Good morning!

I realize that they anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s horrific death was last week, but I thought this write from the Think Progress was well worth posting today.

8 Inspiring Things That Happened Since Trayvon Martin Was Tragically Killed One Year Ago Today

By Judd Legum on Feb 26, 2013 at 3:07 pm

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Monica: Friend of Gloria – welcome! What a complimentary comment about Gloria and even more inspiring to hear that you wish this blog to change you as well.  Although my focus is on women’s issues worldwide (This is a women’s blog, don’t ya know:), I also zero in on my passions which includes worldly concerns.

And yes, it is a place to discuss politics if you want – there are plenty here who do just that. But it is also a place to discuss whatever is on your mind, and whenever it is on your mind. There is no agenda although there is always a topic du jour that I choose depending on what I am feeling that day. Readers decide to comment on my posted topic or take the conversation on a different path – whatever suits their needs for the day. So what’s on your mind? Blog me, and we’ll see where it goes.

Al: As I mentioned, “Take your meds…stay off of drugs…I don’t know.”  Like I said, “I don’t know”….meaning I don’t know what it is you need to do, but evidently you are going to read into it how you want to read into it. That is your choice.  It seems your true colors broke through again, and are shining brightly. Was it too good to be true to think that you were a man of a different color? Some may call me crazy but I was HOPEful and still am that the kind, funny, supportive Al we experience here is who you truly are. As always, I wish you the best.

Peter: Love the story! Thanks for sharing. May they all be safe and strong and return home to their loved ones. Hafa Adai.

Clemente: Nicely stated.

Vivian: Did you see my post yesterday? A perfect example.

Social Butterfly: And the Oscars is seen by millions of people and all over the world. Just what do you think they are thinking? And there was barely any mention of it. MSNBC didn’t talk about it did they? Like you said and I read, “many of the actors were portraying rape victims.” How insensitive and just disgusting. Not funny at all.

MacFarlane should’ve been booed by the audience for his tasteless boob song. The fact they didn’t says a lot to me. Maybe they were in shock. I was. And it was somewhat trickery because of how they promoted the song knowing that if the show really did that song, his ratings would be low. Basically saying that if he did it “live” the audience would not have approved, as if it didn’t really happen “live”. But it did.

Peace out. 

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Good morning!

I don’t think enough can be said about the “Sequester”. As I mentioned on Monday, tomorrow, Friday is “D” Day…”D” for “Decision” and possibly “Disaster”, if the republicans don’t do the right thing.

Is Your Kid More Important Than a Submarine?

Feb 27, 2013 | By ThinkProgress War Room

How the Sequester Will Hit Women & Children

The damaging across the board cuts set to go into effect in just two days will harm the economy, kill 750,000 jobs, and cause pain to people in communities across the country. Worse yet, it will disproportionately impact women and children.

“…the reality of the sequester cuts, which will begin taking effect this Friday unless Congress acts, is that they will actually have devastating effects on all Americans. Sequestration would have a disproportionate effect on some of the nation’s most vulnerable populations, particularly women and children, while still retaining wasteful military spending on some outdated projects.

Take a look at this ThinkProgress infographic to see how much we’re going to have to cut from programs that benefit women.

Once again, men and their phallic looking war toys are more important than the care needed for women and children. When will we be put first? When? When we vote out the ones who are keeping us in second place, as second class citizens. C’mon girls, together we have the power to change the world and get what we want for all women, and children. Don’t you think it is time? It is really up to us.*

Zen Lill: Girl, what would we do without you? :) FYI: The docu was on PBS the night I blogged it. It was amazing. So many Wonderful Women Of The World. A must see. If you want to catch it with your “dude” click here.

Readers: I don’t know how many of you watched the documentary “Makers…”, but it was really interesting to see history and the beginning of Feminism or at least feminism in the forefront. It was inspiring to watch women come together, marching and fighting for women’s liberation…equal rights…creating a revolution, and being loud and proud about their feelings of wanting more from life, than what was expected of them.

Where has that passion gone? Where is that energy and commitment to our sisters? It certainly showed up in this film (Part 1)…

well…sort of.

Even back then, when women were coming together fighting for their rights, what they were fighting for didn’t include all issues for all women  - They were mostly issues related to white women – Lesbians and OTW women were left out…their issues and concerns were not being addressed. The womens’ issues needed to be broader, more encompassing of the many issues that many different women were experiencing at the present time. Women’s liberation wasn’t just about gender oppression, it was about “racial” oppression, and “class” oppression.

And that was just Part 1. *Once again, c’mon girls, together we have the power to change the world and address our needs and the needs that are important to us. It is obvious we can’t count on anyone else to put our needs first, but ourselves collectively. Support all your sisters! Blog me your thoughts.

Gloria: Well…what did you do? I couldn’t help but ask.

Chris: Horrific story but oh what a sister you’ve got. Happy she was there to defend you. And delighted that you support women’s causes. Thank you.

Vic: You are definitely a Newbie. When did you start reading? As Howie stated, “…I think ‘friends’ fits better”…and he has been here for years, since almost the very beginning, a little after the TAO showed up. Howie shares the most amazing alien tales, and as Clark and many others refer to Howie: “our resident Man ON-ALL-THINGS- ALIEN.”  Well worth sticking around just for that.

Howie: You’re very welcome. I HOPE you enjoyed yourself. Did you do anything special to celebrate? Please share.

Al Fresco: Thanks for posting. I appreciate it, because I am only posting once a day and there are always so many topics that are important to blog on a daily basis. Your action is a big help.

Peace out everyone!

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Good morning!

Grand Theft Election II: Keystone State Stories

 Feb 25, 2013 | By  ThinkProgress War Room

GOP Plan to the Steal the White House is Back

(No shit)

Earlier this year, Republicans in several swing states unveiled sore loser plans to allocate their electoral college votes by congressional district or in some other proportional manner rather than the current winner-take-all system in place in 48 states. This would result in votes that would likely go to the Democratic nominee being pushed over into the GOP column. Tellingly, the GOP is not proposing to split the electoral votes of red states.

Had such a plan been in place in every swing state last year, Mitt Romney would most likely be president right now despite having lost the popular vote by nearly 5 MILLION votes.

Fortunately, massive outcry quickly killed this plan in Virginia, Florida, and other states where it reared its head.

Unfortunately, this GOP plan to steal the White House is now back in two key swing states:

Pennsylvania: 13 GOP state senators, including the senate majority leader, have formally introduced their electoral college rigging bill. Republicans need a total of 26 votes to pass the bill. They currently control the chamber and hold 27 seats total. As they also control the state house in Pennsylvania, the GOP could theoretically ram the bill through in as little as 4 days as soon as they have the votes to pass it. Pennsylvania has been at the forefront of recent efforts to rig the electoral college, with Republicans from Gov. Tom Corbett on down first considering this scheme way back in 2011.

Michigan: On Saturday, Republicans gathered for their state convention voted overwhelmingly (1370-132) to back a scheme to divide their state’s electoral votes by congressional district. For his part, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has opposed the scheme, saying it’s not the “appropriate time” to consider it. This, however, is cold comfort, as Snyder once said the exact same thing about an anti-union bill that he later signed after it was rammed through the legislature with little debate.

BOTTOM LINE: If the GOP wants to win elections the old fashioned way — by winning more votes — then they should change their unpopular policies instead of trying to change the rules in the middle of the game.

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Readers: We already know and experience the damage the republicans can and will do to our country. To me the bottom line is, we should NEVER let the republicans win any election in any way, thereby giving them any amount of control.

Peace out. 

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

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Good morning!

Making of MAKERS: Stories of Women That Changed America

She had to do it! Kathrine Switzer is a marathon runner. In 1967, she joined hundreds of men in the 26-mile Boston marathon, proudly displaying number #261 on her chest. Participating in the marathon was her dream and she didn’t even give a second thought about what that would mean to the thousands of American women. She just wanted to run. And she did. But a simple act of running turned into something larger when a marathon host caught up with her, grabbed her arm and tried to yank her out of the race. “Get the hell out of my marathon,” he screamed, shocked and ashamed to see a woman in the runners’ midst. She kept running. And it dawned on her — this is more than just a marathon now, this is a statement. She remembers thinking: “I’m going to finish this race on my hands and knees if I have to… If I don’t, then everyone will think that women can’t do it.”

She finished the race in 4 hours and 20 minutes. “I started the Boston marathon as a girl and I finished Boston marathon as a woman,” Switzer says.

That is the opening story of MAKERS: Women That Made America, a three-part documentary about courageous women like Switzer who redefined the image and the purpose of an American woman from a homemaker into a decision-maker of her own life, tracking 50 years of change and celebrating that change. Narrated by three-time Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep, Makers: Women Who Make America takes its cue from the movement’s motto, “The personal is political,” delving into the personal lives of its subjects.

For the first time ever, the documentary will air on PBS at 8 p.m. on February 26 (check local listings).

I was a fan of the online video experience MAKERS for a long time, religiously following their tweets from @MAKERSwomen and the watching new episodes of women (both known and unknown) who influenced the way women are viewed in the American society. The film, and online experience, is built from first-person, intimate accounts of women who experienced this time of change, including movement leaders such as author and feminist activist Gloria Steinem and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton; opponents such as conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly; celebrities including media leader Oprah Winfrey and journalist Katie Couric; political figures such as former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; business leaders such as Linda Alvarado, president and CEO of Alvarado Construction, Inc., and a co-owner of The Colorado Rockies; and many “ordinary” women who confronted the dramatic social upheaval in their own lives.

These are stories never before told. When I found out about the premiere, I was so excited I reached out to the two brilliant women who founded MAKERS, Dyllan McGee and Betsy West, to talk to them about the story behind the initiative. They were kind enough to send me the documentary prior to the interview and I watched it with my breath held.

I watched the story of women who got higher education just to stay at home and raise kids. A noble role. I am a mother myself, and I know how important that role is. But a lot of women wanted more, they wanted a voice. Author Judy Bloom remembers: “When I started to write [women in my neighborhood] laughed at me. ‘What makes you think you can do this?’ they said.”

“Career woman” was a dirty word. And as women rose around America to speak the truth and to ask for more, “freedom trash cans” started to fill up with the “objects of women’s oppression”: high-heel shoes, brooms, dust pans, curlers, bras, girdles. “Women, use your brains, not your bodies!” the feminist movement asked. Diane Nash, the Civil Rights activist, says with a smile: “I remember the day that I realized that I could be the principle in my own life. And that was really a revolutionary thought.”

I watched in awe the footage of women across the country marching for their rights. The women’s movement was like a tsunami, there was no stopping it. Gloria Steinem was in the center of the movement when she started her own magazine, Ms. Magazine. Male news anchors laughed, they didn’t expect it to survive. But the women across the country were starved to know that they were not alone in their secret desires of wanting to be something more than just a wife and a mother. They devoured the brutally honest content and felt its power. “It is comforting to know one is not alone” one of the letters to Ms. Magazine said.

Patricia Schroeder, a former congresswoman and the 14th woman to become one, remembers people asking her this question: “How can you be a mother and a congresswoman?” Her answer: “I have a brain and I have a uterus and they both work.”

The movie closes with this: “The women’s movement is the biggest social movement in the history of the planet earth, because it affected everybody: women, men and children.” The stories of courage, confidence and empowerment deeply touched me and reminded me of why I have the privileges I now have. I finished the movie, gently tucked it into its cover and put it into the stack of my favorite movies promising myself that when my 4-year-old daughter becomes a teenager, I will take it back out and watch it again, together with her, start to finish.

In 2005, Dyllan McGee went to Gloria Steinem and asked her to tell the story of her life. Steinem, in her typical Gloria egoless way, said no. She suggested there was a bigger story that needed to be told and she wanted to tell collective stories, not just one. And so McGee went back to the drawing board and what she shockingly discovered was that the story of the women’s movement has never been told before. She saw the opportunity, but wanted to do it right. And to do it right, she knew that the film wasn’t going to be enough and that she needed a robust digital platform and pivotal partners in this. McGee and Betsy West joined a cast of partners: PBS, AOL and Simple ® facial skincare. Both McGee and West hope that MAKERS serve as an educational platform for girls and women out there.

“I am inspired by watching the underdogs succeed and I love telling those amazing stories,” says McGee. “MAKERS is a perfect example, it is a story of how trailblazing women transformed American society. My passion is connecting the next generation to these stories we are telling in MAKERS so we can have 50 more years of change.”

And you think that this platform is for women only, think again. 48% of the traffic to the MAKERS.com is male. This is the story that touches everyone. McGee says: “When my boys and I are watching a TV, they say ‘Why isn’t there a woman there, mom? You got to get a Maker up there.’ I think it’s equally important for boys to know the story as it is for girls.”

When I asked what women featured in MAKERS videos have in common, McGee said: “These women are all driven by passion. Money is never the biggest driver; it’s doing something with their lives.” Betsy West, a winner of multiple Emmy awards, elaborates: “”Will back bone and a passion for what they do, they pushed forward to pursue their dreams.”

West talks about the times when she was at ABC news and that many women worked as associate producers on the night time news. These women were in their late twenties and worked so much that that didn’t leave much time for anything else in their lives and they started calling themselves the News Nuns. She fondly remembers how women supported each other and worked together to help each other succeed.

For Kathrine Switzer, those 26 miles of Boston marathon was a defining moment. I asked Dyllan McGee what is her defining moment. “If MAKERS can inspire the next generation to be makers in their own right, I’ll call that a victory. I will feel like I’ve completed my marathon.” West’s 18-year old daughter is a young generation maker in her own right. She has applied for an all-men program. “I want to be a pioneer, do something challenging, and make a difference,” she told her mother.

The advice the producers would give to women?

Dyllan McGee: “Go for your dreams! You can do it! You don’t have to be famous to achieve your dreams.”

Betsy West:

“Find what inspires and excites you and go after what you are passionate about. Don’t be discouraged by failure. Everybody stumbles, especially when you are starting out. It’s hard to recognize. You see all those accomplished women who seem so confident and then you hear about the struggles that they had in the beginning. The lesson here is: don’t be discouraged.”

Letty Cottin Pogrebin, co-founder of Ms. Magazine, said: “I read my way into feminism.” Well, the next generation will watch and listen their way into the movement. And that is what MAKERS is trying to accomplish with the robust video platform that they’ve built: they want to give courage and inspiration to the generations of women that follow.

Here’s a clip:

Watch MAKERS: Women Who Make America Trailer on PBS. See more from Makers: Women Who Make America.

I’m looking forward to watching this. You?

Lea: I remember blogging about the brown tree snake problem in Guam years ago. This is just way out of control. I HOPE that whatever is done to resolve it works, and ends this long nightmare.  Hafa Adai.

Howie:  Happy Birthday!!  I HOPE your day is whatever you wish it to be. Have fun!

Blog me. Peace & Love…

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

Gratefully your blog host,

michelle

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Good morning.

Budgets are statements of values and priorities. What the GOP is preparing to do in less than a week says a lot about their priorities. Instead of closing tax loopholes and making smart spending cuts, the GOP is going to let damaging across the board spending cuts kick in next Friday. These cuts will not only damage the economy, they’ll hurt individual families and communities across the country.

Check out what eliminating just two giveaways to the wealthy and corporation could pay for. For example, we could avoid painful cuts to investments in jobs and education just by ending a giveaway to corporate jet owners”

And we could stop harmful cuts to children and families with disabilities if we just stopped letting the wealthiest Americans get tax breaks for the vacation homes and yachts:

Instead of asking the wealthiest Americans and special interests like Big Oil and Wall Street to pay their fair share, Republicans are insisting that families, including the most vulnerable among us, shoulder the burden of reducing our deficit and debt.

BOTTOM LINE: There’s still a week left to avert the damaging and painful sequester cuts. All Republicans have to do is agree to a balanced approach that replaces the indiscriminate cuts with both new revenues and smarter, targeted spending cuts.

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It’s been awhile since I posted Obama’s Weekly Address. This past Saturday, the address was based on the coming Sequester. If you haven’t seen it, here it is:

And if you’re still unclear about exactly what is the Sequester, click here.

Readers: Friday is decision day. What will the republicans do?

Blog me.

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

Gratefully your blog host,

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