Now that Dr. Tiller’s out of the way, Operation Rescue is looking to buy his (now-closed) clinic.
Operation Rescue is looking to buy the clinic?? Are you fucking kidding me!??:
The group that tried for years to put slain abortion provider Dr. George Tiller out of business is interested in buying his now-closed clinic in Wichita, its president said.
Operation Rescue president Troy Newman said that his group has discussed the idea of buying the tan, windowless clinic in east Wichita. He made the comment after the Tiller family announced that the clinic would be closed permanently.
“I would love to make an offer on that abortion clinic, and that’s some of the discussion that we’re having,” Newman said in a telephone interview Tuesday from his group’s headquarters in Wichita.
Un. Believable. Operation Rescue, which was undoubtedly complicit in assisting Dr. Tiller’s murderer to stalk and ultimately kill him, now wants to buy his clinic. They probably want to turn it into some kind of monument to fetal supremacy and anti-abortion terrorism, as an inspiration to all the brain-damaged cretins out there who haven’t yet spiraled into violence. The message: terrorism pays!
Where the fuck do these people get all their money from? And why have they got so much of it that they can just buy buildings at the drop of a hat?? And why are they so detached from reality that they don’t see how outrageous it is for them to even consider doing such a thing??
Gah!
UPDATE: It was just a class-act publicity stunt by those slimy fucks at Operation Douchebag, who have no chance of buying the clinic since the building is owned by the Tiller family. Who obviously wouldn’t piss on Operation Rescue if they were on fire. (Now there’s a pleasant thought…)
But it looks like Dr. Tiller’s work will be carried on, after all:
A Nebraska doctor said Wednesday that he will perform third-term abortions in Kansas after the slaying of abortion provider George Tiller, but would not say whether he will open a new facility or offer the procedure at an existing practice.
Dr. LeRoy Carhart declined to discuss his plans in detail during a telephone interview with The Associated Press, but insisted “there will be a place in Kansas for the later second- and the medically indicated third-trimester patients very soon.”
Victory is fleeting, eh fetus fuckers?
(h/t – feministing)
That sounds like the very thing the RICO statutes were designed for. Too bad the Supreme Court declared that RICO doesn’t apply to fetus fetishists.
Perhaps we can donate money to buy the clinic on behalf of Planned Parenthood.
orange – That was my response too, as well as
JAB – Somewhere, I think it might have been at TPM, someone has an explanation of how the RICO statute can be used against groups like Operation Rescue. I will try to find it… it was interesting
Rob F – That’s a splendid idea, and there’s already discussions in progress about doing something like that (if not for PP then some other group that can re-open and run the clinic). We’ll see…
“Too bad the Supreme Court declared that RICO doesn’t apply to fetus fetishists.”
Not yet. But stay tuned…
Chimera – No? I would so love to see OR declared a criminal enterprise… but I also wonder what that does to the terrorism aspect of things.
There’s a link to a blogger at TPMCafe who thinks RICO laws could be applied here:
http://scathinglywrongrightwingnutz.blogspot.com/2009/06/not-just-terrorists-but-racketeers-too.html
That would be so cool.
JJ, how’s this for no shame from the fetus fetishists:
The unmarried mother’s story about giving birth to a child diagnosed as terminally ill in the womb hit a major nerve on the Internet.
Every night for the last two months, thousands of abortion opponents across the nation logged on to a blog run by the suburban Chicago woman who identified herself only as “B” or “April’s Mom.”
People said they prayed that God would save her pregnancy. They e-mailed her photos of their children dressed in pink, bought campaign T-shirts, shared tales of personal heartache and redemption, and sent letters and gifts to an Oak Lawn P.O. box in support.
As more and more people were drawn to her compelling tale, eager advertisers were lining up. And established parenting Web sites that oppose abortion were promoting her blog — which included biblical quotes, anti-abortion messages and a soundtrack of inspirational Christian pop songs.
There was only one problem with the unfolding tragedy: None of it was true.
Not the pregnancy, and not the photos posted on the blog of the supposed mother and Baby April Rose, swaddled in white blankets.
Sorry, looks like it formatted as a link, but the link isn’t there. Here’s the link on its own:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-baby-hoax-12jun12,0,5601624.story
And if that doesn’t work, go to http://www.chicagotribune.com/ It’s the lead story.
RB – Fixed.
That’s totally wild, but sadly, it’s not that surprising. There is big BIG money to be made off fetus-fetishizing rubes who go into paroxysms of ecstasy at the thought of a woman self-flagellating by carrying a dead or dying fetus to term. I can’t even imagine the agony of carrying a doomed pregnancy to term, and it’s absolutely sick that they want women to do this… talk about worshipping at the altar of misogyny and fetal supremacy.
Thanks for the link, I might blog it.
fern hill – For some reason, the link to TPM is going 404. Maybe it was pulled for legal reasons?
JJ, you’re right. How odd. The post just explained how RICO laws might apply.
fern hill – I wonder if it was pulled for legal reasons… maybe there was something libelous? It sounds like a really interesting post… I’m going to google teh internets and see if it was posted anywhere else.
I can understand a woman making a decision to carry a pregnancy to term knowing the baby will be severely disabled. I don’t think it would be my decision, nor would it be my advice if anyone asked me for an opinion.
However I can’t imagine why anyone would put herself through a pregnancy when she knows the baby will die at or shortly after birth. There are times when an abortion is the kindest, most humane option not only for the mother, but also for the fetus even if you believe it’s a human life.
Speaking as a human, when I die I’d rather do it in my sleep, completely unaware, than die aware and in agony. If a baby has to die, how could its mother deny it that merciful death?
Wow. Just when I thought fetus fetishism couldn’t sink further into the swamp…it done fucking SUNK.
Holy cow. And holy shit!
Bina – fortunately, I don’t think they’ll be able to buy it since the Tiller family owns it. It was just a tacky publicity stunt, but what can you expect from fetus fetishists
Well, I got another comment on my blog from the Oklahoma knuckle-dragger. This time he thinks he can teach us math, and that he can get away with name calling. I banned him–I’m serious about the no-wank rule!
Bina – That nitwit seems to have taken an interest in you. I notice at his stupid hate site he talks about how he’s scrubbed a lot of pages out of his blog… paranoid much? He should be.
“The no-wank rule” —
I like it
Yeah, I got a trollish comment from one of the escapees from Stalkin’ Malkin’s asylum in my post about the right wing stepping up its terrorist activities (mainly because I linked to Malkin’s latest rant about the DHS report and the Holocaust Museum shooter). I didn’t ban her, but I did make a snide comment in response.
JAB – That’s a unique argument she made — you’re just confusing the left and the right because you don’t know much about the right.
Uh, yeah okay.
It’s good not to ban these people no matter how stupid and incoherent they are — unless they become total assholes, spamming and posting huge cut and paste articles, or arguing in bad faith just to be a pain in the ass (*cough*patrick*cough*) I won’t ban anyone.
Yeah, and I loved the generalized anecdotal argument. “All the wingnuts I know are lovely people, while all the libruls I know are irredeemably violent reprobates!” A) How do I know this person isn’t talking out of her ass, and B) So? Just because all the liberals she knows fit her stereotype waaay too perfectly to be coincidence doesn’t mean that ALL liberals are that way.
And like I said, I did NOT ban her. The way I see it, the more these bozos spout off and the more their words are exposed to sunlight, the more ridiculous they appear.
Yes, they’re all perfectly lovely people — if by “lovely” you mean hate-filled delusional deranged and semi-retarded.
Wingnuts are not real conservatives.