About the Author
Freethought Blogs
- A Million Gods
- Ace of Clades
- Alethian Worldview
- Almost Diamonds
- Ashley Miller
- Biodork
- Black Skeptics
- Blag Hag
- Brute Reason
- Butterflies and Wheels
- Comradde PhysioProffe
- Dispatches from the Culture Wars
- En Tequila Es Verdad
- Greta Christina's Blog
- Heteronormative Patriarchy for Men
- Lousy Canuck
- Mano Singham
- Maryam Namazie
- Nirmukta on FTB
- No Country for Women
- Pharyngula
- Reasonable Doubts
- Richard Carrier Blogs
- Rock Beyond Belief
- The Atheist Experience
- The Crommunist Manifesto
- The Digital Cuttlefish
- The Indelible Stamp
- The Zingularity
- This Week in Christian Nationalism
- YEMMYnisting
- Zinnia Jones
PostsCommentsArchives
Recent Posts
- Well, Damn.
- Privacy? Nevermore!
- On Availability
- Bottom-Up Vs Top-Down Morality
- “All Religions Are Made Up (Except Mine)!”
- National Doughnut Day, 2013
- GOP Congressmen Debate Atheist Chaplaincy, Display Incredible Ignorance
- Why Can’t You Just Meet Me Halfway?
- Predictable Reaction To “Atheist Monument”
- Angel’s Devils; or, If You Can’t Believe A Demon, Who Can You Believe?
Recent Comments
- Raven about NSA and Privacy | The Infrequent Atheist on Privacy? Nevermore!
- Randomfactor on Well, Damn.
- niftyatheist, perpetually threadrupt on Well, Damn.
- memehunter on Well, Damn.
- leftwingfox on Well, Damn.
Archives
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
FTB RecentFTB Active
FTB Recent
- Quick! Let's change the conversation to another continent! by PZ Myers
- What is there to do in Sydney? by Crommunist
- Do Texas legislators have some kind of bet on who says the dumbest thing? by PZ Myers
- Catholic school fires teacher for being abused by ex-husband by Stephen "DarkSyde" Andrew
- Mary's Monday Metazoan: It's a jelly day by PZ Myers
- The exodus by Ophelia Benson
FTB Active
- [Lounge #422] by PZ Myers
- More documenting the harassment by Ophelia Benson
- How not to write about false rape allegations by Ally Fogg
- 9 Questions Not To Ask Atheists -- With Answers by Greta Christina
- News from down under: the TRUE skeptical women side with the guys! by Jason Thibeault
- Terrible Arguments in Defense of Government Spying by Ed Brayton

Oct 15 2007
Lines on the return of Polio
medicine, social commentary
by Cuttlefish
Link to “insolence”
I wrote this one a while ago, but the above blog entry reminded me of it.
Lines on the return of Polio
A mother, doing what she thinks is right
Believes the lies and chooses now to fight;
She will not vaccinate. She is too young;
How quickly we forgot the iron lung.
Share this:
This post has no tag