A Fair Shot
Posted by Michelle Moquin on October 2nd, 2013
Good morning!
Readers: My opinion on the government shut down is this…Yes, we can blame the republicans because they are the ones that refuse to work with the dems and their biggest goal is to make Obama fail and take over the White House. However, the dems are really the ones to blame because if we hadn’t gloated over Obama’s win in 2008 and got lazy at the last midterms, and basically handed the keys over to the repubs because dems didn’t show up at the polls, we would’t be in this position.
Now…since we are here, I HOPE this shut down lasts until at least the 17th of this month so that people can really feel the negative affects of this. And when they do, then…perhaps they will smart up and not do the same same thing during these next very important midterms.
Now…onto today’s topic. This is a girls blog so here’s a write about us girls:
A Fair Shot
BY CAP ACTION WAR ROOM ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 AT 4:58 PM
Women and Families Deserve a Fair Shot to Get Ahead and Not Just Get By
There is no question that the role of women in the United States has changed dramatically over the past few decades. More and more women have entered the workforce, won public office, earned victories for their health rights, and accomplished many other advancements. But substantial inequalities remain in all of these areas. As we rebuild our economy and seek to rise to the challenges of the future, we cannot afford to leave women behind.
With that in mind, last week our friends at the Center for American Progress, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Service Employees International Union, and American Women joined together to launch theFair Shot Campaign: A Plan for Women and Families to Get Ahead. The campaign focuses on three interrelated goals:
- 1. Economic security: 40 percent of women are breadwinners, yet women still earn 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. Women deserve a fair chance to succeed in the workplace, and deserve to have workplaces that are more responsive to the needs of working families.
- 2. Leadership: Women hold 52 percent of all professional-level jobs, but only 4.2 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs and 18 percent of Congress members are women. It’s time to promote women’s leadership in the workplace, government, and elsewhere.
- 3. Health: It’s been 40 years since Roe v. Wade, but women still contend with restrictive laws, rules, and regulations meant to challenge their rights and freedoms. And far too many women remain uninsured. Women deserve laws, led by the Affordable Care Act, that protect their rights and make affordable health care more accessible.
Women nationwide face inequalities, but there is also wide variance in how women fare across the 50 states. A new CAP report out todaydetails these disparities. The report ranks all 50 states along 36 factors related to women’s economic security, leadership, and health. Check out the interactive map below to see how your state stacks up:
BOTTOM LINE: An overwhelming majority of people–women and men, Republicans and Democrats–support policies such as equal pay, paid sick days, and paid family leave that would increase the opportunity for women and families to get a fair shot at success. So what are we waiting for?
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October 2nd, 2013 at 11:12 am
Aurora #4, yesterday, to answer your question: yes, Elizabeth Warren is the only sane voice right now.
Misch, thank you for not allowing Dems to escape the blame, by choosing to not vote during mid-term natural consequences occur…and here we are.
Luv, Zen Lill
October 2nd, 2013 at 7:10 pm
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Obama needs to take a stand and stand on it. The republicans see a man willing to compromise at any cost. Obama should never have agreed to allow the republicans to separate out military pay. I was in the military and I see it as we are one with the American people. We were not asking for special treatment when I was in the military.
If these creeps are going to get drunk and be “gitty” about sacrificing the sweat and tears of the American people because they want to delegitimize Obama’s presidency, then they should have to do it over all the bodies in America. Why should they be allowed to pick their victims?
People are going to die because they can’t get into medical programs that mean life or death. People will lose their homes, livelihoods and self respect after sacrificing everything to stay afloat.
When you look at you neighbor are you asking yourself if he/she is one of the idiots that has been convinced by these heartless, bought and paid for creeps to support that traitorous party?
What is the country coming to when a national news outlet that has a press seat in the White House briefing room can go on the air and tell their idiot viewers they are experiencing a government “Slimdown” not a Shutdown? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/01/fox-news-government-slimdown_n_4025738.html
Is the republican base so full of hate that they would be willing to destroy the nation, if they cannot secede from its laws?
October 2nd, 2013 at 9:11 pm
Face it. There are no safe places for women in the world. Men have locked up the main gods. None are women.
We are left outside looking in on gods that are man made to keep women docile and trained to obey and follow.
October 2nd, 2013 at 9:13 pm
You are so spot on Zen Lill. If dems don’t get the message and get out in sufficient numbers to vote this is going to be a disaster for the country.
October 2nd, 2013 at 9:20 pm
The love of my life is an alien. But he has no clue how to make me happy. He tries, bless his two hearts. But he thinks that being together a few times a month is okay.
He loves me in a way human males cannot compare to. He sees only me. I am it for him. I know this without his saying so.
He is everything to me. He is so caring and attentive when he is with me and when he isn’t he always finds a way to check on me.
I love him, but he loves me without emotion. His devotion to me is unnatural in that he is never disloyal but he is not possessive. He doesn’t care what I do, or who with.
I am not interested in other males because he lacks nothing I could find in a human male.
What I want is more time with him. That it appears he cannot give me.
If he leaves without me, I will be lost.
October 2nd, 2013 at 9:23 pm
My advice is never fall in love with an alien. The sex is too good and the attention will draw you in until you cannot imagine being without it.
Be friends, but keep your distance. Never let your heart open up to one.
If I had to do it all over again, God help me, I would.
October 3rd, 2013 at 12:30 pm
Trish, I fell in love with one and he left 8 years ago. I have never seen him since. Once his image appeared on my computer as a back image for 3 days. Then that was it.