Created by: Jillian
Oh, Sarah--I'm from the liberal northeast...we get sarcasm.
STOP THE LIES...STOP THE IDIOCY.
I cannot wait until Thursday!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Don't pity her...question the decision.
Created by: Jillian
She's not qualified. Bottom line. She was picked because she is a woman and because the McCain campaign thought that was a smart political move.
Check out this article!
She's not qualified. Bottom line. She was picked because she is a woman and because the McCain campaign thought that was a smart political move.
Check out this article!
Friday, September 26, 2008
Is this really happening?
Created by: Jillian
Sarah Palin was interviewed by Katie Couric who asked Palin about a comment she had made to Charlie Gibson, "you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska".
Palin's Russia comment has been turned into the punch line of many a joke about Sarah Palin...most notorious, in Tina Fey's skit of Palin on Saturday Night Live.
In all honesty, I thought the Russia comment was sort of a slip-up, a random thought that just popped into her head and out of her mouth.
But after last night's interview with Katie Couric, I take all of that back! Sarah Palin actually defended the notion that Alaska's proximity to both Russia and Canada prepare her to deal with foreign policy.
I mean, ... how?
I can't even do it justice...here's what she actually said,
"As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right next to, they are right next to our state."
What does that even mean!?! What does she mean by "those"--what is she referring to and is it really safe or politically correct to talk about a foreign leader like that? It makes me nervous.
I refuse to sit back and allow Palin to get away with idiocy because she is a woman. Some people are attributing Palin's incoherent speech to her being nervous or new to the media spotlight but I don't buy it. The one thing this woman does have is stage presence.
The reason she sounds absurd is because she is and I don't want her anywhere near the White House or foreign diplomats for that matter!
Sarah Palin was interviewed by Katie Couric who asked Palin about a comment she had made to Charlie Gibson, "you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska".
Palin's Russia comment has been turned into the punch line of many a joke about Sarah Palin...most notorious, in Tina Fey's skit of Palin on Saturday Night Live.
In all honesty, I thought the Russia comment was sort of a slip-up, a random thought that just popped into her head and out of her mouth.
But after last night's interview with Katie Couric, I take all of that back! Sarah Palin actually defended the notion that Alaska's proximity to both Russia and Canada prepare her to deal with foreign policy.
I mean, ... how?
I can't even do it justice...here's what she actually said,
"As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right next to, they are right next to our state."
What does that even mean!?! What does she mean by "those"--what is she referring to and is it really safe or politically correct to talk about a foreign leader like that? It makes me nervous.
I refuse to sit back and allow Palin to get away with idiocy because she is a woman. Some people are attributing Palin's incoherent speech to her being nervous or new to the media spotlight but I don't buy it. The one thing this woman does have is stage presence.
The reason she sounds absurd is because she is and I don't want her anywhere near the White House or foreign diplomats for that matter!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Ballot Initiatives--could Connecticut become the next South Dakota?
Created by: Jillian
This fall, anti-choice groups in Connecticut are pushing for a Yes vote on the following question, "Shall there be a Constitutional Convention to amend or revise the Constitution of the State?".
Hmm...now why would they be doing that?
Proponents of a Constitutional Convention would like to amend our State's Constitution to include Initiative Referenda.
In South Dakota, initiative referenda has been used to try and ban abortion.
What happens is:
An initiative is proposed--a certain number of signatures are required to have the initiative included on the ballot--and if the signatures are collected...the initiative appears on the ballot in November.
Once again, the people of South Dakota will face an initiative this November.
Inititiative Referenda will only serve to heighten the divisiveness of the abortion debate in Connecticut.
This November, please vote NO to a Constitutional Convention. We don't need politics as usual--we need common sense approaches to reducing unintended pregnancy!
This fall, anti-choice groups in Connecticut are pushing for a Yes vote on the following question, "Shall there be a Constitutional Convention to amend or revise the Constitution of the State?".
Hmm...now why would they be doing that?
Proponents of a Constitutional Convention would like to amend our State's Constitution to include Initiative Referenda.
In South Dakota, initiative referenda has been used to try and ban abortion.
What happens is:
An initiative is proposed--a certain number of signatures are required to have the initiative included on the ballot--and if the signatures are collected...the initiative appears on the ballot in November.
Once again, the people of South Dakota will face an initiative this November.
Inititiative Referenda will only serve to heighten the divisiveness of the abortion debate in Connecticut.
This November, please vote NO to a Constitutional Convention. We don't need politics as usual--we need common sense approaches to reducing unintended pregnancy!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Bush is Still At It!
Created by: Jillian
Over the last eight years, President Bush can take credit for being successful at at least one thing in office... limiting a woman's access to reproductive health care services and information!
In his latest attempt to restrict reproductive freedom, President Bush exemplifies "abortion politics" as usual. Rather than having congress introduce a bill-- in which case, conversation and debate would ensue, President Bush has proposed a regulation to the Department of Health and Human Services that would require any health care facility to certify in writing that none of it's employees are required to assist in any medical services they find objectionable.
We have until this Thursday, September 25th to let the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services know that we don't approve this regulation!
This proposed regulation will impact Connecticut policies for years to come!!
Don't let Bush go out on a high note--Tell Secretary Leavitt NO!
Over the last eight years, President Bush can take credit for being successful at at least one thing in office... limiting a woman's access to reproductive health care services and information!
In his latest attempt to restrict reproductive freedom, President Bush exemplifies "abortion politics" as usual. Rather than having congress introduce a bill-- in which case, conversation and debate would ensue, President Bush has proposed a regulation to the Department of Health and Human Services that would require any health care facility to certify in writing that none of it's employees are required to assist in any medical services they find objectionable.
We have until this Thursday, September 25th to let the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services know that we don't approve this regulation!
This proposed regulation will impact Connecticut policies for years to come!!
Don't let Bush go out on a high note--Tell Secretary Leavitt NO!
Meeting pro-choice voters
Created by: Angie
On Friday night, Jillian and I tabled for NARAL Pro-Choice America at the Indigo Girls concert in Stamford. Our message was simple and clear. We asked people to sign a petition asking Congress to pass the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act (S.2347/H.R.4054), which would reverse the effects of a bill that inadvertently raised the price of birth control. We handed out stickers and buttons with pro-choice messages, and we had literature that illustrated why Obama is the pro-choice candidate this election.
It was a great experience, and a lot of fun, too. The crowd was overwhelmingly pro-choice, and very pro-Obama as well. No one declined to sign the petition. People thanked us for what we were doing. Women shared our outrage at the insult of Sarah Palin. There were even a few people who said would otherwise support McCain if not for his anti-choice position. It was empowering, and seeing the variety of our pro-choice supporters (straight and gay; men, women, even kids) served as a great reminder that this movement is broad and it is mainstream. It's important to all of us. People will go to the polls to vote pro-choice this November.
On Friday night, Jillian and I tabled for NARAL Pro-Choice America at the Indigo Girls concert in Stamford. Our message was simple and clear. We asked people to sign a petition asking Congress to pass the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act (S.2347/H.R.4054), which would reverse the effects of a bill that inadvertently raised the price of birth control. We handed out stickers and buttons with pro-choice messages, and we had literature that illustrated why Obama is the pro-choice candidate this election.
It was a great experience, and a lot of fun, too. The crowd was overwhelmingly pro-choice, and very pro-Obama as well. No one declined to sign the petition. People thanked us for what we were doing. Women shared our outrage at the insult of Sarah Palin. There were even a few people who said would otherwise support McCain if not for his anti-choice position. It was empowering, and seeing the variety of our pro-choice supporters (straight and gay; men, women, even kids) served as a great reminder that this movement is broad and it is mainstream. It's important to all of us. People will go to the polls to vote pro-choice this November.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Alaska Anti-Palin Rally
Created by: Tracy (text is from an email)
[The] Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was to be held outside on the lawn in front of the Loussac Library in midtown Anchorage. Home made signs were encouraged, and the idea was to make a statement that Sarah Palin does not speak for all Alaska women, or men. I had no idea what to expect.
The rally was organized by a small group of women, talking over coffee. It made me wonder what other things have started with small groups of women talking over coffee. It's probably an impressive list. These women hatched the plan, printed up flyers, posted them around town, and sent notices to local media outlets. One of those media outlets was KBYR radio, home of Eddie Burke, a long-time uber-conservative Anchorage talk show host. Turns out that Eddie Burke not only announced the rally, but called the people who planned to attend the rally "a bunch of socialist baby-killing maggots," and read the home phone numbers of the organizers aloud over the air, urging listeners to call and tell them what they thought. The women, of course, received some nasty, harassing and threatening messages.
I felt a bit apprehensive. I'd been disappointed before by the turnout at other rallies. Basically, in Anchorage, if you can get 25 people to show up at an event, it's a success. So, I thought to myself, if we can actually get 100 people there that aren't sent by Eddie Burke, we'll be doing good. A real statement will have been made. I confess, I still had a mental image of 15 demonstrators surrounded by hundreds of menacing "socialist baby-killing maggot" haters.
It's a good thing I wasn't tailgating when I saw the crowd in front of the library or I would have ended up in somebody's trunk. When I got there, about 20 minutes early, the line of sign wavers stretched the full length of the library grounds, along the edge of the road, 6 or 7 people deep! I could hardly find a place to park. I nabbed one of the last spots in the library lot, and as I got out of the car and started walking, people seemed to join in from every direction, carrying signs.
Never, have I seen anything like it in my 17 and a half years living in Anchorage. The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the state. I was absolutely stunned. The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn't honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute. This just doesn't happen here.
Then, the infamous Eddie Burke showed up. He tried to talk to the media, and was instantly surrounded by a group of 20 people who started shouting O-BA-MA so loud he couldn't be heard. Then passing cars started honking in a rhythmic pattern of 3, like the Obama chant, while the crowd cheered, hooted and waved their signs high.?
So, if you've been doing the math Yes. The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin's rally that got all the national media coverage! So take heart, sit back, and enjoy the photo gallery. Feel free to spread the pictures around to anyone who needs to know that Sarah Palin most definitely does not speak for all Alaskans. The citizens of Alaska, who know her best, have things to say.
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