| US: How Bad is The Stupak Anti-Abortion Amendment in Congress? |
[07 Nov 2009|03:46pm] |
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From the Washington Post, as relayed via DailyKOS.
"Because of the limits placed on the exchanges, most of the participants will have some form of premium credit or affordable subsidy. That means most will be ineligible for abortion coverage. The idea that people are going to go out and purchase separate "abortion plans" is both cruel and laughable. If this amendment passes, it will mean that virtually all women with insurance through the exchange who find themselves in the unwanted and unexpected position of needing to terminate a pregnancy will not have coverage for the procedure. Abortion coverage will not be outlawed in this country. It will simply be tiered, reserved for those rich enough to afford insurance themselves or lucky enough to receive from their employers."
The amendment is expected to pass with relative ease. Republicans will join with anti-choice Democrats to push it over the finish line. Once the amendment passes, the bill is cleared for a vote, and all parties expect that vote to succeed. Today looks likely to end with a historic, and important, vote. A vote that is a first step towards helping more than 30 million people secure health-care coverage, and making sure hundreds of millions are better protected from the vagaries of the insurance industry. But Stupak's amendment is a bitter start. It is, however, not the end. Even if it muscles into the House bill, it will also have to pass in the Senate, and then survive conference, before it becomes law.
My note: Even the most ardent, supposed "feminist" politicians have stated they are willing to vote to allow this amendment to stand, as long as they can pass the reform today.
This is PATHETIC. And we have a Democratic majority in both the House and Senate who can't seem to buck up and get a spine, so I dunno folks. What do YOU think is the best way to deal with this grassroots style?
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[06 Nov 2009|04:11pm] |
True Blood (Sookie Stackhouse/Anna Paquin), Jean Arthur, Grace Kelly
  
The rest are HERE at my journal
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| Only in my hometown... |
[05 Nov 2009|04:32pm] |
I can't help being foolishly amused by the dorkiness of others... Namely a red-shirted chinless wonder* who asked me what I was doing (I was hanging over the edge of a bridge and trying to take pictures that were stubbornly not clicking properly into anything other than blurs. Obviously I was not contemplating Ophelia-ing myself, since the stream is only about three inches deep).
After ascertaining that I was NOT an exchange student (insert appropriate facial expression here), and discussing the parties at State College (beer flows there apparently, though he could identify with my inability to hold liquor, since he shared that he throws up after a mere three hours of drinking!!), he invited me to "talk" whenever, and possibly go to his brother's to party (better than those in happy valley in his opinion).
For once my advanced age came in handy-- I flashed it like a bad rash and we ruefully agreed I'm much too old to party...
*I'm so mean, but he so epitomized the phrase!!! I'm lifting from some work of fiction in the latter half of the phrase, but I can't recall whether it's an Anne book or Little Women... Sigh. I'm such a sinner.
ETA-- apparently "chinless wonder" has a history in the common parlance for an inbred high class person... I'm misusing it. Tut tut.
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| Peace corps |
[01 Nov 2009|03:38am] |
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I want to join an organization like the peace corps but I am not a US citizen. I am a legal permanent resident. Are there similar organizations I can join or apply for?
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