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Obama Cares About Women

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 5th August 2012

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Good morning!

Well, first things first…I had it on my calendar on the 3rd as a reminder to myself but hey…what can I say, I still missed it. So…HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY OBAMA!…our beloved President. I forgot to wish him yesterday but I am sending him belated birthday wishes today. I have never felt such admiration toward any president in the past, as I do our current president. My only wish for him is that he gets re-elected in November. Are you with me?

Speaking of Obama…August 1st marked a very important day for women’s healthcare:

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No co-pay on some women’s health services

As part of the federal health care legislation, insurers will now have to cover eight kinds of women’s services – everything from contraception to domestic violence counseling – without charging co-payments, deductibles or any other cost to the patient.

But don’t put the wallet away yet.

Because the change applies only to plans issued on or after Wednesday, most women will not immediately be able to go to their local drugstore to pick up their birth control or go to a doctor for a checkup without having to pay. They’ll have to wait until their policy renews, which for many with employer-backed plans is Jan. 1, 2013.

Standardizing policy

Health advocates welcomed the coverage expansion, calling it good for U.S. health care.

“We’re moving toward some standardization that as a country we think is good health and good public policy,” said Heather Saunders Estes, president and chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific, a region that includes San Francisco. “We don’t want to make it hard for people to get preventive care.”

About 47 million women nationwide – more than 5 million in California – are in health plans that must cover these new preventive services at no charge, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A few plans will not have to comply with the new rules. Health plans that existed before March 23, 2010, and have not substantially changed will be “grandfathered in” and do not have to offer the benefits free of charge under the federal law unless they lose that status. And some plans may be exempted from the contraception requirement for religious reasons.

The new changes may have a less dramatic impact in California than in other states because California already required health insurance policies to cover many of these services in advance of the federal law.

Co-pay rule new for state

State law for more than a dozen years has required those California health plans that provide coverage for prescription drugs to also cover a variety of prescription contraceptive methods approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The big difference for Californians is that health consumers now will no longer have to pay a co-payment or contribute toward their deductible to get contraception or these other preventive services.

“In talking with women about the importance of the new law, I’ve heard from some who have had to skip filling their prescriptions because they could not afford the co-pay,” state Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said in a statement. “This new benefit makes a tangible difference in the lives of women.”

California health insurers have supported this element of the federal health law, saying that providing cancer screenings or other preventive services without co-payments can save money down the line.

Investing in prevention

“Whatever the views in other parts of the country, California health plans have a positive view toward the small investment in prevention compared to the large cost of treating serious disease when diagnosed too late,” said Patrick Johnston, chief executive officer of the California Association of Health Plans.

Johnston said some California insurers and employers have beaten the federal government to the punch. “Many plans, as well as some large employers, have emphasized free prevention as a way to head off more expensive treatment,” he said.

That said, the issue of covering contraception became a heated issue earlier this year. In a compromise, the federal government exempted churches, other houses of worship, and similar organizations from covering contraception on the basis of their religious objections. Non-exempted religious institutions have another year to comply.

Women’s health coverage expanded

The following health services will be covered with no co-payments starting Wednesday:

– Well-woman visits, or checkups, and preventive care services such as mammograms and cervical cancer screening.

– Testing for HPV, or human papilloma virus.

– Screening for gestational diabetes.

– Annual counseling for sexually transmitted infections.

– Annual counseling and screening for HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus.

– All federally approved, prescribed contraceptive methods and counseling.

– Breastfeeding support, supplies and counseling.

– Screening and counseling for interpersonal and domestic violence.

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Readers: Women make up 52% of this country. We have the power girls. If you’ve got a good, smart head on your shoulders you know that Obama has your best interest at heart. Hmm…let’s see…he was raised by women and is the only man in his family of four.  I think he gets women and we know he supports them. Now Romney…how many sons does he have? Enough said. There is no reason to vote for Romney.

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Did Romney Avoid The Tax Man?

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 2nd August 2012

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Good morning!

I’m interested.

MOrt, and DN: Whether you’re interested or not, this one is for you:

 

Harry Reid: Bain Investor Told Me That Mitt Romney ‘Didn’t Pay Any Taxes For 10 Years’

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has what he says is an informed explanation for why Mitt Romney refuses to release additional tax returns. According a Bain investor, Reid charged, Romney didn’t pay any taxes for 10 years.

In a wide-ranging interview with The Huffington Post from his office on Capitol Hill, Reid saved some of his toughest words for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Romney couldn’t make it through a Senate confirmation process as a mere Cabinet nominee, the majority leader insisted, owing to the opaqueness of his personal finances.

“His poor father must be so embarrassed about his son,” Reid said, in reference to George Romney’s standard-setting decision to turn over 12 years of tax returns when he ran for president in the late 1960s.

Saying he had “no problem with somebody being really, really wealthy,” Reid sat up in his chair a bit before stirring the pot further. A month or so ago, he said, a person who had invested with Bain Capital called his office.

“Harry, he didn’t pay any taxes for 10 years,” Reid recounted the person as saying.

“He didn’t pay taxes for 10 years! Now, do I know that that’s true? Well, I’m not certain,” said Reid. “But obviously he can’t release those tax returns. How would it look?

“You guys have said his wealth is $250 million,” Reid went on. “Not a chance in the world. It’s a lot more than that. I mean, you do pretty well if you don’t pay taxes for 10 years when you’re making millions and millions of dollars.”

The highest ranked Democrat in Congress, Reid is known more as a back room brawler than a public flamethrower. So his willingness to throw this private conversation into the media frenzy over Romney’s taxes underscores the low opinion he has of the Republican candidate.

Tellingly, neither Reid nor his office would reveal who the investor was, making it impossible to verify if the accusation is true. And as his quote makes clear, he’s uncertain if the information is accurate. The Romney campaign’s press secretary, Andrea Saul, has previously denied rumors that Romney didn’t pay “any taxes at all.”

But there is limited political downside to the type of open speculation that Reid is making, so long as Romney refuses to budge on the issue of his tax returns. Increasingly, other Democrats are growing more assertive in their goading. In an appearance at the Center for American Progress on Tuesday, former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland argued that he could openly speculate as to whether Romney “is a tax avoider” or “cheat” because “his behavior invites such speculation.”

Romney recently told ABC News that he couldn’t recall if there were years when he paid below the 13.9 percent tax rate that he paid in 2010. Although he said he was “happy to go back and look,” his campaign declined to do just that.

Asked for a response to Reid’s latest comments, Romney campaign adviser Kevin Madden said his candidate had “gone above and beyond the disclosure requirements by releasing two years of personal tax returns in addition to the hundreds of pages of personal financial disclosure documents he has provided to the FEC and made public.”

Madden added that it was “troubling and disappointing that Senator Reid would cite Governor Romney’s father, George, as part of a personal attack against the governor. We have many substantive disagreements with the senator and his policies, but using insults about a father-son relationship is a step too far.”

Reid has jabbed at Romney before. Indeed, during the HuffPost interview, he seemed to revel in the headlines and fallout his attacks have caused.

“It’s interesting, my guy from Vegas wrote this. He’s a snarky guy, [Las Vegas Sun political reporter] Jon Ralston. He’s a center guy. I like Jon just fine, but he’s cynical, and I guess that’s what serves him well. So he criticizes me for saying that Romney couldn’t be elected dogcatcher,” Reid recalled.

“My wife said to me — we don’t talk politics very often — she said, like, ‘You shouldn’t have said that.’ So Stephanie Cutter [President Barack Obama's deputy campaign manager] comes down to talk about politics and outsourcing at my caucus. She said, ‘I’m so grateful for Senator Reid, the best remark during the last week, was saying that he couldn’t qualify to be dogcatcher.’ I could hardly wait to get home to tell my wife.”

Reid’s assessment about the state of the political landscape didn’t end at the borders of the presidential campaign. He spoke optimistically about the prospects of maintaining his role as Senate majority leader, offering up private polling data that he said showed four Democratic senatorial candidates ahead — Rep. Mazie Hirono up 19 points in Hawaii, Sen. Jon Tester ahead by 5 points in Montana, Rep. Tammy Baldwin up 3 points in Wisconsin, and Elizabeth Warren leading by 4 points in Massachusetts.

“We feel comfortable in the Senate,” he said. “Where the problem is, is this: Because of the Citizens United decision, Karl Rove and the Republicans are looking forward to a breakfast the day after the election. They are going to assemble 17 angry old white men for breakfast, some of them will slobber in their food, some will have scrambled eggs, some will have oatmeal, their teeth are gone. But these 17 angry old white men will say, ‘Hey, we just bought America. Wasn’t so bad. We still have a whole lot of money left.’”

“So that’s the only problem we have with our candidates,” Reid concluded, suggesting that virtually everything, his leadership position included, could be swept away by outside cash.

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Readers: What are you thinking? Blog me.

Anna Of Guam:  I haven’t said hello in awhile. How are you? I have to say either there always seems to be a beauty pageant happening in Guam, or time is just moving so quickly. I am pretty sure it is the latter!

I think it is wonderful that you support so many girls in these competitions. Good luck to Miss Jeneva Bosko! I HOPE all is well with you. Hafa Adai.

Bob Fertick: SOPA, PIPA….Now CISPA? I am not familiar with this Act, but it doesn’t sound good. Thanks for the comment.

Howie: You’re welcome.

Social Butterfly: Loved your comment. Thanks for sharing such interesting findings on the first Olympics to the current.

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.

Gratefully your blog host,

michelle

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My Vagina, My Choices

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 31st July 2012

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Good morning!

I cannot express it enough: “STAY OUT OF MY VAGINA!”. No, no, no….I’m not talking to the lovers in my life :), I’m talking to those PTP LSOS republicans that can’t seem to mind their own business when it comes to womens’ VAGINAS.

And, please somebody tell me what is going on with some women in this country….because I am dumbfounded by the dumb women in this country who refuse to take control of their bodies, and the decisions made about their bodies, by handing the decision making over to a man.

Yes, I am talking to you women who do this – you know who you are.  If this election doesn’t inspire you to dump the repubs, your man, or anyone else who tries to control you, your body, I am afraid nothing will. And that, girls,  is a scary thing for all of us. But I refuse to give up HOPE that the dumb ones will come to their senses. Before election time please.

Here’s the latest on the PTP LSOS republicans trying to get into our pants, up our skirts, and whatever else they need to do to take control and change our vagina rights:

The Two Abortion Wars: A Highly Intrusive Federal Bill

House Republicans are preparing to push through restrictions on federal financing of abortions far more extreme than previously proposed at the federal level. Lawmakers who otherwise rail against big government have made it one of their highest priorities to take the decision about a legal medical procedure out of the hands of individuals and turn it over to the government.

Their primary bill —the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” — is so broad that it could block insurance coverage for abortions for countless American women.

The anti-abortion forces almost derailed health care reform last year over whether people could buy policies that cover abortion on new insurance exchanges. The compromise embedded in the reform law sets up a hugely complicated plan to segregate an individual’s premium payments from the government subsidies. It is so burdensome that it seems likely to discourage insurers from offering any abortion coverage at all on the exchanges.

But anti-abortion lawmakers are not satisfied. The new bill, introduced by Christopher Smith, a New Jersey Republican, would bar outright the use of federal subsidies to buy any insurance that covers abortion well beyond the new exchanges.

The tax credits that are encouraging small businesses to provide insurance for their workers could not be used to buy policies that cover abortions. People with their own policies who have enough expenses to claim an income tax deduction could not deduct either the premiums for policies that cover abortion or the cost of an abortion. People who use tax-preferred savings accounts to pay medical costs could not use the money to pay for an abortion without paying taxes on it.

The only tax subsidy left untouched is the exclusion that allows workers whose premiums are subsidized by their employers to avoid paying taxes on the value of the subsidy. Many, if not most, employer-sponsored insurance plans cover abortions. There would have been a huge political battle if workers were suddenly told they had to pay taxes on the benefit or change their policies.

The Smith bill also would take certain restrictions on federal financing for abortions that now must be renewed every year and make them permanent. It would allow federal financing of abortions in cases of “forcible” rape but not statutory or coerced rape, and in cases where a woman is in danger of death from her pregnancy but not of other serious health damage. It would free states from having to provide abortions in such emergency cases.

A separate Republican bill would deny federal funds for family planning services to any organization that provides abortions. It is aimed primarily at Planned Parenthood’s hundreds of health centers, which also provide many other valuable services. No federal money is used for the abortions. This is a reckless effort to cripple an irreplaceable organization out of pure politics.

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Readers: What more can I say? Your turn. Blog me.

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.

Gratefully your blog host,

michelle

Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)

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Do You Know Who Your Purchases Are Supporting?

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 30th July 2012

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Good morning!

I realize that in this day and age, we all need to be very conscious of the choices we make. We all need to look at what we’re eating…what’s going in these precious bodies of ours. So we read labels of the food we plan to eat. And just the other day we all got into a discourse about the toxic “ingredients” found in clothing made in China, and how it affects our health. And it doesn’t end there.

Now with the election only a few months away, we really need to be conscious of the products and services that we use that support the party that we want to support, and more importantly to not buy products and services that support the party that we don’t want to support.

Awhile ago, I found out that Lifelock supported Rush Limbaugh by continuing to advertise on his show even after all the horrible things Limbaugh said with respect to Sandra Fluke. I cancelled but they owed me money. Now that my money has been refunded, I told them exactly why I left their company.

By now you all know what side of the fence I support. Here’s a short write that I found that exposes the consumer brands that help bankroll right-wing attack ads.

A Guide To Consumer Brands Helping Bankroll Right-Wing Attack Ads

Have you eaten at White Castle recently? Or caught a movie at Regal Cinemas?

If so, you may be unwittingly helping finance right-wing attack ads.

That’s because many of the country’s most common brands are run by rich conservatives who are using their personal wealth to bankroll outside spending groups that are running attack ads smearing progressives. From Marriott Hotels to Brawny paper towels, and from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Coachella music festival, corporate executives at these organizations have given millions of dollars to groups like Mitt Romney’s Super PAC Restore Our Future.

Some corporations, like Waffle House, give direct donations to conservative attack ad groups like Karl Rove’s American Crossroads.

The following list of consumer brands either have leaders who wrote checks to outside right-wing attack ad groups or gave money directly from the corporation. Only entities that gave $25,000 or more were included in this guide.

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Readers: I know that making choices is not always easy, but I am so grateful that we do have them. Blog me.

Ruth (The Ruth with Harris and the girls):  You have made several comments in the past few weeks, I think. And I think it was you who made a comment about Steve Harvey’s book, but I am not totally sure.  Most of the time I can tell it is you, especially if you address me. Perhaps like some of the other regulars, you can make your name unique with an added moniker? Only if you feel comfortable. As always, love seeing you here. Hugs to you, Harris and the girls.

Peace out peeps. 

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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Romney: “LSOS”, “Twit”, “Mittastrophe”**…What Else?

Posted by Michelle Moquin on 28th July 2012

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Good morning!

This is a great comeback to Romney’s lies about what Obama really said about building a small business.

Jon Stewart Slams You-Didn’t-Build-That-Gate In Romney, Fox News’ Faces (VIDEO)

“You really want to hang your entire campaign on a willful, out-of-context misunderstanding?”

Yes… yes, he does.

If the 2012 election can be likened to a war, then each news cycle is a battle. Actually, that’s probably a terrible way to look at it, but that’s not stopping either campaign or their respective media mouthpieces. To wit, Jon Stewart took a look on Wednesday’s show at You Didn’t Build That-Gate, and how Romney and Fox News have milked Obama’s phrasing for all its tea-party-rousing worth.

Clearly, in his Virginia speech, President Obama was making a point about the way infrastructure supports business and the interconnectedness of the economy and government with personal success and hard work. But, you see, he accidentally said “that” at one point when he meant “those.” So release the hounds.

Jon Stewart doesn’t cotton to that, though: “Making a big deal out of a misstatement is a great way to win a news cycle… But this ain’t a gaffe and Mitt Romney’s not having a little fun with it. This deliberate misstating and misrepresentation of Obama’s position is now the centerpiece of Romney’s campaign.”

It’s almost like taking Romney’s “I like firing people” statement out of context and using it against him. (Although, one could argue that the phrase “I like firing people” is slightly less obscured by being taken out of context than “you didn’t build that.” After all, that could be anything: a road, a business, a sandcastle, a Death Star…)

But in case one doesn’t grasp the real problem with this kind of campaigning, Stewart underlines his point: “Mr. Romney, hanging your attack on a person’s slight grammatical misstep is what people do in an argument when they’re completely fucked and know they have no argument.”

Indeed. Watch the clip above and let us know if you think this kind of campaigning is going to pay off for Romney in the long run.

*L*S*O*S*

Readers: Romney has nothing else to run on except his lies. Can you think of any other names that describe this wannabe president?

Anonymous: Your comment cracked me a smile.

Zen Lill: Good description of the twit Mitt. This is the best that the PTP’s can do. Perhaps like, she who must not be named, twit will get a gig on FOX when this is all over. I see it in the stars  - that’s where all the LSOS’s eventually go.

Anne: I am always shocked when I see a comment from a woman in support of Romney, especially if you have been reading here. Now a man voting for him, I can understand, but a woman? I encourage you to really look at the choices you are making for yourself and your sisters.

Anonymous: Hahah! Great visual.

**Lisa: I don’t know if you coined “Mittastrophe” but I love it, and of course I had to use it. Thanks!

Connie: Nicely said.

George: I suspect you have a tiny dick.

Ooh that is a good place to end – That’s it for me. Your turn. 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,

michelle

Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)

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