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Smaller Government doesn't happen in a womb.
Author: Raine
Date: 03/07/2011 14:55:43
This is March, Women's history Month.
From the looks of the way 2011 is going, we are going to need some of that historic strength to fight back against a Republican party that is hell bent on returning women's reproductive rights to the Stone Age. By now you have probably heard of the initiative in Virginia to change the way women's health clinics are regulated. It really is worse than you think. From RHReality Check: The undue (and unnecessary ) burden this this puts on women's health clinics will as NARAL-VA puts it: This essentially shuts down most of the state’s clinics, since the cost of making these changes would be impossibly high. Even the four remaining clinics, all Planned Parenthood facilities, may not be safe from the law. Though they are set up to meet hospital standards, Tarina Keene, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice VA, worries that “this bill is so broad, we don’t know how far they’ll go.” -- there are only 21 abortion providers in Virginia. The House of representatives have voted to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood. That potentially leaves Virginia with no abortion providers. How did we get here?
Women may very well have taken their rights for granted, (something EVERY human should be able to do.) We assumed, perhaps, that it's perfectly natural to expect the same access to medical assistance as men. Things we going pretty well until 1992, In a case called "Planned Parenthood v. Casey" in which This opened the floodgates to attack a woman's right to choose how, when and IF she decides to reproduce. Here we are, today.
Those that are waging a War on Women are succeeding. In Virginia, it was already difficult for a woman to access an abortion. It's not just Virginia, it's also (and this list is not complete) Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Kansas, Mississippi, and Nebraska. And this is where the anti-choicers lie to people. The crusade to get rid of abortion is not only immoral, it is cruel. Women are strong, women are smart, and women have the right to have access to abortions. There are people in this country who are restricting the ACCESS, despite the legally recognized fact that this is a legal procedure. No human should have to go thru what the Deaver's had to endure. To have to gestate a child you know is bound for death. There are reasons why we have medical procedures -- even ones so uncomfortable to read about as this one is. This women should have been able to make that choice. It should not be any of the government's concern.
For those that truly want a smaller government, I have to tell you, it wont happen in a womb. Every single piece of Anti-choice legislation, be it Title X on a federal level, to any of the state bills, are NOT needed. They are a waste of taxpayer dollars. These are taxpayers dollars that could be used for any number of more pressing issues than what going on with a woman's body. Imagine for a moment - just for one moment - for a state to outlaw, say a -- vasectomy? I'm pretty sure there is no legislation out there pushing for that...
The GOP on the national and state levels have spent more time attacking women's rights than fixing the true things that ail this nation, it makes one wonder, did they mislead the voter during the election season when they cried for a smaller government? Did they intentionally mislead when they said no more wasteful spending? Are they purposefully not telling the truth about the attack on women?
Maybe, maybe not, but during the month of March, I implore you to remember the women who went before us -- the women who fought for our right to own property, and not be property. The women who fought for our right to be heard, not just seen. The women who fought for our right to vote, so we can choose who represents us. The women who fought for that choice to be extended to our reproductive rights, so we can control our lives. . Remember them, because right now, there ARE people out there that would like to make us property once again (like cattle). Remember them, and then go out and make history. Donate, rally, support, and/or volunteer to make sure we retain -- and REGAIN our full and complete right to life, liberty, and happiness -- free from the tyranny of those who would take all of that away in the name of their own ideology.
and 
Raine
2011 Theme - Our History is Our Strength
Our shared history unites families, communities, and nations. Although women’s history is intertwined with the history shared with men, several factors - social, religious, economic, and biological - have worked to create a unique sphere of women's history.
The stories of women’s achievements are integral to the fabric of our history. Learning about women’s tenacity, courage, and creativity throughout the centuries is a tremendous source of strength. Until relatively recently, this sphere of women's history was overlooked and undervalued. Women’s achievements were often distorted, disdained, and denied. But, knowing women’s stories provides essential role models for everyone. And role models are genuinely needed to face the extraordinary changes and unrelenting challenges of the 21st century.
From the looks of the way 2011 is going, we are going to need some of that historic strength to fight back against a Republican party that is hell bent on returning women's reproductive rights to the Stone Age. By now you have probably heard of the initiative in Virginia to change the way women's health clinics are regulated. It really is worse than you think. From RHReality Check:
This means, for example, standards for the size of parking lots adequate for the number of hospital beds (that don't exist), and architectural changes such as widening hallways to allow two gurneys to pass at the same time.
In other words, things that are not needed in a clinic setting where procedures are among the safest of any outpatient procedure performed anywhere.
In other words, pure politics.
Such Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws pose unnecessary and burdensome regulations on abortion providers.
Legal abortion is an extremely safe medical procedure and entails one-thousandth the risk of death involved in an appendectomy, a common in-office surgical procedure. The complication rate from abortion is vastly lower than that of breast augmentation, another procedure commonly performed in physicians’ offices.
Women may very well have taken their rights for granted, (something EVERY human should be able to do.) We assumed, perhaps, that it's perfectly natural to expect the same access to medical assistance as men. Things we going pretty well until 1992, In a case called "Planned Parenthood v. Casey" in which
... the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a woman, in consultation with her physician, has a constitutionally protected right to choose abortion in the early stages of pregnancy-that is, before viability. In 1992, the Court upheld the basic right to abortion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. However, it also expanded the ability of the states to enact all but the most extreme restrictions on women's access to abortion. The most common restrictions in effect are parental notification or consent requirements for minors, state-sponsored counseling and waiting periods, and limitations on public funding.
Those that are waging a War on Women are succeeding. In Virginia, it was already difficult for a woman to access an abortion.
In Virginia, the following restrictions on abortion were in effect as of January 2011:
• The parent of a minor must consent before an abortion is provided.
• A woman must receive state-directed counseling that includes information designed to discourage her from having an abortion and then wait 24 hours before the procedure is provided.
• Public funding is available for abortion only in cases of life endangerment, rape, incest or fetal abnormality.
With her husband, Robb, at her side, Deaver sobbed, gently kissing her daughter's forehead and hoping her baby wasn't in pain. That fear - that the baby would suffer before its predestined death - compelled the couple to seek an abortion. But a new Nebraska law that limits abortion after the 20th week of gestation prevented her from getting one. The Iowa Legislature is considering a similar law.
A nurse at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings instructed the couple to closely monitor their daughter's breathing so when it stopped the staff could accurately record the death.
The clock ticked.
At 3:15 p.m. Dec. 8, 1-pound, 10-ounce Elizabeth Deaver - named in memory of Robb's grandmother - made one final attempt to breathe.
Her life struggle, 15 minutes outside the womb after 23 weeks and five days of gestation, was over.
For those that truly want a smaller government, I have to tell you, it wont happen in a womb. Every single piece of Anti-choice legislation, be it Title X on a federal level, to any of the state bills, are NOT needed. They are a waste of taxpayer dollars. These are taxpayers dollars that could be used for any number of more pressing issues than what going on with a woman's body. Imagine for a moment - just for one moment - for a state to outlaw, say a -- vasectomy? I'm pretty sure there is no legislation out there pushing for that...
The GOP on the national and state levels have spent more time attacking women's rights than fixing the true things that ail this nation, it makes one wonder, did they mislead the voter during the election season when they cried for a smaller government? Did they intentionally mislead when they said no more wasteful spending? Are they purposefully not telling the truth about the attack on women?
Maybe, maybe not, but during the month of March, I implore you to remember the women who went before us -- the women who fought for our right to own property, and not be property. The women who fought for our right to be heard, not just seen. The women who fought for our right to vote, so we can choose who represents us. The women who fought for that choice to be extended to our reproductive rights, so we can control our lives. . Remember them, because right now, there ARE people out there that would like to make us property once again (like cattle). Remember them, and then go out and make history. Donate, rally, support, and/or volunteer to make sure we retain -- and REGAIN our full and complete right to life, liberty, and happiness -- free from the tyranny of those who would take all of that away in the name of their own ideology.
and Raine
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Comment by 
wickedpam on 03/07/2011 14:24:36
wickedpam on 03/07/2011 14:24:36
Morning 
Comment by 
velveeta jones on 03/07/2011 14:52:10
velveeta jones on 03/07/2011 14:52:10
Hahahahaha Oh dear...... is Raine all: "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz huh wot?"
Comment by 
Raine on 03/07/2011 15:03:10
The bloggie is now yup... Ladies and fellow feminists of das blog, this one is for you.
Raine on 03/07/2011 15:03:10
Quote by velveeta jones:
Hahahahaha Oh dear...... is Raine all: "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz huh wot?"
The bloggie is now yup... Ladies and fellow feminists of das blog, this one is for you.
Comment by 
BobR on 03/07/2011 15:16:34
BobR on 03/07/2011 15:16:34
Excellent blog today dear - denying access is the same as denying a legally protected medical procedure.
Comment by wickedpam on 03/07/2011 15:23:44
wickedpam on 03/07/2011 15:23:44
I live less then a mile from an ob/gyn that provides abortions and I've watched every weekend as they are picketted on the main street by old men and women willing to use their children to carry signs. Very often I drive by and give them the finger (not when the kids are there) especially when they shove a sign in front of my car window with the picture of a crying toddler on it.
These people are the type that don't care about what goes on in the lives of others they only demand you follow what they say. They never will care cause they don't get there is something that is outside of themselves. They are selfish.
On an other note - if anyone hasn't seen it I highly recommend the movie Iron Jawed Angels - its about women getting the right to vote and completley makes me cry by the end.
These people are the type that don't care about what goes on in the lives of others they only demand you follow what they say. They never will care cause they don't get there is something that is outside of themselves. They are selfish.
On an other note - if anyone hasn't seen it I highly recommend the movie Iron Jawed Angels - its about women getting the right to vote and completley makes me cry by the end.
Comment by Raine on 03/07/2011 15:29:18
I LOVE that movie.
It's pitch perfect. I loved how it showed the discourse from within the movement as well as from without.
Raine on 03/07/2011 15:29:18
Quote by wickedpam:
I live less then a mile from an ob/gyn that provides abortions and I've watched every weekend as they are picketted on the main street by old men and women willing to use their children to carry signs. Very often I drive by and give them the finger (not when the kids are there) especially when they shove a sign in front of my car window with the picture of a crying toddler on it.
These people are the type that don't care about what goes on in the lives of others they only demand you follow what they say. They never will care cause they don't get there is something that is outside of themselves. They are selfish.
On an other note - if anyone hasn't seen it I highly recommend the movie Iron Jawed Angels - its about women getting the right to vote and completley makes me cry by the end.
It's pitch perfect. I loved how it showed the discourse from within the movement as well as from without.
Comment by BobR on 03/07/2011 15:35:10
I do that too
BobR on 03/07/2011 15:35:10
Quote by wickedpam:
I live less then a mile from an ob/gyn that provides abortions and I've watched every weekend as they are picketted on the main street by old men and women willing to use their children to carry signs. Very often I drive by and give them the finger (not when the kids are there) especially when they shove a sign in front of my car window with the picture of a crying toddler on it.
These people are the type that don't care about what goes on in the lives of others they only demand you follow what they say. They never will care cause they don't get there is something that is outside of themselves. They are selfish.
On an other note - if anyone hasn't seen it I highly recommend the movie Iron Jawed Angels - its about women getting the right to vote and completley makes me cry by the end.
I do that too
Comment by wickedpam on 03/07/2011 15:35:48
you know I never knew about the forced feedings and the jailings out at Lorton. It was a total surprise to me that a prison that I had driven by several times had that history to it also
wickedpam on 03/07/2011 15:35:48
Quote by Raine:I LOVE that movie.Quote by wickedpam:
I live less then a mile from an ob/gyn that provides abortions and I've watched every weekend as they are picketted on the main street by old men and women willing to use their children to carry signs. Very often I drive by and give them the finger (not when the kids are there) especially when they shove a sign in front of my car window with the picture of a crying toddler on it.
These people are the type that don't care about what goes on in the lives of others they only demand you follow what they say. They never will care cause they don't get there is something that is outside of themselves. They are selfish.
On an other note - if anyone hasn't seen it I highly recommend the movie Iron Jawed Angels - its about women getting the right to vote and completley makes me cry by the end.
It's pitch perfect. I loved how it showed the discourse from within the movement as well as from without.
you know I never knew about the forced feedings and the jailings out at Lorton. It was a total surprise to me that a prison that I had driven by several times had that history to it also
Comment by wickedpam on 03/07/2011 15:36:45
glad I'm the only immature one - makes me feel better XD
wickedpam on 03/07/2011 15:36:45
Quote by BobR:Quote by wickedpam:
I live less then a mile from an ob/gyn that provides abortions and I've watched every weekend as they are picketted on the main street by old men and women willing to use their children to carry signs. Very often I drive by and give them the finger (not when the kids are there) especially when they shove a sign in front of my car window with the picture of a crying toddler on it.
These people are the type that don't care about what goes on in the lives of others they only demand you follow what they say. They never will care cause they don't get there is something that is outside of themselves. They are selfish.
On an other note - if anyone hasn't seen it I highly recommend the movie Iron Jawed Angels - its about women getting the right to vote and completley makes me cry by the end.
I do that too
glad I'm the only immature one - makes me feel better XD
Comment by Raine on 03/07/2011 15:46:41
That was why I mentioned that we were once treated as property.
We were treated as crazy when we did not act in accordance to how MEN and society wanted us to act. (I remember that scene, I forgot it was in Lorton)
I mean, here's the thing. What they are doing to women now, is like saying to Black people in the 60's: You have the same rights as all of us, you just can't enter this particular establishment. But you have the right to eat. Just not here.
Raine on 03/07/2011 15:46:41
Quote by wickedpam:
you know I never knew about the forced feedings and the jailings out at Lorton. It was a total surprise to me that a prison that I had driven by several times had that history to it also
We were treated as crazy when we did not act in accordance to how MEN and society wanted us to act. (I remember that scene, I forgot it was in Lorton)
I mean, here's the thing. What they are doing to women now, is like saying to Black people in the 60's: You have the same rights as all of us, you just can't enter this particular establishment. But you have the right to eat. Just not here.
Comment by wickedpam on 03/07/2011 16:06:19
exactly - you know as a fan of sci fi the future used to look some much cooler in those stories then it does in reality.
Well, except Logan's Run who wants to go be implanted with a crystal and be spun into pixie dust at a carosel at the age of 30?
wickedpam on 03/07/2011 16:06:19
Quote by Raine:That was why I mentioned that we were once treated as property.Quote by wickedpam:
you know I never knew about the forced feedings and the jailings out at Lorton. It was a total surprise to me that a prison that I had driven by several times had that history to it also
We were treated as crazy when we did not act in accordance to how MEN and society wanted us to act. (I remember that scene, I forgot it was in Lorton)
I mean, here's the thing. What they are doing to women now, is like saying to Black people in the 60's: You have the same rights as all of us, you just can't enter this particular establishment. But you have the right to eat. Just not here.
exactly - you know as a fan of sci fi the future used to look some much cooler in those stories then it does in reality.
Well, except Logan's Run who wants to go be implanted with a crystal and be spun into pixie dust at a carosel at the age of 30?
Comment by Raine on 03/07/2011 16:18:31
A 29 year old woman. I am disgusted by her.
Raine on 03/07/2011 16:18:31
Police said the 10-year-old girl was holding a sign and chanting: "What's disgusting, union busting," when Gozde Cakici spit at the girl. The spittle ended up on the girl's scarf.
The incident happened on State Street just before 11 a.m. Sunday.
The girl's family members notified a sheriff's deputy, who contacted Cakici. Police said Cakici then spit at the deputy.
Members of Madison Police Department's special event team arrived and cited the suspect.
Comment by wickedpam on 03/07/2011 16:25:48
oh lord
wickedpam on 03/07/2011 16:25:48
oh lord
Comment by 
livingonli on 03/07/2011 16:37:42
livingonli on 03/07/2011 16:37:42
Good morning all.
It's stuff like this that makes me think of the George Carlin quote: "Isn't it a bit ironic that the people who are against abortion are people you wouldn't want to fuck in the first place?"
It's stuff like this that makes me think of the George Carlin quote: "Isn't it a bit ironic that the people who are against abortion are people you wouldn't want to fuck in the first place?"
Comment by Raine on 03/07/2011 16:39:06
Raine on 03/07/2011 16:39:06
the SCOTUS ruling only had 1 dissenting vote, I cannot stand the phelps cult, but I would not want to be told I can't protest things.
Comment by Raine on 03/07/2011 17:08:56
Raine on 03/07/2011 17:08:56
This is very sad. I know he this is because he loved so very much what he does...
The star, who has sold more than 150 million records, says his main focus now is his two sons, Nicholas and Matthew, by his third wife Orianne Cevey. "I'm not worried about not being able to play the drums again, I'm more worried about being able to cut a loaf of bread safely or building things for my kids," he says.
"My doctors tell me it's a work in progress, that it will take about a year for me to recover."
He said he has been told his hands are not strong enough to play the drums. "I don't think I'll ever be able to do that again," he said.
Collins once disclosed that the only way he could play was by taping his drumsticks to his hands.
Comment by 
Scoopster on 03/07/2011 17:15:30
Scoopster on 03/07/2011 17:15:30
Afternoon all.. we're live from home today, not feeling too hot today. In fact I've got some chills goin' on which is definitely not good.
Comment by 
trojanrabbit on 03/07/2011 17:41:48
trojanrabbit on 03/07/2011 17:41:48
Looks like the wife's craptop may have given up the ghost, we had a 5 second power failure and the first clue something was wrong was that it immediately shut off, even though the battery should be fully charged.
It won't get past the initial screen and the HD light only flashes once.
It won't get past the initial screen and the HD light only flashes once.
Comment by Scoopster on 03/07/2011 19:16:10
Scoopster on 03/07/2011 19:16:10
Comment by 
TriSec on 03/07/2011 19:33:52
TriSec on 03/07/2011 19:33:52
I heard the news about Phil this weekend....it's a sad thing to see a musician hang 'em up.
My Grandpa was still practicing until he was too sick to sit up and hold his horn...about two weeks before he passed. I fully expect that my own father will be carried off a bandstand feet-first one day.
And of course, Phil is right about not being a part of the current MTV crowd. See, what he does is write and sing MUSIC (whether you like his style or not).
As I am fond of saying...a hundred years from now, we'll still be listening to Sinatra, and it will be "Justin who?"
My Grandpa was still practicing until he was too sick to sit up and hold his horn...about two weeks before he passed. I fully expect that my own father will be carried off a bandstand feet-first one day.
And of course, Phil is right about not being a part of the current MTV crowd. See, what he does is write and sing MUSIC (whether you like his style or not).
As I am fond of saying...a hundred years from now, we'll still be listening to Sinatra, and it will be "Justin who?"
Comment by Raine on 03/07/2011 19:54:26
Wow, I knew they were gathering signatures, but that happened damn fast!
Raine on 03/07/2011 19:54:26
Quote by Scoopster:
Arizona citizens have secured a recall election of Gov. Jan Brewer!
Wow, I knew they were gathering signatures, but that happened damn fast!
Comment by Raine on 03/07/2011 19:57:23
Actually as I finished reading that article, I'm not sure if they actually have secured the signatures yet, have they?
Raine on 03/07/2011 19:57:23
Quote by Raine:Quote by Scoopster:
Arizona citizens have secured a recall election of Gov. Jan Brewer!
Wow, I knew they were gathering signatures, but that happened damn fast!
Actually as I finished reading that article, I'm not sure if they actually have secured the signatures yet, have they?
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/07/2011 19:59:23
trojanrabbit on 03/07/2011 19:59:23
Comment by Raine on 03/07/2011 20:27:04
Raine on 03/07/2011 20:27:04
CNN is quickly becoming dead to me. Apropos to todays blog....
I love it when White Men suggest that women and minorities have not been at a disadvantage.
I love it when White Men suggest that women and minorities have not been at a disadvantage.
Comment by Raine on 03/07/2011 20:28:18
Raine on 03/07/2011 20:28:18
And, I Know this, my beloved White men who are members of 4F, as well as my fellow progressive -- You are NOT included with the crap that this man is suggesting.
Comment by Raine on 03/07/2011 20:35:49
Raine on 03/07/2011 20:35:49
Tri, you may want to rethink how you feel about Scott Brown.
He's on tape asking the Koch for MORE money.
Here it is:
He's on tape asking the Koch for MORE money.
BROWN: Your support during the election, it meant a, it meant a ton. It made a, it made a difference and I can certainly use it again. Obviously, the uh . . .
KOCH: When are you running, uh, for the next term?
BROWN: ’12.
KOCH: Oh, okay.
BROWN: I’m in the cycle, I’m in the cycle right now. We’re already banging away. But you guys should all be very proud. I mean this is amazing. I’ve actually taken the tour and uh just the things you aim to attack this issue is, is huge.
SUSAN HOCKFIELD, MIT PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator.
BROWN: Thank you, for your leadership.
KOCH: Susan was the main uh uh person who created the idea of combining the uh the bioengineers with the cancer researchers and then uh, so she’s a brilliant lady and a leader here.
HOCKFIELD: Hi, David. David’s enthusiasm, Tyler’s [Jacks, Koch Institute director] genius, and I just said, sure, let’s do it.
KOCH: Ha ha ha!
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/07/2011 20:45:53
I will not pretend to speak for Tri, but at least Brown campaigned as if he wanted the seat, the seat was Coakley's if she really wanted it. And he so far has been mid-range tooly as he said he would. As the people of Wisconsin hopefully will wake up and deal with Walker, maybe Brown will have viable competition this time around.
trojanrabbit on 03/07/2011 20:45:53
Quote by Raine:
Tri, you may want to rethink how you feel about Scott Brown.
He's on tape asking the Koch for MORE money.Here it is:BROWN: Your support during the election, it meant a, it meant a ton. It made a, it made a difference and I can certainly use it again. Obviously, the uh . . .
KOCH: When are you running, uh, for the next term?
BROWN: ’12.
KOCH: Oh, okay.
BROWN: I’m in the cycle, I’m in the cycle right now. We’re already banging away. But you guys should all be very proud. I mean this is amazing. I’ve actually taken the tour and uh just the things you aim to attack this issue is, is huge.
SUSAN HOCKFIELD, MIT PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator.
BROWN: Thank you, for your leadership.
KOCH: Susan was the main uh uh person who created the idea of combining the uh the bioengineers with the cancer researchers and then uh, so she’s a brilliant lady and a leader here.
HOCKFIELD: Hi, David. David’s enthusiasm, Tyler’s [Jacks, Koch Institute director] genius, and I just said, sure, let’s do it.
KOCH: Ha ha ha!3/4/11: At the opening ceremony of the MIT Koch Cancer Institute, Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) thanks petrochemical billionaire David Koch and his wife Julia for their support in Brown's special election, and asks for more money for his re-election campaign in 2012.
I will not pretend to speak for Tri, but at least Brown campaigned as if he wanted the seat, the seat was Coakley's if she really wanted it. And he so far has been mid-range tooly as he said he would. As the people of Wisconsin hopefully will wake up and deal with Walker, maybe Brown will have viable competition this time around.
Comment by Raine on 03/07/2011 20:48:18
And I agree, but I will tell you, he gets re-elected, you will no longer see the scott brown you are seeing now, as a matter of opinion -- I suspect he'll be changing his tune after he cashes another Koch Bro Check.
Just a gut feeling.
Raine on 03/07/2011 20:48:18
Quote by trojanrabbit:
I will not pretend to speak for Tri, but at least Brown campaigned as if he wanted the seat, but the seat was Coakley's if she really wanted it. And he so far has been mid-range tooly as he said he would. As the people of Wisconsin hopefully will wake up and deal with Walker, maybe Brown will have viable competition this time around.
Just a gut feeling.
Comment by livingonli on 03/07/2011 21:31:30
livingonli on 03/07/2011 21:31:30
CNN has obviously decided they need their viewers to be as dumb as Fox's.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/07/2011 21:44:50
I don't doubt it, Raine, because he'll be there for 6 years. Again, hopefully his challenger will act like he/she wants the seat.
trojanrabbit on 03/07/2011 21:44:50
Quote by Raine:And I agree, but I will tell you, he gets re-elected, you will no longer see the scott brown you are seeing now, as a matter of opinion -- I suspect he'll be changing his tune after he cashes another Koch Bro Check.Quote by trojanrabbit:
I will not pretend to speak for Tri, but at least Brown campaigned as if he wanted the seat, but the seat was Coakley's if she really wanted it. And he so far has been mid-range tooly as he said he would. As the people of Wisconsin hopefully will wake up and deal with Walker, maybe Brown will have viable competition this time around.
Just a gut feeling.
I don't doubt it, Raine, because he'll be there for 6 years. Again, hopefully his challenger will act like he/she wants the seat.
Comment by trojanrabbit on 03/07/2011 21:52:25
trojanrabbit on 03/07/2011 21:52:25
Ah, the wheels of corporate America turn slowly.
It looks like I'm in, and to show you how bass-ackwards this went, I don't even have an official application done, the interview came before that, so I just spent the last few minutes on the website. They're saying now that the official offer will come tomorrow morning.
I tried putting Anne's laptop in the fridge for a while to really cool it off, but the hard drive is still not responding. I got a blank screen with the blinking cursor once, but that's it. Don't know how long I feel I want to spend troubleshooting it if it turns out it already has power supply issues (battery).
It looks like I'm in, and to show you how bass-ackwards this went, I don't even have an official application done, the interview came before that, so I just spent the last few minutes on the website. They're saying now that the official offer will come tomorrow morning.
I tried putting Anne's laptop in the fridge for a while to really cool it off, but the hard drive is still not responding. I got a blank screen with the blinking cursor once, but that's it. Don't know how long I feel I want to spend troubleshooting it if it turns out it already has power supply issues (battery).
Comment by BobR on 03/07/2011 22:13:30
Congrats!!
That's how it went with my two latest jobs as well. When they emailed the offer letter, they also emailed forms to fill out, including a job application. Apparently, that anachronism is still required, but they avoid it until absolutely necessary.
BobR on 03/07/2011 22:13:30
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Ah, the wheels of corporate America turn slowly.
It looks like I'm in, and to show you how bass-ackwards this went, I don't even have an official application done, the interview came before that, so I just spent the last few minutes on the website. They're saying now that the official offer will come tomorrow morning.
I tried putting Anne's laptop in the fridge for a while to really cool it off, but the hard drive is still not responding. I got a blank screen with the blinking cursor once, but that's it. Don't know how long I feel I want to spend troubleshooting it if it turns out it already has power supply issues (battery).
Congrats!!
That's how it went with my two latest jobs as well. When they emailed the offer letter, they also emailed forms to fill out, including a job application. Apparently, that anachronism is still required, but they avoid it until absolutely necessary.
Comment by Raine on 03/07/2011 23:11:12
Raine on 03/07/2011 23:11:12
YAY!
Nice to see some GREAT news for you, Rabbit.
Nice to see some GREAT news for you, Rabbit.