Condi Rice to Attend Super Bowl

NewsMax ^ | 1/31/06 | AP

[wagglebee]

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's travels usually take her to far-flung capitals, but this weekend she's planning a journey closer to home and close to her football fan's heart.

Rice says she will attend Super Bowl XL in Detroit, and she's picking the Pittsburgh Steelers to win - even though she doubted the team in its run-up to Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks.

"I picked Pittsburgh to beat Cincinnati; I have picked against them every game since," Rice ruefully told reporters Tuesday. "I'm not picking against them again."

That's not to say she's become a real Steelers fan. Rice is loyal to the Cleveland Browns.

Rice, who can rattle off football statistics and history with ease, has said she might one day like to be commissioner of the National Football League.

She said she attended one previous Super Bowl, in 1985, when she was teaching at Stanford and the game between the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers was in Palo Alto, Calif.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"She doesn't believe the government should have any say in banning it nor accepting it.

that's LIBERTARIAN. And it's NOT Pro-Abortion in any sense....."

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Yeah, and Stephen Douglas and the other anti-abolitionists were not "pro-slavery" in any sense, they merely believe that the government should have no say in banning slavery or accepting slavery. They thought that whether or not to have slaves is a decision for each individual, and if someone chose to have slaves, the government should butt out. Using post-1973 terminology, the anti-abolitionists were "pro-choice" on slavery, since they recognized a slavemaster's right to choose.

Abortion kills an innocent human life. Saying that the government has no right to ban abortion is the same as saying that the government has no right to ban infanticide, fatricide, matricide, or any other type of murder. Being "pro-choice" on abortion is not being libertarian, it is being disrespectful of the dignity inherent in every human being and a violation of God's Commandment not to commit murder.

[wagglebee]

In 1997, the law changed to give former presidents secret service protection for ten years from the time they leave office. Although with the obvious threat of terrorism, I'm sure that will change.

http://www.secretservice.gov/protection.shtml

[Fedupwithit]

I am happy that she actually PICKED a team!! (I personally am rooting for the Seahawks). Usually the wet noodle Dims will say something like "I am rooting for a good game" or something stupid like that.

[MikefromOhio]

So you think the government should have a ruling on abortion?

You think the Supreme Court should have EVER made a ruling on the case?

Come on now....

[MikefromOhio]

I was cheering for a meteor when the Steelers were playing the Bengals....does that count?

[peacebaby]

I like it when a person thinks outside the box as you are...!

do you really think she'll run in 2008?

[SoothingDave]

I was cheering for a meteor when the Steelers were playing the Bengals....does that count?

Hey now. I used to say "I was rooting for an earthquake" until that one time, at the World Series, that it actually hapened.

SD

[absolootezer0]

I don't buy into the hysterical fear of a terror strike, but it is something to be considered.

we're talking about detroit. she's more likely to be involved in a drive by than a terror attack.

[SoothingDave]

So you think the government should have a ruling on abortion? You think the Supreme Court should have EVER made a ruling on the case?

The Supreme Court has no business in the area. "The government," meaning the several states, of course has an interest in outlawing forms of homicide.

SD

[Spacetrucker]

You ought to check out this link I got from another post on this topic.

http://www.politicalnightmare.com/gosteelers.html

[Supernatural]

Looks like Condi may be the Steelers good luck charm. She has been on the right side throughout the playoffs.

[beyond the sea]

Looks like Condi may be the Steelers good luck charm. She has been on the right side throughout the playoffs.

Wrong.

Condi: "I picked Pittsburgh to beat Cincinnati; I have picked against them every game since," Rice ruefully told reporters.

[beyond the sea]

She has one of the nicest, most genuine, and warm smiles I've ever seen.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"So you think the government should have a ruling on abortion?

You think the Supreme Court should have EVER made a ruling on the case?"

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Those are two very different questions. The *government* should definitely "rule" on abortion, by which I mean that the legislature should prohibit abortion just as it prohibits murder (with an exception for the life of the mother, just as self-defense is an exception to murder laws). As for the U.S. Supreme Court, it should have ruled in 1973 that there is no constitutional right to abortion, and thus the states should be allowed to restrict it or ban it as they see fit.

But if some states decided to make wife-killing legal (as it is de facto in parts of India), I would lobby for a federal law or, if necessary, a federal constitutional amendment making murder illegal. And when Roe v. Wade is overturned I will lobby for federal legislation (under Section 5 of the 14th Amendment) banning abortion and a federal constitutional amendment protecting innocent human life from the moment of conception.

[MikefromOhio]

And when Roe v. Wade is overturned I will lobby for federal legislation (under Section 5 of the 14th Amendment) banning abortion and a federal constitutional amendment protecting innocent human life from the moment of conception.

When that day does come (and it will here sooner than later) I won't. Just because they have been horribly and grotesquely wrong for the last 33 years doesn't mean that going the exact opposite way in the Federal arena will be RIGHT. It should have stayed with the states when they ruled on it and when they overturn it, it should STAY with that states.

[Pirate21]

Go, Condi!     Go, Steelers!  

[AnnaZ]

SEAHAWKS!!!

[pissant]

:o) We are outnumbered here!

[Supernatural]

Shoot, my reading perception wasn't very high, was it? I had to step out for a doctor's appointment and I was in a hurry. Just got back.

[lugsoul]

I wouldn't call it a 'faction.' I'd call it the entire philosophical underpinning of the pro-life movement.

The entire basis for the anti-abortion movement is the idea (with which I disagree, for both spiritual and scientific reasons) that 'life begins at conception' and therefore an abortion is 'murder.' Exceptions for rape or incest are tantamount to legitimizing murder of persons conceived in this way. What's 'pro-life' about that?

There really isn't any way to reconcile these things. Either killing ANY embryo or fetus is murder, or it isn't. Since I don't believe that 'life begins at conception' (an aside, in case anyone asks - the primary reason I don't believe this is that bazillions of 'conceived' embryos never implant and become full blown pregnancies, and I have a hard time believing that all of those conceptions that we never even knew about are dead persons invested with souls), I can't accept the 'murder' rationale for all abortions. If I did, however, I simply cannot see how one can argue for 'exceptions' based upon the manner of conception.