What is it with these single issue people?

I don't understand some "Right to (a bad) life" people. My son is running for a city council position. He talks to voters about what they want their city council to do for the betterment of their community. Most are concerned about crime, fire protection, roads, bus service and the like. The things that the city can control and/or provide. He has also had several calls asking if he was against abortion. His reply is that as a city council person that is not an issue that he, as a councilman, can effect so it does not matter what his view on this issue is. He tries to go on about the quality of life issues he could effect. The caller interrupts and asks about abortion again. He then said that he thinks that each woman has the right to make that choice because... and before he can explained his views he is hung up on. WTF!! They did ask for his views but did not want to hear them once he said the word "choice." I think these people would vote for a thief as long as they were against abortion.

I think his reply should be he is against abortion and will do things to eliminate the need for abortions. So what things can he do as a councilman? How about a law requiring all public restrooms in the city to have free condom dispensers. Of course these same public restrooms could charge for the better, nicer condoms. How about a law requiring all pharmacies in the city to dispense all legal birth control prescriptions unless they have a easily read sign on the out side of the store saying that they do not dispense birth control. I'm sure there are other things the city could do to reduce the need for abortions.

Sugestions?

I saw Martin Short

at the Ariene Schnitzer Concert Hall last night. I was very disappointed with the theater. The acoustics were bad. I could not understand him a lot of the time. There was to much reverb in the theater. When the orchestra played, the reverb did add to the sound making the orchestra sound fuller however for the speaking voice the sounds were muddied. Too many hard surfaces and not enough sound deadening. The sound system also had too much base boost. A large base drum was too loud and when the tuba played moving into the lower notes from higher notes its volume increased unnaturally. I wonder if there is a sound engineer on staff. Maybe part of the problem was that I was in the cheep seats in the upper balcony coupled with the placement of the speakers.

The theater is beautiful and deserves a better acoustical tuning when used with sound-reinforcement (speaker system). The hall looks like it would sound good for a acoustical only performance of an orchestra and I would love to find out sometime.