A bitch is fixin’ to get my lobby on!
Hi all y’all!
This bitch is about to head out on a road trip.
Mmmhmm, I’m going to join fellow pro-choice activists as we meet in Jefferson City to lobby our legislators to put prevention first and support the 2010 Prevention First Act.
Pause…look at clock…continue.
Lawd, it’s early.
Wince.
Anyhoo, bitchitude is on hold until my [...]
An outbreak of verbal malfunctions and home training fails…
Let’s jump right on in, shall we?
A bitch has noticed a rise in verbal malfunctions and home training fails from politicians surrounding the issue of children and people with developmental disabilities.
#1 – The “Punishment from God” argument…
I’ll be publishing a more detailed exploration of this one over at Feministing later today, but this bullshit [...]
Health Care Talkie Thingy May Have Done Some Good
“I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don’t know what makes people so cruel. Try being a gay woman in the Middle East — you’re as good as dead.” -Elton [...]
In Teddy’s name, they will get it done tomorrow.
I just watched the Senators wax poetic about the healthcare bill they are about to pass. Harkin did bring a lump to my throat when he spoke about Teddy and his assistant that still carried the torch for healthcare for all after Teddy died.
I do not call it a ‘reform’ bill because it does so [...]
From the soap box on the topic of autism…
***steps onto soap box***
Hi y’all!
Longtime readers know that a bitch’s older brother is autistic.
This one goes out to journalists who report on autism and to my fellow members of the autism spectrum community.
My brother Bill is damn near 40. Lawd, have mercy. He’s profoundly autistic, aphasic and a fantabulous adult.
I want you all [...]
There must be a line…a wall to hit…or the struggle for reproductive justice is merely a suggestion.
I am a woman of color who has a pre-existing condition…more than one, if you count my high blood pressure.
I have been an adult without health care insurance and I have too many friends to count who do not have health insurance coverage right now.
Should I lose my job I would lose my coverage…and, because [...]
Attention, Stupid American Voters
I came across this item in a story about a poll that suggests that Rushpubliscums are “poised to retake power” in 2010. That’s a pipe dream I’d bet my dog’s tail against, and in any case I expect the MSM to do what they can to try to help their masters regain a footing…. that’s [...]
End This
It’s past time that the wholly-owned whores LIEberman and Ben(edict) Nelson were prevented from doing the bidding of their health insurer Johns anymore.
The reconciliation process exists, and it was used to subsidize the offshoring of millions of American jobs. You can’t tell me that if it can be used for something like that, we can’t [...]
The Public Option is Dead.
AP is reporting the spineless Dem’s have reached agreement on the Senate healthcare bill. Reportedly, it does not include the Public Option. Reuters on the other hand..reports that Harry Reid has stated the Public Option is not dead. Which is it for Christs sake?
Fuckers…you worthless, ball-less fuckers. I hope you lose in Nevada Harry Reid. [...]
Read the Senate healthcare bill and the CBO analysis
Here is the Senate bill and here is the CBO analysis of said bill.
Bring your lunch as the bill is over 2000 pages. It’s 2,074 pages to be exact.
We have to know wtf we are talking about..so as to address the fuckery the rightwing nutters will be unleashing very soon, if they haven’t started [...]
irony- from a to zinc
i told a nice young man at the social security office here in town that i found it ironic that folks are penalized for not wanting to be in the system. you know- the big bureaucratic system that exists solely to perpetuate itself and make jobs for folks. i didn’t tell him that [...]
Health Care: Congress Needs To Share The Benefits
Throughout the entire health care debate it has been incredibly ironic that Congress seems to be forgetting that all citizens are considered equal under the law in the United States and that certain perks that they reward themselves with in terms of enhanced health care options ought to be extended to all citizens. Either [...]
Public Option killed by Blue Dogs in Senate Finance Committee
Twice today the Senate Finance committee fucked the voters. Read it and weep:
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected by 15 to 8 a “public option,” or government-run health insurance plan — the first significant setback for the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
Five Democrats joined all 10 Republicans in opposing the plan, [...]
33 prisons just aren’t enough..
The continuing saga of California’s massively overcrowded prisons hit’s a new low this week. SCOTUS refused to hear Cali’s request to stay the order issued by a federal panel of Judge’s recently. From Jurist:
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation issued a plan Friday to reduce prison overcrowding as orderedby a special panel of federal [...]
The Power Of The People
How It Can Bring Down A Demagogue & How It Can Make Our Public Servants Listen To Us In Terms Of Health Care Reform
The twenty-four hour period immediately following President Obama’s address before Congress on September 10 produced a graphic demonstration of the power of the people. During the president’s address something previously unheard [...]
