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I just don’t know if I can fight (right now)

By on Nov 11, 2016 in Life

Trump’s victory at the polls coupled with the Republican’s controlling both the house and the senate has me, like so so many of us, reeling. I am angry. I am scared for the safety of myself and all those I love, especially my friends of color, LGBTQ friends, and Muslim friends. These people are not token aquantainces in my life. They are people I regularly rely on for advice and support. I am scared for myself, a white, cis, straight women, for the reasons all women out there are afraid. Will I be able to get birth control? It may very well no longer be covered by insurance (or only for women who are married as it used to be), it may become outrageously expensive, it may be banned in some places or restricted to the point that it is banned for many women. Maybe we will return to the days of forced sterilization. Will I be groped or assaulted? Like every woman in America, I...

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Bullshit ….

By on Sep 10, 2008 in Politics

In writing my last post, I was googling to try to find the democratic party official or worker or something who said that while working for the democratic party, he didn’t have to listen to the left at all. Instead, I came across a random blog – I guess it can’t be that random if it showed up in google’s first page search results – some guy wrote about how both the Democrats and Republicans have it wrong. Don’t get me wrong, as evidenced by my voting for Nader, I think both parties have a lot of shaping up to do. However, this guy’s reasons for why the democrats need to shape up are right out of the Fox News play book. Seriously, dude, seriously. Before I, inappropriately, post a comment, I thought I’d share here my responses to his post: Democrats still believe in higher taxes, especially the higher income people to spend on the...

Hillary didn’t win; she just didn’t lose …

By on Mar 6, 2008 in Politics

Last night, CNN was covered with talk of ‘Hilary Won!’ and peppered with ‘Why did Hilary win?’ and ‘Why did Obama lose?’ Here’s the thing: Hilary did not “win” any votes yesterday. In fact, she lost many. Prior to election day, Obama was polling at around 20% in Texas and Ohio. (Now we could go into a diatribe about how polling is bullshit but I’ll hold off). Which means that, since Obama got around 45% of the vote , he won 25% of Hilary’s voters or, put in another way, Hilary lost 25% of her voters. Now I’m no Obama lover, but my hatred for simplistic media coverage trumps all political affiliations. One guest on CNN finally got it right around midnight: The media (and perhaps the country) is treating this election like a general election, in other words, we are treating it like it is ‘winner take...

The primary system is failing us!!

By on Jan 30, 2008 in Politics

I just found out that Edwards is dropping out of the presidential race. This right after Kucinich – by far the best progressive candidate and the only politician i know with the balls to risk his career to do what’s right – dropped out due to a fierce re-election campaign. I’m heartbroken and I blame the primary system. Here’s why: Having primaries on different days in different states gives more weight to those states that come first. Super Tuesday hasn’t happen yet. Four states – count them four – have voted. (Well technically 6 states have voted but since the democratic party has used its corrupted weight to disenfranchise Michigan and Floridian democrats and not count their votes, I won’t either). Only 8% of the country has weighed in on primary candidates and already 4 candidates (Kucinich, Edwards, Dodd, andBiden) have dropped...

Green on Gore …

By on Oct 18, 2007 in Politics

Harsh words from the Green Party directed at leftist Gore supporters … It was under the Clinton/Gore administration that Depleted Uranium weaponry was first authorized. It was under was the Clinton/Gore administration that 1,000,000 innocent Iraqi children died from the sanctions, which is still a greater death toll than the Bush administration, although the Bushies are catching up quickly. The Clinton/Gore administration first authorized “extraordinary rendition” and signed the 1996 Telecommunications Act which has further consolidated the corporate media, which is, in my opinion the biggest risk to democracy we face today. Let us also not forget “Welfare Reform” and the “War On Drugs”, both an attack on poor people. Clinton/Gore again. Then let us not forget that Gore actually won the 2000 election and instead of standing up for those who...