It's no surprise Sarah Palin disgusts me: her lying, hypocrisy, ethics, and opinions on reproductive rights can send me into furious, hour-long rants; much less her piss-poor understanding environmental stewardship, her belief that God cares a lot more about war and oil than social programs, and her ignorance to the vital role community organizers ( Read more... )

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I know Mister Jack Jackity Jack Jack Attack (once and future) Fattycat is feeling a bit more like himself: he managed to jump from the kitchen floor to the countertop, and was thoroughly scouring the last place he saw me with cheese.

We sat together and watched Obama make his “ ( Read more... )

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Planned Parenthood writes:

Last week, we defeated the Child Protection Act (which was really a teen endangerment act) in the House, and now the Senate has put the language from that bill in as an amendment on another bill - HB 520.

HB 520 punishes parents for having trusting ( Read more... )

This is a report in from a Desoto County voter, delivered to the Obama list via Blackberry ( Read more... )

Holy crap. We got into the Obama rally. It is a sea of bad knockoff shirts and squirmy enthusiasm. In the unlikely event there's a crowd shot of the corner across from the flag, we're six rows up.

I got interviewed on the way out by channel 10

I am subscribed to about five Mississippi and national mailing lists for the presidential elections. Some of the letters from other parts of the country have been very helpful, sharing sign templates, canvassing strategies, general care/feeding/morale boosting of your local campaign offices, etc. There's a lot to be learned from them. But ( Read more... )

I'd like to take a moment of your Friday to talk about deficit reduction, specifically the Federal Deficit Act of 2005, and how it's made it difficult to keep college-age and low-income women's access to health care services, as well as affordable contraception.

So, Deirdra, how does the Federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 affect reproductive ( Read more... )

shasticon: This is becoming a trend--we vote, and then we come to the bakery.
birdofparadox: Yeah, after voting, we need something to get the bitter taste out of our mouths.

NOTE: If you're one of those people who just doesn't vote because you'll never make a difference, or votes without doing research, or "prefers to effect change upon the world with Reiki/etc.," ( Read more... )

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I am a woman of words, and I've failed them recently. I am so sickened and disgusted by Bush's actions, I have burst into frustrated tears twice in the last day trying to talk to my husband about it. I love my country, but I seethe at this administration's actions, Congress' backsliding, and the majority of our citizen's apathy.