Monday, September 20, 2021

DD Syndrome, old White males, no abortions for women, no banning of Viagra

They're at it again. Old White male politicians are making decisions about a woman’s body They have decided that a woman does not have the right to seek a legal abortion. These old White males concur that aborting a fetus is tantamount killing a defenseless child.  These politicians, none of whom can bear a child, also agree that women should be denied contraceptives. They say women should have the child they conceived, use the rhythm method of contraception as practiced by Catholics, or keep their skirts down and legs closed. Protesting clergy, also making decisions for women, did not get the memo that stated 98 percent of Catholic women are on some form of birth control.

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum, a male obsessed with womens' wombs and their right to govern their own bodies, said if a woman is impregnated by a rapist she should accept the consequences as an “indirect gift from God.” In other words, bear your rapist's baby and thank God for the kid. Santorum, a Catholic, is  adamantly against women having access to contraceptives.

Republicans have always declared war on women reproductive rights. In 2011 with so many of them wining governorships and seats in Congress, they went knee jerk crazy! These White male politicians (a few Democrats included) tend to get silly in the opposite direction when the question is about Viagra. Yet they expect insurers to pay for this “medication” that was  created to temporarily relieve flaccid penises of the dreaded Dead Dick Syndrome (DDS).

Various states want to assure that any woman seeking an abortion is humiliated, discouraged and made to feel guilty before the abortion is performed. A congressman in Georgia proposed legislation that would declare abortions a crime. He wants doctors who perform abortions prosecuted for murder. If a woman has a miscarriage, she, too, would be subject to prosecution if the miscarriage is “suspicious”, implying she might have self- aborted.  

There is proposed legislation to make a woman's medical records open to the pubic. No such legislation is proposed for legislators wanting prescriptions for prick enhancers. There are no “suspicions” of internal foul play if a dead dick fails to rise above cold, useless scrotums. No male is humiliated before he is given a prescription for a bottle of blue pills. Unlike the woman seeking a legitimate abortion, male politicians are not shamed and humiliated because their lethargic dicks cannot come out to play. Their Viagra records of purchase will not be exposed for public scrutiny.  

Between me, you and the bedpost, I think there should be a required test for Viagra hunting politicians suffering from Dead Dick Syndrome.

To compliment the GOP's war on women rights, I think male politicians should answer specific questions when they go for a doctor visit. The visit should include an examination of the politician's penis. They should be required to list or verbally state the number of sexual partners they've had, listing a history all STDs  they have contracted. As an extra side note to their medical histories, the physician should asthe politicians if they've ever impregnated a woman, and subsequently demanded that she get an abortion. 

Doctors should ask politicians when they realized they were walking around with a dead dick in their pants. They should be asked what stimulates them the most: nude men, oral sex, naked women, animals, pornography, children, self-pleasuring, or some other kinky stimulation.

If the physicians are not satisfied with the responses, and have reason to believe the politicians are lying, they should tell the impotent patients that as a condition for getting a Viagra prescription they has to go to a strip club three or four times, get a few lap dances, and record their reactions. If this does not work the impotent patients should be required to watch two or three porno movies, writing their reactions.

Doctors should then focus on these questions during the follow-up visits: Were you aroused?, Was it a mental or physical arousal?, What caused the arousal?

If the impotent politicians says the experiences did not stimulate them, the doctors should inform the politicians that they are suffering from Dead Dick Syndrome, of which there is no cure. Of course physicians will write prescriptions anyway. Politicians have a right to purchase bottles of the penis puffers. It's legal. On the other hand, these pill seeking politicians do not want women to have the right to legally abort an unwanted pregnancy, or to get prescriptions for birth control pills.

The 1973 Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision gave a woman the right to seea legal abortion without interference from impotent politicians. If politicians want to ban legal abortions and contraceptives, Viagra and other dead dick remedies should also be banned. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If a penis cannot stand on its own the male has no business demanding or wanting to have sex with anyone but his hands. 

This article was originally published in "Poet With An Opinion" February 14, 2012

Thursday, September 2, 2021

A celebration of life: Rose Ann Smith-Daniels

Family Genealogy

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.

    Matthew 11:28-29

Rose Ann Smith-Daniels was born May 12, 1954 in Austin, Texas to Gertrude Elizabeth Fowler-Smith and Ernest Smith, Sr. She was the middle child, having two older sisters, a brother and the last child. Rose Ann was a twin; her sister died at birth. Rose, Ernest, Jr. and Kaffey were Gertrude’s second set of children. Marie and Dorothy are the oldest daughters.

Getting pregnant, starting a second family surprised us all, including Gertrude herself. I was 13 years old, Marie was 9.

Rose was complex and stubborn, friendly and unfriendly. Her mood dictated her attitude and behavior. She lived life on her own terms no matter the beginning or ending consequences. 

She was a pretty, chubby baby. She had what is called in the Black community “good hair.” I loved combing her hair and dressing her up like a doll.

Rose attended elementary and high school, but did not graduate. She had one daughter, Alicia Smith, her only child, was born November 19, 1971. Rose married twice, the first being to Walter Smith in 1980, and then George Daniels in 1995. No children were born to these two unions.

After years of suffering an illness that finally took her life, Rose Ann died Saturday, October 24, 2020. She lived her life as she saw fit. Rose Ann molded the life she wanted to live. 

Her daughter Alicia Smith-Rucker said, “My mother had no filter”.

Rose Ann at my house
At her memorial a prayer was led by Brion Kimble; scripture readings by Kylel Rucker and Tierra Smith; song selection by Bianca Rucker, remarks were made by family members, closing prayer was led by Brandy Rucker.

Comments of remembrance were voiced by her grandchildren: Brittany Rucker said, “My grandmother was fearless. She was a free spirted woman, and that is what I will forever remember”.

Brion Kimble said: “My grandmother was strong, fierce and fearless”.

Brandy Rucker said: “My grandmother was resilient, and she beat all the odds in life. She was a gift to have, and a joy to be around. She loved her family and her love us what she will be remembered by”.

Relatives that passed on before Rose Ann are her parents Gertrude (2/10/1990) and Ernest Smith (2/24/1986), her brother Ernest Smith, Jr., (5/5/2010), Leora Fowler Sterling (10/4/1982), her grandmother; nephew Terrance Jermaine Smith (9/30/1976), Imogene Fowler Gray (8/24/1961), an aunt, Pearl Turner Powell-Brown (4/28/1959) her great-great grandmother, Horace Banks, Jr. (12/18/2007, a nephew, Raymond Fowler, Sr. (10/31/1977), an uncle, Johnny Mose Fowler, (9/17/1991), an uncle, Mose Fowler, Sr., (7/15/1966) her grandfather, Isiah Fowler, (7/18/1983), an uncle.

Rose leaves behind her daughter, seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren to remember and celebrate her life: Alicia Rucker, Bianca Rucker, Brion Kimble, Tierra Smith,
Brandy Rucker, Amber Smith, Kylel Ricks, Brittany Rucker. Great-grandchildren: Jamarion, Jaxin, Jalia, Adrin, Braylon, Jenesis, Brooklyn. Also her sisters: Dorothy Charles-Banks, Marie Charles-Ockletree, Kaffey Smith-Nunn and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.

To send Rose Ann Smith-Daniels off to her final journey, balloons were released at 3:30 p.m. at the gravesite of her mother, Gertrude Fowler-Smith. Her ashes were scatted in the same spot.

Rose Ann's immediate family.

Rose Ann with brother Ernest a few days before he died.