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Fun-Filled Friday: Christine Sick, Vegan Humor, Mercy For Animals, Turkey Roll, Cell Phone Karma, And Funerals

Where did this week go? With my beloved wife Christine dealing with a nasty whatever-it-is-she-has sickness that has had her flat on her back with a cough, 100-degree fever, nausea and worse most of this week, it’s just been somewhat of a blur kind of week. Ever have one of those? Well, the show must go on because it’s “Fun-Filled Friday” time again. Pray that Christine gets better by tomorrow when we are scheduled to go on a trip to Indianapolis, Indiana to make up for that faux pas I did last month in Charlotte, North Carolina with the American Idols Tour. She REALLY wants to go and NONE of the trip is refundable (airline tickets, rental car, hotel, tickets to the show). Now here’s this week’s stuff:

Somebody posted this on my forum today from New Zealand and it was too cute NOT to share. The vegans might not think so, but I loved it!

HA! Of course, us low-carbers would just skip the bread part and go right for “God’s creatures” to eat. YUMMY! Speaking of the vegans, have you seen this “Mercy For Animals” video about the treatment of chickens in a hatching factory?

It’s amazing how much concern is dramatized in this video about the “pain” there is with these chickens and yet you never hear the vegans expressing the same kind of outrage at the genuine pain and “killing” that happens with the life of an unborn baby during an abortion. There’s such a double standard with this issue that you can’t help but notice the hypocrisy. Speaking of hacking, have you heard about “The Amputation Diet” that is sweeping Hollywood right now? It’s a guaranteed way for the famous to slim down for good — well, sorta. ENJOY the parody from my blogging friend Methuselah!

Did you hear about what happened in the country of Turkey when a flour factory building was being imploded? This is so hilarious that I wouldn’t have believed it if I didn’t see it on video.

WHEW, that was a close one! Speaking of close ones that actually hit, don’t you wish this kind of “cell phone karma” would actually happen in real life?

Hee hee! And finally, on the topic of funerals, this was both precious and a little bit funny as a tribute from a special man over the passing of someone he loved.

That’s it for this week, but come back again next week for more “Fun-Filled Friday.” HAVE AN AWESOME WEEKEND and wish Christine and I luck that we’ll get to go to Indy. SEE YA!

September 4th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: 1
  • http://xf89.bravehost.com/index.html ChrisTina

    Praying for Christine to get better so you can make it to your trip to Indy!

  • Greg

    Really? Ya gotta go there, comparing factory farming and abortion? On “Fun Friday”, no less? There are very legitimate complaints about how animals are treated, and it’s not just “the vegans” who are concerned. Don’t you want to show respect for the animals which nourish you? Wouldn’t you rather your steak came from a cow grazing on grass in the open air rather than locked in a stall barely able to move, choking on corn? And animals other than humans feel “pain” in quotes, not actual pain? Really, Jimmy?

    And speaking of “the vegans”, so they’re ALL pro-choice? And furthermore, you assume pro-choice people are cavalier about what an abortion is and means? I’m pro-choice and if I were involved in that decision it would be agonizing, but I believe the choice should remain with private citizens rather than government, since we don’t all agree when life begins. Surely you can respect that point of view without having to mischaracterize it, can’t you? Especially with what you’ve said about how you feel about the current health care debate. If you don’t trust the government to give enough credence to low carb, surely you can at LEAST understand the position of not wanting them to be in charge of something like abortion, even if you don’t agree.

    And I’m sure there are pro-choice AND pro-life vegetarians/vegans AND carnivores. It’s insulting that you think otherwise. Please don’t assume fellow low-carbers share your views on every issue, and please don’t be so flippant about such a serious pair of issues. C’mon, Jimmy. I hate to say it, but at the moment I feel like I need to take anything you report on here with a few huge grains of salt…

    Thanks for your comments Greg! I’m out of town this weekend, but I appreciate your input. I’ve made it clear that on FFF I talk about just about anything and everything. I’ve never asked people to always agree with me on all issues. What a boring world THAT would be. Thank you for sharing your opinions. I have more to say on this in response to your comments, but I’m getting on an airplane flight soon. I appreciate your feedback. Anyone else?

    –Jimmy

  • http://www.easytobethin.blogspot.com Nancy

    I hope Christine is well enough tomorow for you guys to go to Indianapolis!
    Well that chick video DOES disturb me, its very sad. I was actually raised by my grandmother and she raised chickens in our backyard. We did eventually eat them, but they were happy their whole lives, and never spent a moment on a conveyer belt. We also sold those chickens and eggs to our neighbors. And people still do this today. If you buy organic free range chicken this is less likely to be where the chicken comes from. If people would pay attention to the chicken they buy, they could be more assured to get a chicken that actually did have a humane life. Organic free range is the way to go for chicken and eggs and all meat for that matter. If all people would demand more organic free range choice, this type of mistreatment of animals would be less likely to happen on a large scale. Buying organic will bring more organics to your supermarket, so buy more organic everyone!!!! If you buy organic free range, it will be more in demand. Just the other day I found at our grocery store a 24 pack of organic eggs cage free free range eggs, where previously you could only get a donzen at a very high price.

    Wholeheartedly agree, Nancy!

    –Jimmy

  • http://OH! Alona

    Aaaw you posted my funny picture! :D
    I’m so honored to be indirectly mentioned in your blog, Jimmy.

    I’m famous now!
    haha :D

  • http://OH! Alona

    Wasn’t that Pastor Ron?…

    jokes!

    Thank you for that Jimmy… I will never be able to take that soulful song seriously now!

  • Anne

    Wishing Christine a speedy recovery and hope you do not catch it.

  • Greg

    Jimmy: yes, you should write about whatever you want to write about, but abortion is really the textbook case of something people are going to agree with you on or not, and it probably makes more sense to not talk about that unless you want to alienate half of your readers. And to talk dismissively and insultingly about the other side of the debate is to do more than state your opinion.

    My other objection was that in attributing pro-choice to “the vegans”, you’re directly implying that all of us low-carbers (non-vegans) agree with your position. State your opinions all you want, but if this blog starts becoming a place where left-leaning folks aren’t welcome, I won’t feel much desire to read it, and I’m sure others will feel the same. If your mission is what it appears to be, please don’t push half of us out. We all care about our health, we’re all moral and compassionate people, and someone with a different opinion than yours is not some kind of amoral monster.

    My intention is not to ostracize any group…just to make you think by expressing my opinions on a subject. I’ve always been about having a conversation, Greg, and I appreciate your responses. Not once have I described you or anyone else who disagrees with me as an “amoral monster,” so don’t read into something that’s not there. If you don’t agree with something I’ve written, then simply state your reasons why. Dialog about what was said helps move the discussion along much more quickly than getting wrapped up in what you think was said.

    –Jimmy

  • Sue

    You really shouldn’t be comparing abortion and death of chicken via factory farming – completely different.

    You know, Sue, you’re right. These two things are NOT the same. Killing unborn babies is MUCH worse than killing chickens.

    –Jimmy

  • Lisa Marie

    Dude, that is so not cool. You just got the Douche bag award. I love meat….I mean I love it. But the things in the videos do to the animals, that is real, and they feel it. To me, if you can do something fucked up like that to an animal, what is stopping you from doing it another human, and really who is to say there is a difference. Let some one pull your nails out and rip your nose off without any kind of numbing and tell me it doesn’t hurt. Uh, and by the way..that ‘s vegetarian,not just vegan. I am sorry some Vegan chick pissed you off by blowing you off in high school or whatever they did that made you feel like you gotta rip on somebody for doing something positive.I have two cats. To think that they are an animal too makes me fee guilty sometimes, because I love them like they are my children, and I couldn’t fathom anyone hurting, let alone killing them, because I would probably go to jail if anyone ever tried to hurt them. But the fact of life is that right now animal’s are one of our food sources, and maybe in the future that will be something that changes. If Aliens came down and decided that we were the lesser species that tasted good grilled and I had to go out like that, then well at least have the decency to kill me painlessly. It is a fair trade. And abortion, what are you thinking? That is so not even on the same line. If you do believe that, then how in the world are you eating meat? Yeah, just so you know I am an atheist that is pro-choice, and when you become a woman then maybe you can feel free to have an opinion on it. I would much rather people abort than have another child they can’t support or raise. Isn’t this country’s whole thing freedom. If you don’t believe in something…than don’t do it, but why do have to go out and purposely try to be hateful. I think low carbing is stupid, but you don’t see me going out and posting stupid comments about that.

    Oh and ps, that crack head vid is so freakin last year, get with the times buddy.

    THANKS for your very kind comments, Lisa. I’m so glad you agree with me in such a loving, caring, and compassionate manner. We need more people like you in the world.

    –Jimmy

  • ethyl d

    It’s your blog, and you can “go there” if you want to, on the issue of abortion or anything else. Since you invited anyone to take on the issue with you, I am joining in with some replies to some of the illogic of support for abortion. It’s excellent to be against cruelty in animal husbandry practices, and to protest with the wallet if one can afford humanely raised animal foods. But you, Jimmy, are quite within bounds to point out the contradiction in logic that allows some people to be horrified at how animals are killed but to support the right of women to pay doctors to rip their in-utero babies limb from limb and dispose of them in the trash.

    So, to Greg, I ask: if we are not sure when life begins, why do we not err on the side of assuming it begins at conception? Wouldn’t that be a safer assumption so as to make sure that no innocent human life is ever wrongly taken? If you were out hunting, and you saw something moving in the brush, but thought it might be a person, would you go ahead and shoot hoping it wasn’t and you’d get lucky and find out it was just the animal you were after, or would you hold off until you knew for sure so as not to inadvertently murder someone? Wanting to make a rule that human life begins at some arbitrary point later than conception is simply a ploy to get away with murder. It’s commendable that you would find wrestling with the choice of abortion agonizing, but any decent person would. Any decent person would find it so agonizing they couldn’t imagine going through with such a horror as a mother turning on her own child and paying someone to kill it for her. And they certainly could not imagine that civilized nations would legally permit this, nor could they vote for politicians depraved enough to pass laws allowing it. Nor support taxpayer-funded healthcare that mandates it.

    To sort through the logical tangles in Lisa Marie’s rambling comments would take years, so I’ll just comment on one argument she throws out about it being better to abort if a woman does not believe she can raise the child. A lot of people support abortion, especially for the poor, with this line of reasoning, but this assumes that we can look into the future and know for sure what kind of life the child will have. And we cannot predict that; we have no idea what the future holds for any person. To justify killing a person early so that he or she will not suffer more later, when it is impossible to predict the life ahead for any individual, is reprehensible. Some children are abused after birth, yes, and that’s horrible, but that makes it somehow okay to perpetrate the ultimate abuse and kill the child early on? Some would argue that a woman in circumstances such as those in which Stanley Ann Dunham found herself near the end of 1960 ought to consider abortion, but luckily for her baby, abortion wasn’t legal back then, and her son grew up to become President of the United States (perhaps not so luckily for millions of in-utero persons in our own time).

    Pregnancy is not a virus a woman just happens to catch while she’s out shopping one day, like catching a cold. Pregnancy is the result of choosing to have sexual intercourse, and these days, most people know how babies are made, so they don’t really have an “accident” if they find themselves parents as a result of playing sexual Russian roulette and causing a new human being to exist when they weren’t really planning to conceive a child. And please, don’t play the rape card–millions of babies aborted around the world daily are not the product of rape. They are the waste product of couples who chose not to exercise control over their sexual activity.

    So the whole abortion debate is really about whether there is a right to have sex without assuming responsibility for the new human being that may result. Pro-lifers say that people who choose to engage in activity that may result in parenthood need to accept responsibility for the child if one is conceived, and pro-aborts think that is too hard, too much to ask of new parents, who therefore should be entitled to the ultimate “do-over.” They support a selfish and immature refusal to accept responsibility for the consequences of the choice of inappropriate sexual activity.

    Sorry, I’m sure you’ll get more comments complaining that this is a nutrition blog and that’s what your readers come here to read about. That’s what I come here to read about too, but I felt compelled to speak out when something far more important is at stake than how many grams of carbs we feed ourselves. You brought up the issue, and I commented. You’ll probably get some comments attacking what I’ve just said, trying to show me all the ways I don’t “get it,” but when I see a naked emperor, I can either play along to get along, or I can point out he’s naked and hope somebody else may wake up and realize it too.

  • Greg

    Hi, ethyl d. We obviously feel differently. My main issue was that Jimmy was simplifying the issue in implying that pro-choice people are cavalier and callous about abortion. Many of my friends are pro-choice and we feel that it is an issue that should be decided by the individual, not the state, but we don’t at all take it lightly. Many pro-choicers would not personally choose to have abortions, but do not want the decision in the hands of the government. As you know, the government has historically been run by men and still largely is, and the people who are pregnant are women, so there’s that issue also – men deciding what can happen in someone else’s body. I understand that that’s all moot if we’re talking about murder, which is how you see it, but I try to see your point of view, so please don’t simplify and demonize the other side – that doesn’t do anyone any good.

    My other issue, as I said, was that Jimmy was assuming low-carbers are anti-vegan and therefore, somehow, against abortion. I really don’t see how that follows. Reading his statement, I felt excluded and dismissed, and so I just think he needs to be aware that he’s running the risk of alienating half his readership if he makes “aren’t those people who disagree with me amoral and hypocritical” a regular part of the program. And, really, sandwiching something so serious and contentious in between joke videos on “Fun Friday” is a little inappropriate to boot. Yes it’s his blog, but he’s not writing it in a notebook in his desk, he’s publishing it for others to read and interact with. I’m interacting.

    THANKS for the interaction about what I wrote in my FFF post, Greg. I’m back at my computer again now, so I’m happy to address your concerns about what I originally wrote. I did not imply or state overtly that people who are pro-abortion (there is no such thing as “pro-choice” because you’re either for the preservation of life or for killing life) are not against abortion. What I did say was that if there is such passion against causing harm and death to animals like these baby chicks, then where is that same outrage for the harm and death that abortion brings to innocent unborn babies?

    If someone wants the choice about whether they want children or not, then they need to decide that before they go and sleep with someone. You take the necessary precautions with contraceptives, birth control, condoms, whatever. But then to turn right around and want to snuff out that life just because it’s more convenient for you, that’s so barbaric. The disgust that the filmmakers had in that little video clip about the chickens is precisely how so many Americans feel about abortion. The two are NOT the same, you’re exactly right–ABORTION IS MUCH WORSE!

    It all comes back to the responsibility of the individual (something I harp on over and over again here at my blog within the context of diet, health, weight and fitness) to make better choices for themselves to prevent any unnecessary or unwanted things down the line from happening. That includes creating life.

    On the issue of low-carbers being “anti-vegan,” I’ve never said that at all either. I know several low-carbers who eat no meat and they are perfectly fine if that’s working for them. In fact, I make the point many times that people should find the plan that works for them, follow it exactly and keep doing it regardless of whether it is vegan, low-carb, low-fat or whatever else tickles their fancy. But these radical vegans who are out there producing movies like the clip I showed on my FFF post make their outrage over animal welfare seem so out-of-kilter when a genuine travesty of millions of unborn babies are killed at the altar of convenience annually. That’s just plain wrong and the United States will be judged on our flippant disregard for life someday.

    Greg, I’m sorry you felt “excluded and dismissed” about this, but I’m just as passionate about human life as I am of these animals. Of course I don’t want mistreatment of animals to take place and it is indeed a sad state of affairs what is happening at the hatching plant. But why can we get all worked up about baby chickens that could have made for some delicious low-carb omelettes instead of being hatched when there is a real genocide taking place day in and day out with all the millions of babies aborted annually? That’s my point.

    I made it clear from the get-go when I started “Fun-Filled Friday” that it would allow me the chance to comment on and have opinions about other topics that interest me. I certainly don’t expect people to embrace everything I have to say and I welcome feedback and interaction on whatever I write about–even in these posts! I’ve never stated that anyone who disagrees with my positions is “amoral or hypocritical.” If you have a position, then state it. And you have with your comments these past few days, Greg. THANK YOU! Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

    –Jimmy

  • klynn

    I liked your blog and I come here to learn about low carbing, not right wing politics. Which is slipping in more and more. I agree with Greg, it’s your blog so write what you want, however I guess I’m going to have to go somewhere else to learn about low carbing, which is what I thought this blog was supposed to be about.

    peace

    THANKS for your comments, klynn. But there’s no “right wing politics” in what I write about. These are simply my opinions and you can choose to disagree. Nothing about what I have been doing with the low-carb message has changed a bit. It’s the same as it has always been. If you choose to read elsewhere, then that’s your prerogative. But I am not a split personality…what you see is what you get. I am who I am and never make apologies for it. You don’t have to agree with me, Dr. Mike Eades, Mark Sisson, Dr. Jonny Bowden (a well-known left-leaning liberal, by the way) on everything we write about. But hopefully something that is written will help you stop and think about what you believe. It’s the beauty of the blogging universe which I am grateful to be a part of.

    –Jimmy

  • Greg

    Jimmy, no, you didn’t explicitly say pro-choice people are amoral, but you imply it by saying that they’re hypocrites who protest against killing baby chicks but don’t care about abortion. First off, again, you’re assuming every vegan is pro-choice – some of the people involved in that video could be anti-abortion. You have no basis to say that “the vegans” never express outrage about abortion.

    Here’s a “pro-life vegan” blog:
    http://thecontinualramblingofaprolifevegan.blogspot.com/

    I don’t really want to argue the morality of abortion with you, Jimmy…it’s a religious position to say that all human life, even at just a few weeks and a few cells, is more important than all animal life, even animal life which is fully out into the world and aware of its surroundings. I’m not sure why you want to insult those of us who don’t share your exact religious views. And if you’re going to compare, you have to know that there are many many more millions of fully-developed, aware animals killed inhumanely in factory farming than there are abortions, and it’s perfectly legitimate to be morally against that too. So, again, two different issues – and it’s possible for a person to be against both, or just one.

    You say you don’t want animals mistreated, so why did you talk dismissively about the chickens’ pain, as opposed to “genuine” pain felt during abortions? ANIMALS FEEL GENUINE PAIN, and I think we should do what we can to minimize it.

    But the main point is, here we are, arguing about something that we’ll never never ever agree on, instead of talking about low carb. Is that what you really want? The other writers you mention, if I recall correctly, don’t bring abortion into the discussion. You want this to be the “Livin’ La Vida Low Carb If You’re ‘Pro-Life’ Like Me, Jimmy Moore” blog? Oh well.

    Fair enough, Greg. We can agree to disagree on this issue while still both supporting low-carb. Like I said, this is a “Fun-Filled Friday” post where I talk about stuff I never get to otherwise. It really has nothing to do with the regular low-carb content that I share and I don’t mix in much of my opinions on these kinds of things in the low-carb content. Fridays allow me to get some other items of passionate interest out and you are free to agree or disagree as you see fit. Like I said, Jonny Bowden is about as leftist as you can get politically speaking. So is Dana Carpender. But that doesn’t mean I think their thoughts on livin’ la vida low-carb are any less relevant. The human experience is so much more than pigeonholing yourself into thinking we all must agree on everything. What a boring world that would be. THANKS again for your fabulous comments!

    –Jimmy

  • Greg

    Jimmy, I think I was partially thrown by the “Fun-Filled Friday” name…I look at your blog now and again but have more exposure to your podcasts…and this topic seemed pretty far away from Fun-Filled. Maybe you should change the name to something else that reflects the catch-all nature but doesn’t imply frivolity? Anyway, I don’t expect us to agree, I just hope we can be respectful of each others’ opinions. Take care.

    THANKS! Will do.

    –Jimmy

  • http://www.mylowcarbreality.blogspot.com Lee in Nashville

    I hope Christine is feeling much better. I hope she goes to the doctor if she still has a fever today. Can’t take any chances with H1N1.

    THANKS Lee! Her fever has been down since Friday. She doesn’t have swine flu. Thank you for your concern.

    –Jimmy

  • staceylben

    Hi, Jimmy.

    I just wanted to say that I totally agree with you about the preventable loss of human life through abortion. Especially with late term abortion – if those babies were delivered they could very well be viable as premies. But because the ‘mother’ decides that is not convenient and makes a ‘choice’ to abort, we say that the child is not a life.

    It always puzzles me that any woman who has ever been pregnant and seen the ultrasound pictures, felt the movement of the baby, or suffered a miscarriage could ever decide that what was moving around inside of her was not a life. It just doesn’t make good sense. The more we learn of prenatal life, the more evidence there is to support the belief that life begins at conception. Many obstetricians will not perform abortions for just this reason.

    As for women having babies they cannot support, adoption is a life affirming choice. Many couples cannot have children of their own and would love to adopt a child and give them a full, happy life.

    Thanks for letting me express my opinion. I believe that too many of the pro-life people have been silent for too long because they don’t want to offend anyone. I don’t want to offend anyone, but the innocent and vulnerable deserve to have someone speak out in their behalf.

    I’m sure I will get a lot of negative response for this viewpoint, but it truly breaks my heart to think of the great number of potential lives that have been disposed of through abortions.

    My husband and I have been unable to have children of our own. It really hurts to see women who have been blessed with a pregnancy destroy that life. I know that many people do not consider children blessings, but as a teacher, I have always felt that children are our country’s best resources. They are without a doubt our future.

    Thanks for your comments. I guess that’s why this issue is so important to me, too. Christine and I are unable to have kids of our own, so it hurts to see innocent babies slaughtered at the altar of convenience.

    –Jimmy

  • Big Mack

    Hi Jimmy. Your site here is among a handful of sites I regularly visit. The other sites have diverse interest and include a fishing forum, a Vegas forum, and a golf forum. Eventually these other sites became ruined from the discussion of politics and religion, even though the original forum had nothing to do with politics or religion. Groups split off and went their separate ways.

    Please don’t follow the same path. It always leads to bad feelings and no good comes from it. It’s been creeping into your blogs this year as I recall you talking about the budget deficits, health care and now abortions.

    So take my comments for whatever they are worth. You are heading down the same path that is going to split your forum. I like your forums and blogs, but the main reason I come here is for low carb news. A light hearted funny Friday blog is fine, but please don’t cross the line.

    Thanks for listening.

    Take care

    THANKS for your input, Big Mack. I can appreciate where you are coming from and most of my readers already know that low-carb, diet, health and fitness is about 99% of what I write about. And believe it or not, my life is not entirely just about low-carb. I have plenty of other interesting things to say on all sorts of subjects which people can take or leave as they so choose.

    I’ve never backed away from my own beliefs on issues with anything I’ve written about over the past four years of blogging, even on subjects that are pertinent but controversial. Talking about the role of health care in America is entirely appropriate for this blog as is the monetary impact of the financial sector on the lives of the people reading my blog. As for abortion, I didn’t really expand upon that one other than to make a comparison…and it was on “Fun-Filled Friday.” I’m gonna have some latitude on these Friday posts to talk about anything and everything — and I do.

    How do you separate Jimmy Moore the person and everything that makes up who I am based on my past experiences, education, and life from the one who talks about low-carb? There are PLENTY of people in the low-carb community that I greatly admire for their contributions to the promotion of the low-carb message that I don’t support politically or socially. But does that mean we need to throw the baby out with the bath water since we’re not in 100% agreement? I certainly don’t think so.

    I hear what you’re saying and I am grateful for the way you brought this to me. Part of what makes my blog successful is the fact that I’m not afraid to tell you what I’m thinking. If it makes someone else ponder what they believe on a subject, then I’ve done a good job. Disagreement on certain issues isn’t reason enough for abandonment. I think most people who read here agree with what I’m saying much more often than not.

    THANK YOU AGAIN, Big Mack!

    –Jimmy

  • Greg

    So, now we have a few people chiming in to ask you to please not divide your audience with these topics, and a few writing very long anti-abortion posts. I don’t think you get what those of us who wrote the former were saying, because you, each time, have responded as if we’re asking you not to be you. That’s not what we’re asking. We’re asking you to make your low carb blog about low carb, instead of about contentious religious and political issues. To focus your blog on what actually brings people here is not to hide who you are, is it? Again, if you want to change your blog officially into “Low Carb the Pro-Life Republican Way”, go for it, but don’t expect the same following you have now. But if you truly care about the low carb issue, why not be inclusive and not divisive? Start another blog about politics and even link it prominently from here if you like, but let it be an option.

    And again, of course, you’re free to do whatever you want, but I just want to be clear that it’s not pleasant to log in to read about low carb and have your opinions insulted. Imagine the reverse: you keep mentioning low carb people with liberal views, but I wasn’t aware of that. Why? Because they don’t spend much time mixing their views in with their low carb writing. They certainly don’t write about those ‘hypocritical anti-abortion wingnuts’ or some-such.

    And speaking of this, here I am wanting to end with this note to the previous poster, ‘stacylben’: Really? Pro-lifers have been “silent for too long”? Since when? Read the paper lately? Pro-lifers not only threaten, intimidate and disrupt family planning clinics, but they even murder doctors attending church services lately. Not so silent in my book. But, Jimmy, do you really want us talking about this here? I don’t!

    Greg, you’re free to talk about whatever you’d like in the comments. That’s what makes blogging so much fun to me. I’ve always written freely in my posts about whatever is on my mind and allowed people to respond accordingly. Like I’ve said, you don’t have to agree with me to engage in the discussion. Thanks again for your comments.

    –Jimmy

  • http://OH! Alona

    I definitely agree with Big Mack which is why I refrained from addressing the abortion comment which kinda stung…
    I do feel it is up to the woman in question to decide what happens to her body for the next 9 months, especially in horrific cases like conception through rape or incest.
    I don’t think I would have an abortion, I think I would find a way to raise the child even though I’m 21 (but they, I have PCOS so I might not conceive again if I do!) but I don’t think I would be able to go through a pregnancy physically, emotionally if I was raped.

    On another note, I thought you posted your interview with Courtney Thorne-Smith today but it’s tomorrow so now I’m gravely upset! :]

    Thank you Alona! Courtney is coming tomorrow. :)

    –Jimmy

  • Teresa

    Really!??? I cant believe so many people got bent out of shape over the abortion comment. Get a life people! If it bothered you that bad, skip over it. I totally got what he was trying to say. And yes I have seen people do the same thing… they get all worked up over animals getting mistreated and yet if it’s a child it’s not looked at the same way. Like someone else will take care of it. Besides the whole point is IT’S JIMMYS OPINION! Quit getting so freaked out..

  • Big Mack

    Well, Teresa, you just proved my point.

    Jimmy writes about politics or religion. Some of us don’t like it and disagree. Then you don’t like that we disagree with him. It just keeps going back and forth and serves no purpose.

  • Teresa

    not to “keep going back and forth” but— it’s not that I mind when people disagree about anything said. But to think he equated killing of animals with abortion, which he did not, should have been common sense. Nobody is going to agree on everything but some of these folks have really gone off the deep end with their comments. Jimmy puts himself out there, takes his time to put up this great site, for free I might add, so I just think If people have something to say (agree or disagree) they should be more polite.

  • Big Mack

    Teresa, here are some direct quotes from your posts: “I cant believe so many people got bent out of shape”, “Get a life people!”, “Quit getting so freaked out”, and “these folks have really gone off the deep end”. Then you say “they” should be more polite.

    THANKS guys! But I think we’re gonna give this one a rest now. I appreciate all the comments.

    –Jimmy

  • Georgiana

    Hi, Jimmy.
    It is your blog and you talk about abortion if you want to.
    I am right there with you. Left wingers have a
    bleeding heart for everything but an unborn baby- or their
    term “fetus”. I guess they should be thankful no one aborted them.

    Keep up the good work.

  • vicky

    Thanks Jimmy for bringing this issue up. You have a great blog and a great podcast!

    Ethyl, I totally agree with you on the killing animals is horrible/who cares about unborn children – issue. I’ve noticed this hypocrisy in some people myself and I have mentioned it in class many years ago. Never received a satisfactory answer. I did get a lot of illogical, irrational responses.

    Anyway, looking forward to your next show Jimmy!