I an the very first to admit, I was not a Barack Obama backer from the get. It had nothing to do with his skin color, just his sex. I really wanted "Hillary!", in other words...a FEMALE Prez, that time around.
However, once Mrs. Clinton dropped out, and I took the time to learn what Mr. Obama was in favor of...and against, I realized our viewpoints were more than similar...they were completely aligned.
Then, there was Mr.Eric Holder, as our AG...Attorney General of the United States. I am old, I remember Nixon's AG, Reagan's AG and Bush's (I and II) AG's.
There has not been an AG since I cannot remember when, that I would support as I do Mr. E. Holder.
Clearly, he is a legal mind like we have not seen in decades. What did he do that made me really root for him?
When he stood up to that idiot "Gomer", and reiterated the fact that "He Is The Attorney General of The United States" at the time when this was televised, I could do nothing more than cheer.
Mr. Holder has done an excellent job of defending the rights of you, I and our LGBGT brothers and sisters. He has focused on the abuse of "voting rights" which have been a bone of contention since we elected our "First Black President", and of course you must understand why?...and Mr.Holder has defended all of us. Those of us who do NOT belong to the 1%.
We have artists, politicians and real "thinkers"(prior to the Conservatives painting of all of the aforementioned with a nasty brush,anyone who doesn't agree w/ Fox Entertainment News) who understand what this means to us as a society.They all mourn Mr. Holder's resignation, and for good reason.
Do you?
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
Do We All Want a Better Country?
Since Ronald Reagan decided that politics was more his style than B movies, we've heard the stories about those "Welfare" and "Food Stamp Queens".
As I stood in line at the grocery today, behind a young, polite, intelligent woman w/ a pre-toddler aged child, I observed her trying to use her W.I.C. voucher (which is supposed to help supply milk, cheese, bread and juice to families w/ young children).
I MUST say...I felt her pain. Let us leave behind the fact that in the early 1990's, when I was in the process of leaving my abusive husband, I too had W.I.C. What I watched today was, to my mind, sad and appalling.
*This young woman tried to buy two (2) gallons of milk. Unfortunately, W.I.C. allows 1 gal & 1 qt. Every person who shops for there family knows....a quart costs cents less than a gallon.
*She tried to buy healthy bread, I believe the brand in question was Growheat (sic), which most moms know has a higher fiber content. Unfortunately, NO...not allowed. Please go get that stuff that is akin to fluff...much better for...what?
*She tried to buy Cranberry Juice, which I totally get. Has a higher Vitamin C content, fights urinary tract infections (which may be troublesome when little ones are still in diapers) sugar content the same or less, but...NO...must buy imitation Apple Juice!
Hello,... Fellow Citizens of the Unite States! None of the choices she was forced to make had much to do with nutrition for her child...just as they did not when I found myself in, what I can only surmise, was a similar situation.
If we want to lower 1) health care costs 2) up the educational advantages of our children 3) better the health, through prevention, of our fellow Americans 4) Hell, increase our GDP even (which, obviously I care less about)...what kind of crap is this?
While I was waiting for all of this to be sorted out, I was tripping down memory lane. This young woman actually turned to me and apologized for taking so long. I could only say, "I wish this wasn't constructed to be so hard...and to make you feel so...unempowered in life. Please negate that feeling, for you and yours"..because that is how it is!
As I stood in line at the grocery today, behind a young, polite, intelligent woman w/ a pre-toddler aged child, I observed her trying to use her W.I.C. voucher (which is supposed to help supply milk, cheese, bread and juice to families w/ young children).
I MUST say...I felt her pain. Let us leave behind the fact that in the early 1990's, when I was in the process of leaving my abusive husband, I too had W.I.C. What I watched today was, to my mind, sad and appalling.
*This young woman tried to buy two (2) gallons of milk. Unfortunately, W.I.C. allows 1 gal & 1 qt. Every person who shops for there family knows....a quart costs cents less than a gallon.
*She tried to buy healthy bread, I believe the brand in question was Growheat (sic), which most moms know has a higher fiber content. Unfortunately, NO...not allowed. Please go get that stuff that is akin to fluff...much better for...what?
*She tried to buy Cranberry Juice, which I totally get. Has a higher Vitamin C content, fights urinary tract infections (which may be troublesome when little ones are still in diapers) sugar content the same or less, but...NO...must buy imitation Apple Juice!
Hello,... Fellow Citizens of the Unite States! None of the choices she was forced to make had much to do with nutrition for her child...just as they did not when I found myself in, what I can only surmise, was a similar situation.
If we want to lower 1) health care costs 2) up the educational advantages of our children 3) better the health, through prevention, of our fellow Americans 4) Hell, increase our GDP even (which, obviously I care less about)...what kind of crap is this?
While I was waiting for all of this to be sorted out, I was tripping down memory lane. This young woman actually turned to me and apologized for taking so long. I could only say, "I wish this wasn't constructed to be so hard...and to make you feel so...unempowered in life. Please negate that feeling, for you and yours"..because that is how it is!
Ray Rice is NOT the FACE of Abuse in America
Gotta say...How is Goodall supposed to understand Domestic Violence when our courts do not? When our police do not? When many in the medical field, do not? Yes...I'm pissed that their knee-jerk reaction was the same as it has been for 50 years or more but jeez...the guy is the head of a football league...and a company...basically. He is not a shrink, he is not a Priest nor is he responsible for what happened.
My major complaint with the NFL is their lack of curiosity, as to how head injuries, steroids, and the concept of "warfare" on the field affects these men and their relationships with women.
, whic
And, while we are speaking of men and their relationships with women;....
We have a Congress that refused...REFUSED...to reinstate the "Violence Against Women" bill, which had been law since then Senator Joe Biden, was able to have it passed into law.
We have folks running for Congress and the Senate who make distinctions such as, "legitimate rape" as opposed to...what? "come here sailor, let's have some fun so I can go to court?"
The entire nation is blaming a guy who was brought up in an environment of abuse and violence. I DO NOT mean from his living situation. What I will target are the following:
1) The Media
2) Our current political climate
and
3) Perhaps...the way he was raised.
Before anyone condemns this guy (for those who do not know, I too, have been exposed to parental as well as spousal abuse), how about we give him a chance to learn, to heal, and to keep his family together.
Defending an abuser was, until the last few days, the very last thing I ever thought I might do. However, if this man did NOT play for the NFL....had not been in a high priced Casino w/ cameras...how much fuss would there have been?
Abusers are more than likely, past victims themselves. Before we crucify a person, let us give him a chance to try. Try to heal, try to understand why violence is wrong (good luck in his career, however), try to become the family man that many abusers wish they could be.
My major complaint with the NFL is their lack of curiosity, as to how head injuries, steroids, and the concept of "warfare" on the field affects these men and their relationships with women.
, whic
And, while we are speaking of men and their relationships with women;....
We have a Congress that refused...REFUSED...to reinstate the "Violence Against Women" bill, which had been law since then Senator Joe Biden, was able to have it passed into law.
We have folks running for Congress and the Senate who make distinctions such as, "legitimate rape" as opposed to...what? "come here sailor, let's have some fun so I can go to court?"
The entire nation is blaming a guy who was brought up in an environment of abuse and violence. I DO NOT mean from his living situation. What I will target are the following:
1) The Media
2) Our current political climate
and
3) Perhaps...the way he was raised.
Before anyone condemns this guy (for those who do not know, I too, have been exposed to parental as well as spousal abuse), how about we give him a chance to learn, to heal, and to keep his family together.
Defending an abuser was, until the last few days, the very last thing I ever thought I might do. However, if this man did NOT play for the NFL....had not been in a high priced Casino w/ cameras...how much fuss would there have been?
Abusers are more than likely, past victims themselves. Before we crucify a person, let us give him a chance to try. Try to heal, try to understand why violence is wrong (good luck in his career, however), try to become the family man that many abusers wish they could be.
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