Matt Yglesias

22 Responses to “Life Begins at Conception and Ends at Birth…”

1. Jay C. Smith Says:
   September 3rd, 2008 at 1:13 pm

   I think the quote is “Life begins at conception and ends at birth…” See, we’re being snarky about “pro-life” types being against social welfare for actual live people as opposed to sinless pure unborn “babies.” Isn’t that right?

2. Jay C. Smith Says:
   September 3rd, 2008 at 1:15 pm

   Didn’t the title read “..ends at death” just before I made my comment? Either way (my misreading or your quick correction, my commnts probably should be deep sixed.

3. Drake Tungsten Says:
   September 3rd, 2008 at 1:15 pm

   This has already been debunked; the $3.9 million was an increase to the state funding to Covenant House, not a “slashing” of funds. Jesus Matt, your brainless repetition of Democratic talking points is getting tiresome. I imagine the Yglesias award would be renamed if Sullivan wasn’t even farther in the tank for Obama than you are.

4. James Gary Says:
   September 3rd, 2008 at 1:22 pm

   This has already been debunked; the $3.9 million was an increase to the state funding to Covenant House, not a “slashing” of funds.

   Looking at the scan, it sure looks like the legislature wanted to give Covenant House $5M–there’s a line through the $5M figure, replaced by $3.9M and the initials “SP.” How is that not “slashing?” Please advise.

5. steve duncan Says:
   September 3rd, 2008 at 1:29 pm

   That’s unfair Matt. Sarah feels the unwed teen mothers she knows personally are going to be taken care of. She probably isn’t aware there are others she hasn’t met.

6. David B. Says:
   September 3rd, 2008 at 1:31 pm

   What Drake Tungsten means is that the Yglesias award would be renamed if Sullivan weren’t even further in the tank for Obama than Matt.

   Also, if your defense is that Palin wanted to spend less money on housing for pregnant teenagers than Alaska Republicans, then your defense is an EPIC FAIL.

7. matthew Says:
   September 3rd, 2008 at 1:44 pm

   Because, fuck ‘em, that’s why. Also because being a teen mother is generally regarded as a moral failing in Republican circles…unless, you know, it happens to your VP candidate during the election season.

   http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/

8. Mario Says:
   September 3rd, 2008 at 1:54 pm

   “How is that not “slashing?””

   Probably because $3.9 million is still three times the amount they received the year before.

9. steve duncan Says:
   September 3rd, 2008 at 2:15 pm

   Mario Says:
   September 3rd, 2008 at 1:54 pm
   “How is that not “slashing?””

   Probably because $3.9 million is still three times the amount they received the year before.
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   Necessary increases, as I hear Levi gets around.

10. bob Says:
    September 3rd, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    $3.9 million is still $1.1 million less than the $5 million authorized by the Legislature. There’s no definition of slashing that doesn’t fit.

11. JLW Says:
    September 3rd, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    Below is a comment on the blog mudflats from Alaska. Apparently Palin also made cuts in the special education budget. The references to the state budgets are hyperlinked in the comment so you can check the numbers out if you wish.

    http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/destination-alaska-theyre-heee-eere/
    tammy (10:59:41)
    Do we now have special education gate? Or better yet a huge slash in the special ed budget? From firstread:

    Sarah Palin Slashed Special Needs Education by 62%

    For those of you who seem so enamored with Gov. Sarah Palin, it might be worth noting that she oversees the budget for the Department of Education and Early Development Special Schools in Alaska.
    These funds provide supplementary educational services to students with severe disabling conditions and the Alaska Challenge Youth Academy. The resident school where the child would normally be placed does not have the resources to provide an adequate educational program. Without the supplementary services the child’s needs would not be met by the local school district in most cases.
    The following programs are included within this component:
    Special Education Service Agency (SESA)

    The Annual budget for 2007, which preceded Gov. Palin was $8,265,300.

    http://www.gov.state.ak.us/omb/08_OMB/budget/EED/comp2735.pdf

    The Annual budget for 2008, enacted by Gov. Palin is $3,156,000.

    http://www.gov.state.ak.us/omb/08_OMB/budget/EED/comp2735.pdf

    The Annual budget for 2009, enacted by Gov. Palin is $3,156,000.

    http://www.gov.state.ak.us/omb/09_omb/budget/EED/comp2735.pdf

    This is a cut in special needs services to children in Alaska of 5,109,300 , or 62%.

    So, as the Alaska State Budget description states, “Without the supplementary services the child’s needs would not be met by the local school district in most cases.”

    Did 62% of all of the special needs children in Alaska stop having needs once Gov. Palin took office?

    Before we get so excited about Gov. Palin bring her “Reformer” agenda to Washington, perhaps we should get to know a little more about what exactly that means to our children, and the opportunities that she would “Reform”.

    If you ask me, a 62% cut in these funds, which we all know are so desperately scarce, and for which we all have to fight tooth and nail for our children, is a disgrace.

    Just a thought…

12. Asher Says:
    September 3rd, 2008 at 7:58 pm

    I’d call it a significant cut, not a slashing.

13. mim Says:
    September 4th, 2008 at 8:11 am

    >Because, fuck ‘em, that’s why.

    Not so. Gov. Palin’s slashing funds for a maternity home is draconian even by “pro-life” standards. Maternity homes have long been a standard alternative to abortion; see, for example, Ann Fessler’s book The Girls Who Went Away.

14. 24AheadDotCom Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 11:11 pm

    For those coming late to this story and wondering whether MattY is trustworthy, even NPR has corrected the page where they linked to the WaPo story:

    npr.org/blogs/politics/2008/09/lineitem_irony.html

    Despite having had it pointed out to him on a couple threads, MattY has not AFAIK printed a correction.

    More on this here.

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