you can buy gluten free flour for general cooking.
The hardest part is that you generally can’t eat out unless you are very cautious. Sometimes you don’t realize that you ate something with gluten until you get home and feel horrible. There are actaully a few gluten-free resteraunts around the country, but I’ve nevr been to one.
Well I NEVER liked Rosie O (too much like the mindless broads I had to endure as classmates in high school).
As a steelworker’s daughter I find her assertions about steel not having a melting point hysterical. I broke my metallurgist’s daddy’s heart by being a wash out in chemistry but even I know how steel is made in a blast furnace and rolled into ingots that DO INDEED have a melting point. The recent tanker crash and conflagration on a California highway melting the steel support beams being case in point.
Anyway, on the topic of Pba, as I have stated I am no scientist let alone medical professional but why in heaven’s name if my life were in danger would my physician and I choose a procedure that takes two days to laminate the sides of the cervix open and then pull the baby out breech? I have never been pregnant but I would think that a BREECH was something to be avoided at all costs. And if my life were endangered, why would I choose something that takes about 48 hours to open the cervix enough to pull the baby out? JILL please as a nurse explain the “lifesaving” benefits of PBA cuz I don’t see it.
The problem with a breech birth is the fetus getting hooked on the pelvis. If the head is not full size, than it isn’t going to hook on the pelvis. Also, the other problem is umbilical cord prolapse, but considering the abortion is not meant to save the fetus, than the fetus not having oxygen isn’t a problem like in an actual birth. A major use of PBA is to abort anacephalic fetuses or fetuses with severe hydrocephaly. These are, of course, defects that will kill the fetus within hours of birth (or in the case of very severe hydryocephaly, prevent the fetus from being born at all) Some cases of hydrocephaly can live, and those babies are born by c-section. A hydrocephalic fetus whose brain is so underdeveloped it will not be able to live and whose skull is so engorged it would not be able to be taken out by c-section can be more safely removed in a PBA, because the fluid is shunted off the brain prior to removal (which can’t be done in a C-section) And, anacephalic fetuses have no chance of survival and can increase the mother’s risk of sterility if carried to term as well as having the exposed malformed skull cut the woman’s uterus.
Here’s an inspiring story about a couple who decided to give birth to their anacephalic baby…
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/catholic_stories/cs0216.htm
Hi Bev, nice to see you pop in! There is no lifesaving benefit to the mother in pba. Congress found pba may actually be harmful to women.
Lynn, you have not listed any reason why pba would be more advantageous, if I can use such a word in this discussion, than D&E.
Isn’t it fairly obvious why it would be more advantageous? You are a nurse, right? Bones start to calcify around 13 weeks. That means that in a D&E, since the fetus is being pulled apart, there are bone fragments being shifted and moved around in side the woman’s uterus. These fragments can perforate the uterus, increasing risks of infections. D&E also involves sharp metal instruments being repeatedly inserted and removed through the cervix into the uterus. As well as the fact that if the entire fetus is not removed, the infection risks are also greater. D&E is not inherently dangerous, but it’s not as safe as early abortions, and it can be more dangerous to a woman than PBA, which removes the fetus as a whole and doesn’t require the prolonged use of metal instruments or the possibility of perforating the uterus. And, in the case of fetuses with severe hydrocephaly that would not be capable of being born by c-section, it allows the doctor to be able to better maneuver the fetus so as to the shunt the skull.
And if you are using the term D&E you should probably also use the term ID&X, or intact dilation and extraction.
I can’t say I’m a fan of Rosie…I’ve always found her to be rather obnoxious and immature.
Though I give her some props as she helped Savage Garden become famous. :)
Lynn, you make a safe procedure sure sound dangerous. I’ll have to save that description for the next time I encounter one of your kind lauding D&Es.
Also, prove there is a hydrocephalic baby whose head is too big to be delivered by c-section. That’s a new one.
And there are no risks to the mother undergoing pba? Hemorrhage anyone?
Jill or other nurses on this site:
Are we close to a day when a shunt could be inserted BEFORE birth into the skull of a preterm (fetal) hydrocephalic baby allowing fluid to drain before delivery? Is this just sci fi and not possible because of the damage to the baby’s brain?
Did I say “no risks” ever? And D&E is a complicated surgical procedure. It isn’t a walk in the park, and I don’t think most pro-choicers consider it as such. And, considering 88% of abortions occur in the first trimester, it’s not a procedure done very often. The majority of abortions are very safe and much simpler procedures. D&E is still a relatively safe procedure, but more dangerous than a D&C.
Jill,
The thing to do with Rosie is to laugh at her and never take her seriously. She is a blithering idiot. If Rosie advocates a position on any given issue, it is invariably wrong. I supported Donald Trump in the way he stood up to Rosie when she was trying to insult him and besmirch his reputation. Of course, Rosie’s finest moment came when she said that evangelical Christians worldwide were as dangerous as Islamic fundamentalists.
Clay
Religious fundamentalists, no matter what God they worship, are disturbed and scary individuals. Anyone who believes in their unprovable religion enough to kill for it is dangerous and deranged.
I think I need to mail Rosie my list of corrupt and perverted abortionists. Maybe she’ll have a change of heart.
Religious fundamentalists, no matter what God they worship, are disturbed and scary individuals. Anyone who believes in their unprovable religion enough to kill for it is dangerous and deranged.
As opposed to those who are willing to kill for virtually no reason at all?
MK, those who are willing to kill for an unprovable religion are willing to kill for virtually no reason at all. At least with serial killers, you can identify psychological reasons for their behavior, chaotic as it may seem: these reasons are also comparitavely rare, whereas a large proportion of the world is religious.
Lovely argument Less,
But I didn’t mean serial killers. I meant women that kill their children.
MK, women who kill their children are generally suffering from some psychiatric disorder, most notably post-partum psychosis/depression.
Of course, that was likely a veiled and supremely unoriginal reference to abortion. These women, I would imagine, simply want control over their own bodies: they have no desire to have children at that time. Hardly a psychological problem.
I will give Rosie her due. She is consistent on her stand concerning choice.
Rosie personally opposes abortion but supports a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion.
Rosie also personally opposes gun ownership but supports her own personal right to choose to hire armed guards to protect her family, though she claimed she did not know these guards were armed.
Rosie, did you think trained professional guards use fly swatters?
Less,
It wasn’t veiled and sadly it wasn’t original. It’s all too true. And most likely the psychological problems will begin after the fact.
Religious fundamentalists, no matter what God they worship, are disturbed and scary individuals. Anyone who believes in their unprovable religion enough to kill for it is dangerous and deranged
Pro choice women, no matter what God they worship, are disturbed and scary individuals. Anyone who believes in their right to physical autonomy enough to kill for it is dangerous and deranged…
Nothing covert about it at all…
“Pro choice women, no matter what God they worship, are disturbed and scary individuals. Anyone who believes in their right to physical autonomy enough to kill for it is dangerous and deranged…”
I’m sorry you feel that way about me and other like-minded individuals.
Rae, she doesn’t. She was using Less’s comment against her.