What the heck does abortion have to do with creating jobs?? And what the heck does the Republican party have against women? Speaker Boehner is supposed to be working on creating jobs for all those Americans that supposedly voted for him to do so. Instead he is taking us back to the '70's to try to outlaw abortion? And why are we letting all these old men tell us what we can & can't do with our bodies?
Do these people (I know it's not all old men, it's some very uninformed women too) realize what this country would be like without Planned Parenthood and WIC?? I was watching The View just now, yes I watch it every day despite Elizabeth's ignorant rants, and Rep. Gwen Moore made a very good comment about how Planned Parenthood has actually prevented more abortions than they have performed. That is so true. They provide many more health care services for a lot of women who wouldn't otherwise be able to receive that care. They provide cancer screenings, birth control and in a lot of cases they are a woman's primary health care provider. They provide safe low cost or maybe even free health care for low income women. And these people who complain they don't want there tax money going to fund abortions. Well, there is a law that prevents federal funding of abortions. OK, I don't want my tax dollars funding stupid wasteful military actions in the Middle East. Why can't we have a law about that?
And what about WIC? How can you defund that? WIC is sometimes all there is between having healthy food to eat and dying of starvation.
I am sick to death of these so called Christian right wingers calling themselves Christian and then turning around and kicking the less fortunate. So, you prevent some abortions. What are you going to do to help those mothers and children once they are born? How can you say you are Pro Life when you kill Dr's and believe in the death penalty and war?
What would Jesus do? He would turn over all your tables in the market place and yell at you and tell you you have no idea what His Father is about or how to love your fellow human beings.
I have to stop now before I forget I am supposed to love my fellow human beings.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Arizona Tragedy
Well, I've been thinking about this all week. What a sad, sad, day for our country on Saturday. Of course I was conflicted all day because I was also watching the Seattle Seahawks beat the New Orleans Saints. I was having a hard time getting excited about the great game because I was also watching my laptop for updates on the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords.
I will admit that the first thing I thought when I heard the news was, Well it's started now. All that violent rhetoric had gotten to some crazy wacko and the killings have begun. But then of course, as I said, I followed the story the rest of the day and the days that followed. There is no proof that this wacko acted on anything but his own crazy ideas. But of course there is endless commentary on both sides about this. It makes me crazy that we all become like little kids when something like this happens. Everyone is pointing fingers at everyone else and very few are taking responsibility for the inflammatory discourse that has been going on the last couple years.
You know, we are all human. We are all different and have different opinions about pretty much everything. Can't we have a debate without the violent rhetoric? Do we have to use hunting or war metaphors? Can't we get "fired up" without "reloading"?
Maybe now after that wonderful speech of President Obama's last night people might begin to see how civil we can be to each other. I'm hearing that many on the right actually liked his speech. I gotta say I'm pretty surprised. Usually they manage to find something to pick at. Of course the usual right wing clowns had their criticisms, but that's what they get paid for.
I really think we need to stop and think about that little nine year old girl who was born on another day of national tragedy and was killed on a day she was pursuing a dream of doing something for her country. Only God knows what we lost with her. Hopefully, God has opened a window here for someone else to take her place and do something really great with their life. Maybe we should all think about what we can do to improve the world from our little spot in it. Something good has to come from this.
I will admit that the first thing I thought when I heard the news was, Well it's started now. All that violent rhetoric had gotten to some crazy wacko and the killings have begun. But then of course, as I said, I followed the story the rest of the day and the days that followed. There is no proof that this wacko acted on anything but his own crazy ideas. But of course there is endless commentary on both sides about this. It makes me crazy that we all become like little kids when something like this happens. Everyone is pointing fingers at everyone else and very few are taking responsibility for the inflammatory discourse that has been going on the last couple years.
You know, we are all human. We are all different and have different opinions about pretty much everything. Can't we have a debate without the violent rhetoric? Do we have to use hunting or war metaphors? Can't we get "fired up" without "reloading"?
Maybe now after that wonderful speech of President Obama's last night people might begin to see how civil we can be to each other. I'm hearing that many on the right actually liked his speech. I gotta say I'm pretty surprised. Usually they manage to find something to pick at. Of course the usual right wing clowns had their criticisms, but that's what they get paid for.
I really think we need to stop and think about that little nine year old girl who was born on another day of national tragedy and was killed on a day she was pursuing a dream of doing something for her country. Only God knows what we lost with her. Hopefully, God has opened a window here for someone else to take her place and do something really great with their life. Maybe we should all think about what we can do to improve the world from our little spot in it. Something good has to come from this.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Merry Christmas!
Wow, what an amazing week. Those lame ducks weren't so lame after all. The repeal of DADT, and ratifying the SALT treaty, just to name two. I was really beginning to wonder about President Obama, but maybe he just might know what he's doing after all. Of course I'm still ticked about the tax cuts for the rich, but we are getting some good things out of that. I am just really worried about what will happen when we find out just how much of our debt the Middle East countries and China really own. I can't help but think we are still screwed.
On a lighter note, I pray that you all have a blessed holiday season and a Merry Christmas if you celebrate. Which most people I know do, even if they aren't Christian. After all is was a Paegan holiday first. ;-)
I just really hope this coming New Year will bring us all lots of love and happiness. And more tolerance for those different than ourselves, because, really, we are all the same when you get down to the basic humanitiy of it all.
On a lighter note, I pray that you all have a blessed holiday season and a Merry Christmas if you celebrate. Which most people I know do, even if they aren't Christian. After all is was a Paegan holiday first. ;-)
I just really hope this coming New Year will bring us all lots of love and happiness. And more tolerance for those different than ourselves, because, really, we are all the same when you get down to the basic humanitiy of it all.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
So little time....
I wanted to post on here today about how sick I am of the Republicans and their greed, but I had to reply to anonymous again & now lunch is over. Hopefully this weekend I can tell you how much I really want to kick my TV in right now.
Friday, November 26, 2010
People or Profit
Seems like that would be an easy choice. Well, it probably is easy for everyone I guess, it's just that a lot of business people choose profit over people.
I just finished watching the last half of the movie "Battle in Seattle", a fictional account of the WTO riots in December 1999. Wow! Was I out of the loop back then. If I knew then what I know now, I may have been down there protesting. Or, would I? Would I really leave my warm comfy house to yell & scream at people who don't even hear us? I don't really know. I am so angry right now about what corporate America is doing to us. And now the retail stores are so into it too that they are making their employees work on Thanksgiving just to get more of that almighty dollar. As we poor suckers fall for it every time. What's the point? The sales aren't going to stop on Saturday. And how about the week before Christmas? You think all the prices are going to go up when none of us are buying anyway? Do you really have the money to buy that ginormous TV or that fancy camera? Do you really need it? What about donating that money then, to an organization who can help someone who can't even afford food for their family, much less a TV?
Why don't you all take a good look around at all your material possessions. Do you really need more? Do you really need new? Do we really need something made by some poor soul in another country that can't even afford the stuff they are making?
OK, so, fair disclosure, I do work for a furniture manufacturer that builds the furniture in China & other countries. But, when I began working there, we used to buy from some American companies. The almighty consumer has put most of those companies out of business. We all want higher salaries, & our bosses want higher profits, but we don't want to have to pay for anything. You can't expect to have a high paying manufacturing job & have the company sell the product at a loss or small profit.
So, why do we have to always want more? Why can't what we have be good enough. Soon we middle class won't have anything. We will all be living hand to mouth while the big banks & corporations get richer & richer. We are no longer evolving, we are repeating a very bad time in our history. Great Recession? You ain't seen nothing yet...
I just finished watching the last half of the movie "Battle in Seattle", a fictional account of the WTO riots in December 1999. Wow! Was I out of the loop back then. If I knew then what I know now, I may have been down there protesting. Or, would I? Would I really leave my warm comfy house to yell & scream at people who don't even hear us? I don't really know. I am so angry right now about what corporate America is doing to us. And now the retail stores are so into it too that they are making their employees work on Thanksgiving just to get more of that almighty dollar. As we poor suckers fall for it every time. What's the point? The sales aren't going to stop on Saturday. And how about the week before Christmas? You think all the prices are going to go up when none of us are buying anyway? Do you really have the money to buy that ginormous TV or that fancy camera? Do you really need it? What about donating that money then, to an organization who can help someone who can't even afford food for their family, much less a TV?
Why don't you all take a good look around at all your material possessions. Do you really need more? Do you really need new? Do we really need something made by some poor soul in another country that can't even afford the stuff they are making?
OK, so, fair disclosure, I do work for a furniture manufacturer that builds the furniture in China & other countries. But, when I began working there, we used to buy from some American companies. The almighty consumer has put most of those companies out of business. We all want higher salaries, & our bosses want higher profits, but we don't want to have to pay for anything. You can't expect to have a high paying manufacturing job & have the company sell the product at a loss or small profit.
So, why do we have to always want more? Why can't what we have be good enough. Soon we middle class won't have anything. We will all be living hand to mouth while the big banks & corporations get richer & richer. We are no longer evolving, we are repeating a very bad time in our history. Great Recession? You ain't seen nothing yet...
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Who's Buying your Vote?
Are you getting sick of the adds yet? Don't you just want to throw your TV out the window? I watch most of my TV on DVR and even I'm sick of the adds. Lies about him, Lies about her, lies about this initiative and that referendum. You don't know who or what to believe. Regardless of how you vote however, or how confused you are, you still have many days to do the research and get out there and vote. The research isn't easy, but you have to do your best to find the truth.
We can't let the big corporate money win this election. One of the ways you can research is to look into who's backing whom or what. If big money and corporations are backing something, you can pretty much be sure that you need to vote against it.
I am disgusted with the amount of money that is being put into this election season all around the country. In California, Meg Whitman & Carly Fiorina are putting their personal fortunes into their campains. Karl Rove is backing many a Teabagger. It's revolting the amount of money being poured down the drain. This has got to stop! 9.6% unemployment. Huge amounts of people on food stamps. Many, many families struggling with day to day expenses and these rich fat cats are pouring all this money into winning power over all of us to take us down even more. And on top of it, it looks like it's not just American rich fat cats.
We can't let them win! We have to stand up for ourselves and fight back. There's got to be a way to fight back. There's got to be some regulations put on these elections. The Supreme Court has totally and completly screwed the middle class.
People worry about us all speaking Spanish some day... I'd worry more that we all may be speaking Chinese in the next 30 or 40 years.
We can't let the big corporate money win this election. One of the ways you can research is to look into who's backing whom or what. If big money and corporations are backing something, you can pretty much be sure that you need to vote against it.
I am disgusted with the amount of money that is being put into this election season all around the country. In California, Meg Whitman & Carly Fiorina are putting their personal fortunes into their campains. Karl Rove is backing many a Teabagger. It's revolting the amount of money being poured down the drain. This has got to stop! 9.6% unemployment. Huge amounts of people on food stamps. Many, many families struggling with day to day expenses and these rich fat cats are pouring all this money into winning power over all of us to take us down even more. And on top of it, it looks like it's not just American rich fat cats.
We can't let them win! We have to stand up for ourselves and fight back. There's got to be a way to fight back. There's got to be some regulations put on these elections. The Supreme Court has totally and completly screwed the middle class.
People worry about us all speaking Spanish some day... I'd worry more that we all may be speaking Chinese in the next 30 or 40 years.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Why Can't we all be a little more like Oprah?
Ok, I have been watching Oprah off & on over the past 25 years, just like most everyone else. This season I decided to DVR the show every day to see all the special shows she's going out with. I have always enjoyed her celebrity shows and admired her for her generosity towards her audience and others.
This week is blowing me away. Or maybe it's last week, I don't know, I'm a few shows behind. Last night I was watching the show where she made people's ultimate dreams come true. I was crying through most of it, with happiness for all the people she gave to. There were brides who got a Vera Wang dress & wardrobe for the honeymoon, and $3k gift certificate for any Marriott, and domestic airline tickets from United. There was a single mom who gets a whole years salary and $78k in loans that she had for her kids' college paid off. It was really amazing. Tonight I watched her talk about "Waiting for Superman" a documentary coming out about our country's education system. She gave one million dollars each to the top six charter schools from the Angel Network. The Angel Network had collected over 80 million dollars over the years from Oprah viewers. Did you know how bad our education system has gotten in this country? You should watch the documentary. I'm going to. And, yes, I know there are a lot of great schools & teachers out there. Puyallup schools have been wonderful for my daughter and my best friend is a teacher. But over all, if we don't do something soon...
Anyway, I just think it is so amazing what Oprah and Bill Gates and others are doing with their money. Now, I could be cynical and say they are doing it for tax deductions, but I'm sure most of it is out of the goodness of their hearts. Then we have the Boehner's & McConnell's et al that whine and cry that they can't be taxed anymore. They can't put money into the Social Security System, I bet if they go to church they don't even put close to 10% in the offering plate. Not that I'm judging.
I've gotten into discussions about health care and people say they aren't paying for any one else's health care, why can't everyone get their own heath care? Or the people with out kids or who's kids have grown, "I don't want to pay taxes for schools". Well, what are we supposed to do when everyone dies from lack of care, or there are no more educated people to take over when we all get old & die? Or what are we going to do when the Earth is destroyed because we have used up all the resources, or someone has finally pushed "the button" and we are all nuked?
The selfishness and hypocrisy I am seeing daily is really making me sick. I can't understand how people can be so uncaring and thoughtless towards other people. Yes, there are people out there who take advantage of the system and who have brought their troubles on themselves, but where is the compassion? These people out there that call themselves Christian don't have the first clue as to "what Jesus would do" in these situations.
A good education should be a right not a privilege. Good quality, affordable, health care should be a right, not something to lose your house for. You shouldn't have to worry if the fish you are eating is full of crude oil. You should be able to rebuild the house you own outright if a hurricane or earthquake flatten it.
I have relatives in Norway that pay high taxes, but they don't have to worry about getting sick or injured and they can go to college without taking out a loan that with take you till your retirement to pay off. Maybe I'll go live with them if the Teabaggers get a hold of the government... I'm not saying our government is perfect now, but I sure as hell don't want to see it when they get a hold of it. If you don't do anything else this year, make sure you vote. I don't care how you vote, just get out there & vote!
This week is blowing me away. Or maybe it's last week, I don't know, I'm a few shows behind. Last night I was watching the show where she made people's ultimate dreams come true. I was crying through most of it, with happiness for all the people she gave to. There were brides who got a Vera Wang dress & wardrobe for the honeymoon, and $3k gift certificate for any Marriott, and domestic airline tickets from United. There was a single mom who gets a whole years salary and $78k in loans that she had for her kids' college paid off. It was really amazing. Tonight I watched her talk about "Waiting for Superman" a documentary coming out about our country's education system. She gave one million dollars each to the top six charter schools from the Angel Network. The Angel Network had collected over 80 million dollars over the years from Oprah viewers. Did you know how bad our education system has gotten in this country? You should watch the documentary. I'm going to. And, yes, I know there are a lot of great schools & teachers out there. Puyallup schools have been wonderful for my daughter and my best friend is a teacher. But over all, if we don't do something soon...
Anyway, I just think it is so amazing what Oprah and Bill Gates and others are doing with their money. Now, I could be cynical and say they are doing it for tax deductions, but I'm sure most of it is out of the goodness of their hearts. Then we have the Boehner's & McConnell's et al that whine and cry that they can't be taxed anymore. They can't put money into the Social Security System, I bet if they go to church they don't even put close to 10% in the offering plate. Not that I'm judging.
I've gotten into discussions about health care and people say they aren't paying for any one else's health care, why can't everyone get their own heath care? Or the people with out kids or who's kids have grown, "I don't want to pay taxes for schools". Well, what are we supposed to do when everyone dies from lack of care, or there are no more educated people to take over when we all get old & die? Or what are we going to do when the Earth is destroyed because we have used up all the resources, or someone has finally pushed "the button" and we are all nuked?
The selfishness and hypocrisy I am seeing daily is really making me sick. I can't understand how people can be so uncaring and thoughtless towards other people. Yes, there are people out there who take advantage of the system and who have brought their troubles on themselves, but where is the compassion? These people out there that call themselves Christian don't have the first clue as to "what Jesus would do" in these situations.
A good education should be a right not a privilege. Good quality, affordable, health care should be a right, not something to lose your house for. You shouldn't have to worry if the fish you are eating is full of crude oil. You should be able to rebuild the house you own outright if a hurricane or earthquake flatten it.
I have relatives in Norway that pay high taxes, but they don't have to worry about getting sick or injured and they can go to college without taking out a loan that with take you till your retirement to pay off. Maybe I'll go live with them if the Teabaggers get a hold of the government... I'm not saying our government is perfect now, but I sure as hell don't want to see it when they get a hold of it. If you don't do anything else this year, make sure you vote. I don't care how you vote, just get out there & vote!
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