tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81906151092542170672024-03-13T05:10:27.242-05:00Left Leaning Liberal LadyLiberal lady who refuses to sit quietly while far right extremists try to take over this country with their fiscal terrorism and social irresponsibility. No apologies, no silence, no repub agenda. Remember: There are no victims, only volunteers (E. Roosevelt) We can, in fact, change the world. Need to reach me directly, outside of this blog? Message me at Twitter @TheLiberalLadyLeft Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-90607139280053511022012-08-03T10:02:00.000-05:002012-08-03T10:02:16.074-05:00What Would Jesus Do? The Corruption Of Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HvwFbZsOXGc/UBvks_fD02I/AAAAAAAAAFY/x9XHl5B4fGM/s1600/chicken.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HvwFbZsOXGc/UBvks_fD02I/AAAAAAAAAFY/x9XHl5B4fGM/s1600/chicken.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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It has been reported that 600,000 people attended Chick-Fil-A appreciation day this week. Let's break down those numbers -- first, suppose that 20% of those people were planning to go there anyway and that is their typical service rate on a weekday. This drops the number to 480,000. If each of those people had consumed a lunch at home (or the office) in lieu of eating a chicken sandwich and instead opted to donate their $5 to a local food pantry, charity would have benefited to the tune of $2.4 million. I wonder....how many kids could be fed for that amount of money? How many elderly people could have food in their pantry? How many pregnant women would be able to have fresh fruit instead of Fruit Loops?<br />
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Christianity is not found in a fast food joint such as Chick-Fil-A. It also does not reside in en masse hate, wherein only in large numbers can bigotry flourish. Christianity is found in small, barely noticeable deeds that are carried out on a daily basis and, preferably, in anonymity. Christianity is about taking care of the least amongst us, rather than looking for platforms where we can feel superior to others. <br />
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The people that stood in line at Chick-Fil-A to fill their guts with more fat and sodium than an average body needs in two days is not making any moral commentary, but is instead simply lining the pockets of a bigot who is laughing all the way to the bank. Dan T. Cathy owner and president of Chick-Fil-A, did not see 600,000 blonds, brunettes, Asians, caucasians, or Christians on August 1st. He saw $20 bills and Visa cards. The fact of the matter is that Dan T. Cathy will take his wealth and use it to support causes that do not promote Christianity, but will further his own agenda. What is the number one thing that wealthy people want? More wealth. In fact, you need not look further than Mitt Romney for Exhibit A in that matter. <br />
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Finally, the people that stood in line the other day were there for one day only. They will not be showing such overt support a month from now, much less a year from now. However, those that are opting to boycott Chick-Fil-A have decided to make it a lifetime ban. In the grand scheme of things, who comes out ahead?Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-18117244136524232962012-08-01T09:29:00.001-05:002012-08-01T09:30:49.464-05:00The Economics of Bigotry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BJ5xIqHYB24/UBk6x1KUVVI/AAAAAAAAAE4/kCqJhbQIcXI/s1600/race2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BJ5xIqHYB24/UBk6x1KUVVI/AAAAAAAAAE4/kCqJhbQIcXI/s1600/race2.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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Why is the GOP so concerned with <a href="http://www.roanen.com/1/post/2012/04/how-much-is-welfare-fraud-costing-us.html">welfare fraud</a> and not with <a href="http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/how-common-is-tax-evasion/">tax fraud</a>? Welfare fraud occurs in about 2% of cases and costs our country around $9 billion per year. Tax fraud occurs in 15% of cases (more than seven times the rate of welfare fraud) and costs our country about $337 billion, or more than thirty-seven times as much as welfare fraud. How often do you see nasty postings about "If you can afford a tattoo, nice car, cigarettes, or an iPhone, you shouldn't be cheating on your taxes"???<br />
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I recently engaged in a 'lovely' conversation with the wife of a friend concerning welfare fraud. She said that when she took her husband to the ER recently she saw a woman, with several kids from different fathers, a Blackberry, freshly manicured nails, and designer sneakers waiting to see a physician. She was outraged that this woman was on Medicaid. How dare she spend our tax dollars on such frivolous items?! When I asked her if she told this woman that she had private health insurance or that her own nice jacket was courtesey of a generous mother-in-law, the response was a startled, "No, of course not! I didn't even talk to her, why would I?" I then asked if this other woman knew so little about her life, how did she know so much about her? She seemed to know that these kids were her own and that she was not babysitting. She knew that the designer sneakers were bought new and not for $8 at the local thrift store. She had a sense that the manicured nails were done at a high-end salon rather than by her sister who was putting herself through cosmetology school. Her eyebrows furrowed, she glanced down, and then came a lengthy pause. She stated, "Well, I just know her type!" Her type, in this case, meant a black woman. <br />
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And yet, this same woman would never look at a man with a Rolex, BMW and Gucci loafers and presume to know his tax status. Strike that...make that a white man with a Rolex, BMW and Gucci loafers. This, my friends, is the racism of economics. Better than than, this is just straight up racism.<br />
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People feel that they can use the fact that they are conservatives and therefore obviously opposed to our current president as a reason to let their Racism Flag fly proudly. "Oh, no, I am not racist," they say with phony horror, "I just think that President Obama is an anti-American Muslim who has a grand and complex scheme to ruin my country!" <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">"MY COUNTY"</span></em></strong></div><br />
<em>Good gravy, how I hate that phrase. But let's move past that and save it for another blog.</em> <br />
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There are comments and graphics floating around the Internet that say, in essence, “If you have a decent car, a cell phone, or a nice pair of shoes, you don’t deserve to be on welfare”? Here is what I have to say to that – We have family members and close friends who have been, for fairly short periods of time, on assistance. We are not talking ‘Welfare Queens’ here…instead, simple hard-working folks who have fallen on hard times. My husband and I are blessed to do pretty well for ourselves and have reached out to these loved ones. We let one live in a 4 bedroom rental that we own. Another, we added to our cell phone plan and got him a Blackberry so that he could look for a job. We have given clothing to most of them and helped a few buy decent cars. Does this mean that they should not be on assistance? No. It means that someone loves them enough to offer them a hand-up.<br />
<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_50193a24bb9c53c30250400"><div class="text_exposed_show"></div><div class="text_exposed_show">It also means that you can never judge a book by it's cover. If you want to be a racist, at least be intellectually honest about it and cut the embellishing crap. </div></div>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-35470674751903935942012-04-19T10:17:00.001-05:002012-04-19T10:52:12.288-05:00Be Liberal In All That You Do<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><em>Welcome...</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><em>This segment, Be Liberal In All That You Do, will be a regular feature on this blog. Be sure to check back often to see the latest tips and hints. Further, be sure to weigh in via the comment section. Love to hear from all of you!</em></span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This morning as you got dressed, you likely passed by a a dozen or more garments as you settled on a final outfit for the day. You know the routine..."That one feels funny", "I hate that color on me", "Why did I buy that?!" or "I will never fit into that again". It makes getting dressed a drawn out routine that is unnecessarily stressful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today....maybe this evening...pull out those items, bag them up and take them to the local women's shelter. In some cases, the shelter location may be confidential information. What you can do is contact the local social services organization or the police department and let them know what you are trying to do. They will make sure that your discarded items end up in the hands of needy women in your community. That orange sweater from two seasons ago or the too-tight skinny jeans from last summer may end up being a real treasure to a woman in need. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>They will thank you, your bursting closet will thank you and it is the liberal thing to do.</em></span>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-87215118123249536202012-04-07T10:22:00.008-05:002012-04-24T06:36:48.849-05:00Boycott ALEC Corporations<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Please stay tuned...this blog will evolve and will include contact information for each of the listed corporations. If you have an opinion with regards to this situation, please comment below. If you have additional questions that I can investigate and report for you regarding ALEC, please include that as well. Thanks!</span></em></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is ALEC?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ALEC is </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">American Legislative Exchange Council, which was established in 1973 in Washington DC. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their motto, then and now, continues to be </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">"Limited Government, Free Markets, Federalism". Based upon their ongoing actions, this can actually be interpreted to mean a far right wing agenda that infringes on the rights of all Americans. ALEC is a very powerful non-profit 501C organization that is actually much more powerful than a traditional lobbying group. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ALEC is funded by a variety of profitable and influential major US corporation, as listed below on the boycott list. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is ALEC trying to do?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ALEC is attempting to influence legislators at the state level to initiate legislation that supports a far right wing agenda. This influence is done via heavy-handed funding of selected politicians. ALEC has nine task forces that are designed to influence legislators to back measures that support their corporate interests. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The organization indicates that they have 2,000 legislative members and 300 or more corporate members. Corporations benefit from the efforts of ALEC in that legislation is enacted that support their best interests. This includes<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tobacco legislation, Health Savings Account laws and the privatization of education. Their efforts are very far reaching and they have been successful in their efforts to buy the politics of this great nation. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ALEC actually drafts legislation themselves and forwards to lawmakers for implementation. Recently this has focused on voter ID laws which is seen by most political analysts as a method to suppress the democratic vote as it targets the poor and elderly. It should come as a surprise to no one that ALEC and Koch Brothers work very closely together, to the detriment of our political system. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BOTTOM LINE: ALEC IS MANIPULATING THE POLITICAL CLIMATE OF OUR COUNTRY BY ENGAGING IN FISCAL TERRORISM<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BOYCOTT ALEC: Here is a partial list of their main and largest corporations. This listing will be updated as companies back away from the group and completely sever ties<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Altria Group<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">American Bail Coalition</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">American Traffic Solutions <strong><em>**UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES</em></strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Amway</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">AT&T Inc.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Arizona Public Service <strong><em>**UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES</em></strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bank of America<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bayer AG</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bell Atlantic</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Blue Cross/Blue Shield <strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">**UPDATE: COMPANY</span> HAS CUT TIES<o:p></o:p></em></strong></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chevron</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Citizens Insurance</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Coca-Cola<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">**UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Coors Brewing</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Diageo PLC<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Energy Future Holdings Corp.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Exxon Mobil<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">FedEx</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gates Foundation <strong><em>**UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES<o:p></o:p></em></strong></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GlaxoSmithKline<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Intuit Inc. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">**UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Johnson & Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Koch Industries<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kraft Foods </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">**UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES</span></i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">McDonalds <strong><em><span style="font-family: Calibri;">**UPDATE: COMPANY HAS CUT TIES</span></em></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Peabody Energy</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">On February 26, 2012 in a gated community in Sanford, Florida Trayvon Martin was walking home from a local store and heading back to his father’s home. A local vigilante named George Zimmerman, who had a strong history of assailing the local 911system with various unfounded complaints, deemed Trayvon to be a danger. He saw this child and knew nothing more about him than the color of his skin. In fact, as he called 911 to report this perceived threat, this was the only information that he could impart to the operator. He was black and Zimmerman just did not like the looks of him. A weapon? Trayvon had nothing. Still, Zimmerman took it upon himself to not just report this alleged nuisance to the authorities but to start following the child. Trayvon did what most of us would advise our own children to do in such matters, which was to try to lose the stalker and get himself to safety. Even as Trayvon tried to break loose from the older man who was now actively stalking him, Zimmerman continued in hot pursuit. He continued despite being told overtly by the authorities to stay away from this child. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Various reports, including the recently released 911 tapes, indicate that Trayvon was minding his own business when he was attacked by Zimmerman. Trayvon can be heard crying and pleading, in an effort to save his own life from this gun-toting maniac who had descended upon him. Alas, Zimmerman decided to execute 17-year-old Trayvon…a child, who just wanted to return to his father with candy and a drink and an evening of watching basketball. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A child with no weapon who had done nothing, except exist in society as a black kid. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, racism is alive and well in the United States. The extremists on the right continue to feed the fear of the ignorant and then act in feigned befuddlement when one of their own acts out in a murderous manner. This is not the first time that this occurred and it will not be the last. The loud and bigoted voices on the far right believe that the constitution allows them to refer to our President in racist tones. They believe that they have no culpability if someone takes matters into their own hands and acts out in a violent manner. They believe, in short, that their hands are clean.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">They are not. Anyone in the public eye has a moral, ethical and legal duty to not incite others to violence. And if violence should occur, we need to immediately track back to the instigator of the event and hold them responsible. This should have occurred when the crazed rhetoric of Bill O’Reilly cause the killing of Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas based physician who performed abortions. Mr. O’Reilly had a many-year campaign against the physician he deemed Tiller The Killer. This language, rants and violent overtones directly lead to a rogue fan killing the doctor. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Until we hold these people responsible for acts of violence, both large and small, there can be no racial equality in our country. Our young black and Hispanic youth will continue to move about their lives knowing that they have a target on their back all day, every day. This is not justice for them and it sure as hell is not justice for Trayvon Martin. <o:p></o:p></span></div>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-2436675191662900822012-03-12T10:56:00.000-05:002012-03-12T10:56:35.253-05:00The Liberal Youth of AmericaIn 2008, the youth of this great country were enthusiastic about the hope that candidate Barack Obama brought to the campaign. In his vision and via his speeches, younger individuals felt that politics were finally speaking to them and had a place in their lives. It was a magical moment of youthful hope that we had not seen since the days of JFK.<br />
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In the ensuing 4 years since the election of Barack Obama, that hope may have faded a bit for those who voted for him. There is no doubt that our expectations were much too high and that the concept that he could reverse 8 years of damage done by George Bush in 4 short years was unrealistic. Still, the progress he has made can not be trivialized and our economy is finally turning around. This borne out in evidence such as the burgeoning housing market, increase consumer confidence and the drop in unemployment. Did it take so much longer than we had hoped? Yes. But is it happening? Hell, yes. <br />
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This is the moment when we need to recapture that hope from 4 years ago because the fact of the matter is that great strides have been made and there is more where that came from. Further, a lot of these changes (read: Obamacare or changes to Pell Grants) directly affect those that may be preparing to vote for the first time in the fall of 2012.<br />
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We need to not just continually remind these college aged potential voters that politics is integral to their lives, but we also much support those that already have liberal tendencies. We must coach them, educate them and keep them motivated. Chances are that if we can lock them in as democratic voters at this age, then this political leaning will last them a lifetime. <br />
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There are <a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/TheLiberalYouthOfAmerica">pages on Facebook</a> that speaks just to this liberal message and is a good place to start. Within the small confines of Facebook we can show our full commitment to the youth of America who have decided not just that politics are key to their lives, but that they want to spread the liberal message. Imagine the mentoring possibilities if each one of us with liberal leanings takes two or three or ten of then kids under our wing and keeps them focused on the democratic message. <br />
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Also, it is critical that we lend a helping hand to young women of this country who may be witness to their rights being jeopardized by the GOP. Remind them of where were have come from and how hard we fought. And remind them that we will soon pass the baton to them and we want them to be fully prepared for the next phase of this battle.<br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Muslim faith does not speak to violence and, at the risk of repeating myself, why does the faith of our POTUS matter? I know, I know….GOPers are going to assert that Muslims are driven by their faith to kill Americans on our own soil and so the very core of their religion is dangerous in nature. This is why republicans do not want a mosque in their town, or their neighbor to be a Muslim, or their child to date someone from this faith. Because….<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">They are out to get us!! </i>In the same why that Christians act out their faith by wearing the cross, attending church, doing charitable acts or engaging in bible study, the Muslim faith dictates violence against Americans….<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">right??</i></b> But if this were true, you have to ask yourself why they haven’t done this. Why was there no school shooting by a Muslim last week? No Muslim tainting our drinking water, or taking a gun to the local mall, or sitting atop a watchtower shooting at the ugly Americans. I mean, if I see Christians acting in a Christ-like manner every single day, why is it that I do not see acts of violence by Muslims every single day? In the last day or week or month or year, how many Muslim attacks on Americans on American soil have you read about in the news? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Because the premise of Muslims being a violent group is a myth. There is no evidence to support this premise and anyone who utters such words may as well wear a trucker cap that proudly states <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“I Am A Racist”.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a distraction that we throw at our President because they cannot debate the real issues nor find fault with the economic progress that we have made thus far. It is because they are panicked and scrambling and falling into the abyss of fear. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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</div>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-42297623393050805232012-03-05T19:41:00.010-06:002012-03-05T19:47:45.202-06:00Complete Transcript of Sandra Fluke's Testimony<div align="left"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Leader Pelosi, Members of Congress, good morning, and thank you for calling this<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">hearing on women’s health and allowing me to testify on behalf of the women who<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">will benefit from the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage regulation. My<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">name is Sandra Fluke, and I’m a third year student at Georgetown Law, a Jesuit<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">school. I’m also a past president of Georgetown Law Students for Reproductive<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Justice or LSRJ. I’d like to acknowledge my fellow LSRJ members and allies and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">all of the student activists with us and thank them for being here today.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Georgetown LSRJ is here today because we’re so grateful that this regulation<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">implements the nonpartisan, medical advice of the Institute of Medicine. I attend a<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Jesuit law school that does not provide contraception coverage in its student health<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">plan. Just as we students have faced financial, emotional, and medical burdens as a<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">result, employees at religiously affiliated hospitals and universities across the<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">country have suffered similar burdens. We are all grateful for the new regulation<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">that will meet the critical health care needs of so many women. Simultaneously,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">the recently announced adjustment addresses any potential conflict with the<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">religious identity of Catholic and Jesuit institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">When I look around my campus, I see the faces of the women affected, and I have<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">heard more and more of their stories. . On a daily basis, I hear from yet another<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">woman from Georgetown or other schools or who works for a religiously<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">affiliated employer who has suffered financial, emotional, and medical burdens<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">because of this lack of contraceptive coverage. And so, I am here to share their<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">voices and I thank you for allowing them to be heard.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Without insurance coverage, contraception can cost a woman over $3,000 during<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">law school. For a lot of students who, like me, are on public interest scholarships,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">that’s practically an entire summer’s salary. Forty percent of female students at<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Georgetown Law report struggling financially as a result of this policy. One told<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">us of how embarrassed and powerless she felt when she was standing at the<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">pharmacy counter, learning for the first time that contraception wasn’t covered,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">and had to walk away because she couldn’t afford it. Women like her have no<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">choice but to go without contraception. Just last week, a married female student<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">told me she had to stop using contraception because she couldn’t afford it any<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">longer. Women employed in low wage jobs without contraceptive coverage face<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">the same choice.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">You might respond that contraception is accessible in lots of other ways.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Unfortunately, that’s not true. Women’s health clinics provide vital medical<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">services, but as the Guttmacher Institute has documented, clinics are unable to<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">meet the crushing demand for these services. Clinics are closing and women are<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">being forced to go without. How can Congress consider the Fortenberry, Rubio,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">and Blunt legislation that would allow even more employers and institutions to<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">refuse contraceptive coverage and then respond that the non-profit clinics should<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">step up to take care of the resulting medical crisis, particularly when so many<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">legislators are attempting to defund those very same clinics?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">These denials of contraceptive coverage impact real people. In the worst cases,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">women who need this medication for other medical reasons suffer dire<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">consequences. A friend of mine, for example, has polycystic ovarian syndrome<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">and has to take prescription birth control to stop cysts from growing on her ovaries.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Her prescription is technically covered by Georgetown insurance because it’s not<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">intended to prevent pregnancy. Under many religious institutions’ insurance plans,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">it wouldn’t be, and under Senator Blunt’s amendment, Senator Rubio’s bill, or<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Representative Fortenberry’s bill, there’s no requirement that an exception be<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">made for such medical needs. When they do exist, these exceptions don’t<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">accomplish their well-intended goals because when you let university<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">administrators or other employers, rather than women and their doctors, dictate<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">whose medical needs are legitimate and whose aren’t, a woman’s health takes a<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">back seat to a bureaucracy focused on policing her body.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In sixty-five percent of cases, our female students were interrogated by insurance<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">representatives and university medical staff about why they needed these<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">prescriptions and whether they were lying about their symptoms. For my friend,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">and 20% of women in her situation, she never got the insurance company to cover<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">her prescription, despite verification of her illness from her doctor. Her claim was<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">denied repeatedly on the assumption that she really wanted the birth control to<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">prevent pregnancy. She’s gay, so clearly polycystic ovarian syndrome was a much<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">more urgent concern than accidental pregnancy. After months of paying over $100<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">out of pocket, she just couldn’t afford her medication anymore and had to stop<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">taking it. I learned about all of this when I walked out of a test and got a message<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">from her that in the middle of her final exam period she’d been in the emergency<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">room all night in excruciating pain. She wrote, “It was so painful, I woke up<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">thinking I’d been shot.” Without her taking the birth control, a massive cyst the<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">size of a tennis ball had grown on her ovary. She had to have surgery to remove<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">her entire ovary. On the morning I was originally scheduled to give this testimony,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">she sat in a doctor’s office. Since last year’s surgery, she’s been experiencing night<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">sweats, weight gain, and other symptoms of early menopause as a result of the<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">removal of her ovary. She’s 32 years old. As she put it: “If my body indeed does<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">enter early menopause, no fertility specialist in the world will be able to help me<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">have my own children. I will have no chance at giving my mother her desperately<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">desired grandbabies, simply because the insurance policy that I paid for totally<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">unsubsidized by my school wouldn’t cover my prescription for birth control when I<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">needed it.” Now, in addition to potentially facing the health complications that<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">come with having menopause at an early age-- increased risk of cancer, heart<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">disease, and osteoporosis, she may never be able to conceive a child.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Perhaps you think my friend’s tragic story is rare. It’s not. One woman told us<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">doctors believe she has endometriosis, but it can’t be proven without surgery, so<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">the insurance hasn’t been willing to cover her medication. Recently, another friend<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">of mine told me that she also has polycystic ovarian syndrome. She’s struggling to<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">pay for her medication and is terrified to not have access to it. Due to the barriers<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">erected by Georgetown’s policy, she hasn’t been reimbursed for her medication<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">since last August. I sincerely pray that we don’t have to wait until she loses an<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">ovary or is diagnosed with cancer before her needs and the needs of all of these<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">women are taken seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">This is the message that not requiring coverage of contraception sends. A<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">woman’s reproductive healthcare isn’t a necessity, isn’t a priority. One student<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">told us that she knew birth control wasn’t covered, and she assumed that’s how<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Georgetown’s insurance handled all of women’s sexual healthcare, so when she<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">was raped, she didn’t go to the doctor even to be examined or tested for sexually<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">transmitted infections because she thought insurance wasn’t going to cover<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">something like that, something that was related to a woman’s reproductive health.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">As one student put it, “this policy communicates to female students that our school<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">doesn’t understand our needs.” These are not feelings that male fellow students<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">experience. And they’re not burdens that male students must shoulder.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In the media lately, conservative Catholic organizations have been asking: what<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">did we expect when we enrolled at a Catholic school? We can only answer that we<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">expected women to be treated equally, to not have our school create untenable<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">burdens that impede our academic success. We expected that our schools would<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">live up to the Jesuit creed of cura personalis, to care for the whole person, by<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">meeting all of our medical needs. We expected that when we told our universities<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">of the problems this policy created for students, they would help us. We expected<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">that when 94% of students opposed the policy, the university would respect our<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">choices regarding insurance students pay for completely unsubsidized by the<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">university. We did not expect that women would be told in the national media that<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">if we wanted comprehensive insurance that met our needs, not just those of men,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">we should have gone to school elsewhere, even if that meant a less prestigious<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">university. We refuse to pick between a quality education and our health, and we<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">resent that, in the 21st century, anyone thinks it’s acceptable to ask us to make this<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">choice simply because we are women.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Many of the women whose stories I’ve shared are Catholic women, so ours is not a<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">war against the church. It is a struggle for access to the healthcare we need. The<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">President of the Association of Jesuit Colleges has shared that Jesuit colleges and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">universities appreciate the modification to the rule announced last week. Religious<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">concerns are addressed and women get the healthcare they need. That is something<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">we can all agree on. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left"> </div></span><div align="left"></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<div align="LEFT"></div>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-26474400537168893912012-03-05T15:18:00.002-06:002012-03-05T19:07:54.847-06:00Breaking News: Local Station Cancels Rush Limbaugh Show<span style="font-size: large;">According to the </span><a href="http://www.kpua.net/news.php?id=24843"><span style="font-size: large;">website</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> of KPUA radio in Hilo, Hawaii station management has made the bold, brave and logical determination to no longer carry The Rush Limbaugh show on their airwaves. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>Our boycott is working. </em></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>Our voices are being heard. </em></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>And this is just the beginning.</em></strong> </span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For those who dispute our efforts, be reminded that there remains a substantial difference between free speech and hate speech....between exercising your first amendment right and engaging in a 72 hour slanderous tirade against a private US citizen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rush Limbaugh, you are on notice.</span> <br />
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<strong><em>UPDATE: WBEC IN PITTSPIELD MA HAS ALSO DROPPED RUSH!</em></strong><br />
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If you are interested in showing your support to KPUA, they may be reached at <a href="mailto:news@kpua.net">news@kpua.net</a>.Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-87887060677188963962012-03-04T18:49:00.001-06:002012-03-05T07:16:56.033-06:00Patricia Heaton Leads The 2012 War on Women<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">If every Tweaton {specific Twitter fans} sent Georgetown Gal one condom, her parents wouldn't have to cancel basic cable & she would never reproduce - sound good?</span></strong></div><br />
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The above listed tweet is, to say the least, an offensive remark for anyone to make. Further, it is the profoundly ill-informed statement of someone who has failed to sufficiently educate themselves on the testimony that Sandra Fluke was recently brave enough to present before congress. And the genesis of this remark? <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Actress Patricia Heaton</span></strong></div><br />
Ms. Heaton has long been known as a very conservative individual, which on it's face is not particularly a bad thing. Not a fan of abortion? Don't get one. Anti-gay marriage? Don't get one of those either. Faith prohibits birth control? Then keep contraceptives out of your lily white home. <br />
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But this conservative viewpoint has zoomed past the point of being some quietly whispered comment and has transformed into a personalized campaign to smear and slander a young woman. No matter where you are on the political scale, this should be an offense to your sensibilities. Further, it seems that those making the most hateful remarks never even bothered to listen to the testimony. It seems that pre-slander, that this is the first thing you should do. <br />
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The #boycottrush campaign, which I have been proud to spearhead, did great work in just three days. As this movement grows, it will now encompass anyone who holds the same boorish and appalling position as Mr. Limbaugh. And that person, we have now discovered, includes<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Actress Patricia Heaton</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Please join us in boycotting her current television show "The Middle", which is aired on ABC. Following is contact information:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Online Contact Form</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://abc.go.com/site/contact-us"><span style="font-size: large;">http://abc.go.com/site/contact-us</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-38153835206614616302012-03-03T22:02:00.000-06:002012-03-03T22:02:57.100-06:00Sunday Morning Political Show Guests March 3, 2012<div style="text-align: center;"> <strong><em><span style="font-size: large;"></span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, you musst get informed and remain informed. Oh, and register to voter....and have the proper ID.....that's it!</span></em></strong></div><br />
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<div style="background: white;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">State of the Union With Candy Crowley</span></b> Super Tuesday: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/parties-movements/republican-party-ORGOV0000004.topic" id="ORGOV0000004" title="Republican Party"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">GOP</span></a> presidential candidate <a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/arts-culture/newt-gingrich-PEHST000779.topic" id="PEHST000779" title="Newt Gingrich"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Newt Gingrich</span></a>. Super Tuesday: GOP presidential candidate <a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/ron-paul-PEPLT005095.topic" id="PEPLT005095" title="Ron Paul"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ron Paul</span></a>. 2012 <a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/executive-branch/white-house-PLCUL000110.topic" id="PLCUL000110" title="White House"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">White House</span></a> and Congress: Ron Brownstein; Dana Bash. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/barack-obama-PEPLT007408.topic" id="PEPLT007408" title="Barack Obama"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">President Obama</span></a>'s AIPAC speech: Martin Indyk; Nick Burns. President Obama's AIPAC speech: Rep. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/mike-rogers-PEPLT005636.topic" id="PEPLT005636" title="Mike Rogers"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Mike Rogers</span></a> (R-Mich.); Rep. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/c.a.-dutch-ruppersberger-PEPLT00007647.topic" id="PEPLT00007647" title="C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Dutch Ruppersberger</span></a> (D-Md.). <o:p></o:p></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/arts-culture/mass-media/news-media/fareed-zakaria-gps-%28tv-program%29-ENTTV000000153675.topic" id="ENTTV000000153675" title="Fareed Zakaria GPS (tv program)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Fareed Zakaria GPS</span></a></span></b> GOP presidential race; religion and politics: Chrystia Freeland; Joe Klein; Reihan Salam; Katrina vanden Heuvel. <o:p></o:p></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Face the Nation</span></b> GOP presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul; Panel. John Dickerson; Norah O'Donnell; Michael Gerson, the Washington Post. <o:p></o:p></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Meet the Press</span></b> 2012 politics; GOP legislative strategy: Rep. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/eric-cantor-PEPLT000945.topic" id="PEPLT000945" title="Eric Cantor"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Eric Cantor</span></a> (R-Va.).President Obama's re-election effort: Rep. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/debbie-wasserman-schultz-PEPLT005868.topic" id="PEPLT005868" title="Debbie Wasserman Schultz"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Debbie Wasserman Schultz</span></a> (D-Fla.). <o:p></o:p></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This Week With <a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/george-stephanopoulos-PECLB0000007098.topic" id="PECLB0000007098" title="George Stephanopoulos"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">George Stephanopoulos</span></a></span></b> Super Tuesday: GOP Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich. The general election: Obama campaign advisor <a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/david-axelrod-PEPLT007514.topic" id="PEPLT007514" title="David Axelrod"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">David Axelrod</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></div>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-38299267163841087002012-03-03T14:23:00.000-06:002012-03-03T14:23:49.095-06:00Volunteer To Listen To Rush Limbaugh: Southern States<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">ATTENTION: </span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">MIAMI, ORLANDO, ATLANTA, NEW ORLEANS, FORT LAUDERDALE, TUPELO AND OTHER SOUTHERN LOCALES</span></em></strong></div><br />
Thank you for showing an interest in boycotting Rush Limbaugh sponsors. This mission comes on the heels of his recent slanderous tirade that targeted college student Sandra Fluke, who was brave enough to testify in front of congress regarding contraceptive legislation. If you are interested in seeing a clip of Rush in action (brace yourself!), <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODI-NALkI4c">click here</a>.<br />
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Because so much of the sponsorship of the Rush Limbaugh radio show is done on the local level, we need to focus on those advertisers as we move our boycott efforts forward. This requires <em>(insert gag here)</em> actually listening to the show and jotting down company names. Warning: Leading physicians recommend limiting these exposures to less than 20 minutes (snark, snark). <br />
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Please post your comments regarding sponsorship below and feel free to remain anonymous. If you would be so kind, put the date, time and company name. I can enter company contact information at a later time. <br />
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Thank you again for your support of this cause.Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-63896763070850106462012-03-03T13:59:00.000-06:002012-03-03T13:59:15.303-06:00Volunteer To Listen To Rush Limbaugh: East Coast<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">ATTENTION: </span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">BOSTON, NEW YORK CITY, NEWARK, HARTFORD, WASHINGTON DC AND OTHER EAST COAST LOCALES</span></em></strong></div><br />
Thank you for showing an interest in boycotting Rush Limbaugh sponsors. This mission comes on the heels of his recent slanderous tirade that targeted college student Sandra Fluke, who was brave enough to testify in front of congress regarding contraceptive legislation. If you are interested in seeing a clip of Rush in action (brace yourself!), <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODI-NALkI4c">click here</a>.<br />
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Because so much of the sponsorship of the Rush Limbaugh radio show is done on the local level, we need to focus on those advertisers as we move our boycott efforts forward. This requires <em>(insert gag here)</em> actually listening to the show and jotting down company names. Warning: Leading physicians recommend limiting these exposures to less than 20 minutes (snark, snark). <br />
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Please post your comments regarding sponsorship below and feel free to remain anonymous. If you would be so kind, put the date, time and company name. I can enter company contact information at a later time. <br />
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Thank you again for your support of this cause.Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-29460186601644752842012-03-03T13:57:00.000-06:002012-03-03T13:57:52.491-06:00Volunteer To Listen To Rush Limbaugh: Southwest USA<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">ATTENTION: </span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">PHOENIX, SANTA FE, RENO, TUCSON, ALBUQUERQUE, AND OTHER SOUTHWEST LOCALES</span></em></strong></div><br />
Thank you for showing an interest in boycotting Rush Limbaugh sponsors. This mission comes on the heels of his recent slanderous tirade that targeted college student Sandra Fluke, who was brave enough to testify in front of congress regarding contraceptive legislation. If you are interested in seeing a clip of Rush in action (brace yourself!), <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODI-NALkI4c">click here</a>.<br />
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Because so much of the sponsorship of the Rush Limbaugh radio show is done on the local level, we need to focus on those advertisers as we move our boycott efforts forward. This requires <em>(insert gag here)</em> actually listening to the show and jotting down company names. Warning: Leading physicians recommend limiting these exposures to less than 20 minutes (snark, snark). <br />
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Please post your comments regarding sponsorship below and feel free to remain anonymous. If you would be so kind, put the date, time and company name. I can enter company contact information at a later time. <br />
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Thank you again for your support of this cause.Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-10022001486732625142012-03-03T13:26:00.000-06:002012-03-03T13:26:15.048-06:00Volunteer To Listen To Rush Limbaugh: California<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">ATTENTION: </span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">LA, SAN DIEGO, SAN JOSE, SACRAMENTO, SAN FRANCISCO AND OTHER CALIFORNIA LOCALES</span></em></strong></div><br />
Thank you for showing an interest in boycotting Rush Limbaugh sponsors. This mission comes on the heels of his recent slanderous tirade that targeted college student Sandra Fluke, who was brave enough to testify in front of congress regarding contraceptive legislation. If you are interested in seeing a clip of Rush in action (brace yourself!), <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODI-NALkI4c">click here</a>.<br />
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Because so much of the sponsorship of the Rush Limbaugh radio show is done on the local level, we need to focus on those advertisers as we move our boycott efforts forward. This requires <em>(insert gag here)</em> actually listening to the show and jotting down company names. Warning: Leading physicians recommend limiting these exposures to less than 20 minutes (snark, snark). <br />
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Please post your comments regarding sponsorship below and feel free to remain anonymous. If you would be so kind, put the date, time and company name. I can enter company contact information at a later time. <br />
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Thank you again for your support of this cause.Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-74447399100707986232012-03-03T13:23:00.000-06:002012-03-03T13:23:36.509-06:00Volunteer To Listen To Rush Limbaugh: Midwest<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">ATTENTION: </span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">CHICAGO MILWAUKEE DETROIT INDIANAPOLIS COLUMBUS AND OTHER MIDWEST LOCALES</span></em></strong></div><br />
Thank you for showing an interest in boycotting Rush Limbaugh sponsors. This mission comes on the heels of his recent slanderous tirade that targeted college student Sandra Fluke, who was brave enough to testify in front of congress regarding contraceptive legislation. If you are interested in seeing a clip of Rush in action (brace yourself!), <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODI-NALkI4c">click here</a>.<br />
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Because so much of the sponsorship of the Rush Limbaugh radio show is done on the local level, we need to focus on those advertisers as we move our boycott efforts forward. This requires <em>(insert gag here)</em> actually listening to the show and jotting down company names. Warning: Leading physicians recommend limiting these exposures to less than 20 minutes (snark, snark). <br />
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Please post your comments regarding sponsorship below and feel free to remain anonymous. If you would be so kind, put the date, time and company name. I can enter company contact information at a later time. <br />
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Thank you again for your support of this cause.Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-8601087271748911932012-03-01T15:45:00.039-06:002012-04-21T13:39:49.478-05:00List of Rush Limbaugh Show Sponsors: BOYCOTT NOW!<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">UPDATE 4/18/12</span></i></b><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Angie's List has PROUDLY announced that they have resumed supporting Rush Limbaugh</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Comment Below To Let Them Know Your Thoughts, Or Contact Via This Link:</span></em></strong><br />
<a href="http://my.angieslist.com/Angieslist/visitor/contactus.aspx">http://my.angieslist.com/Angieslist/visitor/contactus.aspx</a><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PLEASE CONSIDER THIS --- Contact the FCC to file a complaint against Rush Limbaugh for soliciting pornography via public airwaves. This is an excellent option!! Contact information...</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">UPDATE 3/12/12</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">ALL NATIONAL SPONSORS OF THE RUSH LIMBAUGH SHOW HAVE NOW DROPPED THEIR AFFILIATION. THIS MEANS WE MUST NOW CONCENTRATE ON LOCAL ADVERTISERS. PLEASE SEE OTHER BLOGS, BY US REGION, WHICH ARE LISTING LOCAL ADS. WE ARE DOING THIS....NEED TO STAY ON TASK!!</span></em></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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10999 IH-10 West Suite 1000<br />
P.O. Box 786099 <br />
San Antonio, TX 78278-6099 <br />
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North Highlands, CA 95660Phone: (800) 919-2337<br />
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300 N. Lake Ave., Suite 1111<br />
Pasadena, CA 91101 <br />
media@eharmony.com 626.795.4814 <br />
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177 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 <br />
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<b>Select Comfort Corporation</b> 6105 Trenton Lane N <br />
Minneapolis, MN 55442 <br />
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100 Plantation Road<br />
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Sales or Service: 1-800-580-2913<br />
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32045 Castle Court Evergreen, CO 80439 <br />
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</div>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com589tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-44045287602820092592012-02-26T08:52:00.001-06:002012-02-26T08:54:50.945-06:00Jan Brewer Endorses Mitt Romney<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">On Meet the Press this morning, Jan Brewer announced to David Gregory that she is officially endorsing Mitt Romney. The Arizona primary is scheduled for this Tuesday, so this comes as no surprise that she has finally make such an announcemnt. In fact, she indicated that she wanted to wait until after the recent debate in Mesa, Arizona to make her decision because she wanted to see what the four candidates would say during that event prior to making her determination. <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Really, Jan Brewer? One more debate is all you needed to make your decision? The GOP has had, to date, a shocking 20 debates in only nine months. During these debates the candidates have had an opportunity to show their true colors. In many cases, this did not bode well for their candidacy. For example, it wasn’t until Rick Perry proved himself an unprepared, unpredictable and unfathomable fool in these debates that the GOP ceased taking him seriously. It was during these debates that Mitt Romney has appeared as a wealthy overlord with little sense of what it means to be middle class in the US. Herman Cain, who could not get 9/9/9 to overshadow his personal failings, was eventually shown the door. Newt Gingrich was shown to be an arrogant boor while Ron Paul appeared as a disheveled and scrambling fool. And Rick Santorum quickly showed his true feelings on women who, if he had done his math, represents slightly more than half of the voting populace. <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Still, Jan needed to wait. She needed to weigh, for the 20<sup>th</sup> time, her GOP options. Perhaps, in fact, she was waiting instead for the flap about her finger wagging incident to die down so that her opinion could be taken seriously. Anyone who would treat the President of the United States of America in such a supremely disrespectful manner does not deserve to have her endorsement taken seriously. Her behavior that day on the tarmac was not just unconscionable, it was unpatriotic. In a presidency wherein the GOP feels that they can treat our President <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(their president!)</i></b> in any disrespectful way they choose without repercussions, this was a hallmark moment. <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">And that moment, my friends, is when Jan Brewer showed her true colors. <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-91906541443343158852012-02-25T18:58:00.001-06:002012-03-05T06:46:15.399-06:00The Year Of The Woman<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Many women, even those as young as 20ish or 30ish, were raised to keep the peace. To make others comfortable. To be the hostess of their own life wherein the happiness of others took precedence over their own comfort. Whether women received overt messages at home or <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>more whispered directions out in the world, it seems that no matter how far we seem to have come women still hesitate to cause trouble for those around them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This typically translates to silence and it nearly always comes at the expense of the quiet and demure woman. However, in recent weeks and thanks to the offensive efforts of the GOP, this tide seems to be turning. It is happening in whispers at the manicurist, chats at PTA meetings and intense dialogues on Facebook. It is coming from women who heretofore may have had nearly no interest in politics and who may have even wrongfully believed that politics held no place of importance in their own life. It is coming from working women, older gals, educated ladies, poor females and divorced women. Teachers, mothers, cashiers, Texans, nurses, Northerners, dental hygienists, grandmothers. It is coming from the least expected amongst us and the voices are loud and they are strong.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is little that every woman in this country can agree on. Coffee versus tea? Country versus rock?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Religion versus atheism? Age gracefully versus rocking a mini at age 50? But this much we can agree on: We have come so far and we refuse to take even half a step backwards. We will not sit silent and we will not allow the GOP to continue to jeopardize our basic human rights. We will not be bullied or terrorized or belittled. We will find strength in our sisterhood and we will…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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</div>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-4483383043628437192012-02-19T06:37:00.000-06:002012-02-19T06:37:27.740-06:00Sunday Morning Political Show Guests February 19, 2012<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p>Get informed and stay informed. Whether you are republican or democrat, it is important to stay abreast of all of the political news so that you can make informed decisions and have educated debate to support your position. </o:p></span></span></b></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Photo ID Required for All Voters<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following are states that require photo ID for all voters, however a provisional ballot is not granted if a voter does not bring a photo ID to the polls in these states. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Alaska</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Alabama</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Arizona</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Arkansas</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Connecticut</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Colorado</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Delaware</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Kansas</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Kentucky</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Missouri</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Montana</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New Mexico</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">North Dakota</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ohio</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Rhode Island</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">South Carolina</span> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Texas</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Tennessee</span> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Virginia</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Washington</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Wisconsin</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="Photo_ID_Required_for_All_Voters_with_Pr"></a><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Photo ID Required for All Voters with Provisonal Ballot Clause<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following states require all voters to show a photo ID in order to vote; if a voter does not present photo ID at the polls a provisional ballot is provided. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Indiana</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Georgia</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Florida</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="Photo_ID_Required_for_All_Voters_with_Fu"></a><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Photo ID Required for All Voters with Full Ballot Clause<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following states require photo ID for voting, however if a voter does not present photo ID at the polls a Full ballot will be provided. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Michigan</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">South Dakota</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Louisiana</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Hawaii</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="Photo_ID_Required_for_First_Time_Voters_"></a><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Photo ID Required for First Time Voters Only<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following state requires photo ID only for first time voters. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Pennsylvania</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="States_that_enforce_only_the_HAVA_Minimu"></a><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">States that enforce only the HAVA Minimum<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These states are those that only enforce the minimum standard by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in which only require a photo ID when an ID was not presented at registration. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">California</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">District of Columbia</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Idaho</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Illinois</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Iowa</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Kentucky</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Maine</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Massachusetts</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Maryland</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Minnesota</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Mississippi</span> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Nebraska</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New York</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-92084948762536456692011-08-28T10:51:00.000-05:002011-08-28T10:51:27.897-05:00The Assessment of Blame: In Bush Versus Obama, The Villain is Clear<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A new poll by the Associated Press reveals that 51% of Americans now believe that President George Bush is primarily responsible for the current dicey economic situation in the United States. The balance of the poll shows that 31% of polled individuals believe that President Barack Obama is responsible for the current states of affairs. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As noted in the name of this blog, I am liberal to my core and generally devote myself to the democratic and liberal framework. At the same time, I am a realist who likes to think that I approach all things political with an open mind. I have to say, however, that that I do not agree in the least with these poll numbers. The blame is clearly Bush’s alone. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What republicans fail to understand when it comes to our current economic landscape are two essential concepts: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“what might have been” and responsibility at inception of the crisis. Perhaps it is because they are overly rigid in their thinking or maybe it is because they cannot think in any manner that will defy their own cause. In any case, their failure to understand these concepts mean that they will never really understand what has happened over the last 10 years. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Concept number one as listed above is “what might have been”. When Obama took office in January of 2009, he fairly quickly drafted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (which was actually signed into law in the spring of 2010). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only was this act widely decried by republicans at the time of signature, but its efficacy continues to be doubted by them today. This act, also commonly referred to as The Stimulus Plan, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has actually been proven by leading economists to have been effective in stemming the tide of economic disaster. The key to their assessment is the theory that sans the stimulus plan, the actual effects of the downward fiscal pattern (e.g., unemployment, foreclosure rates, loan defaults) would have been much more serious without this measure. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Imagine a patient that has cancer and the doctor prescribes chemotherapy and radiation as treatment. The patient undergoes this line of treatment and is generally well for 36 months. At that time, things take a turn for the worse and the patient ends up dying as a result of the cancer. The question is this: Did the treatment work? Yes, it did. It worked because for three years the patient was primarily healthy and functioning. Was it a cure-all? Obviously not. However, without the treatment the patient would have likely died within the first 6 to 9 months. Just because the ARRA did not leave us all employed millionaires with robust portfolios does not mean that it did not work. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The second piece that republicans fail to understand is that the fact of the matter is that George Bush was behind the wheel of this bus as it veered off course and headed straight towards a fiscal cliff. Chief bipartisan economists directly point to the timeline of this crisis which began under the watch of Bush and seemed to have started with the bursting of the housing bubble. That was due to the rise of sub-prime mortgages, which began in the mid 2000s. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This, my friends, was under the watch of George Bush and was a result of deregulation. Who was behind that? Ronald Reagan and varying other republicans through the decades. They put in place an economic house of cards that was doomed to collapse and that occurred while Bush was in office. He did nothing to stop this, even as his advisers warned of impending fiscal doom. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The fact that Obama was elected in the middle of a disaster does not make him responsible for the debacle. Republicans continue to want to pin this on him and as we approach Election 2012 we need to keep reminding voters of the truth of the matter. We need to not allow their hysteria and sound bites and revision of history changed the facts of the matter. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This topic will definitely be at the forefront of attacks on Obama over the course of the next 15 months. Vigilant liberals need to make sure that the responsibility for this economic nightmare is place squarely where it belongs: On the shoulders of George Bush. Further, they need to be reminded that without the stimulus package the results would have been even more devastating. The bottom line is that the stimulus worked and another round would do our economy a world of good. </span></span></div>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-90668163261720033922011-08-23T09:58:00.000-05:002011-08-23T09:58:24.118-05:00A Limmerick Tribute to Republican Crazies<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sarah Palin plays it coy, </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Treating presidential candidacy as a toy.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">A meandering bus tour, </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">To pull her ratings out of the sewer, </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perchance simply a Perry decoy. </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Michele Bachman and facts, </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">With the truth she is simply lax.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can’t seem to get much straight,</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Which of course includes her mate,</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Methinks Marcus is gay to the max.</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rick Perry is a king hypocrite, </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">A crown of mighty fools is most befit. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Writes Fed Up in 2010,</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now he is just one of those men,</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who denounces his past much like Mitt.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8190615109254217067.post-50348429112204549732011-08-16T16:28:00.000-05:002011-08-16T16:28:16.150-05:00Bill O'Reilly, You Are Dead Ass Wrong<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have a confession to make: I watch Fox News. Now, before you snatch away my liberal card, tear the Obama 2012 shirt off my back and thrust a poorly crafted Tea Party sign into my hand, let me explain a bit further. I do not by any means watch Fox on a regular basis and, honestly, I only watch until my retinas begin to burn and I can sense my IQ dropping point by point. There have been moments, though, where I have watched long enough and become enraged enough that my husband actually has to pry the remote from my hand and gently steer me towards the Food Network or perhaps a rerun of Hoarders. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I watch Fox news for three distinct purposes. First, I think it is hypocritical to critique something you have no first-hand knowledge of. Second, I watch to get some insight into what the other side is up to (something of a recon mission). And finally, I watch because I suffer from dangerously low blood pressure and a bit of Hannity always does the trick by raising my B/P a good dozen points. Okay, I am kidding about the third reason…kinda. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Which leads me to this blog and what my newest plan is for you, my dedicated readers. I am volunteering, kind lady that I am, to take a bullet for you and let you know what is happening over in the world of Fox. And every so often I will distill what I have learned and will share it with you, again via this blog, in a segment now known as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“(Fill in moronic person on Fox), You Are Dead Ass Wrong”.</i></b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Methinks I will have a wealth of material and this river of un-knowledge will never run dry. Talk about blog security!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">First up: Bill O’Reilly</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Last week I watch a segment with Bill O’Reilly, Alan Colmes and an un-named, but kind of cute, brunette and bespectacled Ann Coulter wannabe. The topic of discussion was the legislation that mandates that health insurance carriers now cover birth control. This topic immediately piqued my interest as I am a former health insurance administrator and thus have a bit of inside information that Bill O’Reilly and his pack of fools may be lacking. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BOR immediately started flapping his arms like a crazed pigeon in Times Square and squawking about this outrage. I am paraphrasing, but this is essentially what he was saying: “This is ridiculous! This is more government oppression! This means that every single one of us, including my fat cat ass, will have to pay more in insurance premiums! Squawk! Squawk!”.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Poor Bill. Poor idiotic, ill informed, needs-to-buy-a-calculator (to replace his abacus) Bill O’Reilly. Allow me to crunch some numbers for you…</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cost of a healthy yet unplanned pregnancy: $10,000</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cost of birth control pills: $20/month</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Therefore, for every one unplanned pregnancy you can purchase 500 months of pills…or, 42 years. Of course, this does not include the expense of a less than healthy pregnancy, neonatology expenses, the medical cost of the child itself and all related costs for an “unwanted” child (read: Medicaid, reduced lunch program, WIC, etc). </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You seem like intelligent and thoughtful readers, so you tell me: Which is more cost effective? The obvious answer is the birth control pills. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But let me also let you in on a little secret, Bill O’Reilly and similar morons…You are already paying for the birth control pills. You see, for many decades most health insurance carriers did not pay for birth control pills when they were prescribed for contraceptive purposes. However, they would pay for them if the physician listed as a diagnosis something along the lines of Dysmenorrhea, Polycystic Ovaries, or some other related gynecological issue. Yes, as a courtesy to their female patients physicians would game the system in order to make sure that birth control pills were covered by women who wanted them. These physicians knew that offering someone birth control is always much wiser than risking an unintended pregnancy. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here is another little tidbit for you about the expense of birth control pills. Health insurance carriers have cooperative agreements with both pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies. This means that what may cost an uninsured individual $20 at the local pharmacy will cost Humana, Aetna or Anthem only $7. However, the average copay for medications is $20-30. Therefore, not only has the member themselves actually paid for the full cost of the medication, but your local Walgreens or Rite-Aid is making a fair profit as well and plays into the aforementioned cooperative agreement. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Of course, I don’t expect Bill O’Reilly to know this. Frankly, I am shocked he knows anything including how to tie his own shoes. But I assume that he has interns or assistants or some other helpful staff in order to educate him so that he does not appear foolish to viewers. My only explanation for why this does not occur is that (a) These staff members are actually, ha ha ha, staunch liberals or (b) They are just as dim at BOR himself (I am leaning towards the second option). </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In any case, I conclude with only these seven words: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bill O’Reilly, You Are Dead Ass Wrong</i></b></span></span></div>Left Leaning Liberal Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504110087648679884noreply@blogger.com3