My friend Natalie at mylifemymuse.com posted a blog encouraging women to send emails to their friends about Sarah Palin, (read her entire post, it is amazing: Attn: Women - An Immediate Call to Action!!) and how wrong she is for America. She was inspired by a website called Women Against Sarah Palin. It really is a fantastic site, and I was inspired to spread the word myself. So, I am taking a cue from Natalie, and posting the email here on my blog as well. I urge anyone reading this to copy the text and send it to everyone you know. It is important. Thank you.
We are writing to you because of the fury and dread we have felt since the announcement of Sarah Palin as the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Republican Party. We believe that this terrible decision has surpassed mere partisanship, and that it is a dangerous farce—on the part of a pandering and rudderless Presidential candidate—that has a real possibility of becoming fact.
Perhaps like us, as American women, you share the fear of what Ms. Palin and her professed beliefs and proven record could lead to for ourselves and for our present and future daughters. To date, she is against a woman's right to choose, environmental protection, alternative energy development, freedom of speech (as mayor she repeatedly brought up the question of banning books), gun control, the separation of church and state, and polar bears.
We want to clarify that we are not against Sarah Palin as a woman, a mother, or, for that matter, a parent of a pregnant teenager, but solely as a rash, incompetent, and all together devastating choice for Vice President. Ms. Palin's political views are in every way a slap in the face to the accomplishments that our mothers and grandmothers so fiercely fought for, and that we've so demonstrably benefited from.
First and foremost, Ms. Palin does not represent us. She does not demonstrate or uphold our interests as American women. It is presumed that the inclusion of a woman on the Republican ticket could win over women voters. We want to disagree, publicly.
Therefore, we invite you to reply here with a short, succinct message about why you, as a woman living in this country, do not support this candidate as second-in-command for our nation.
Please include your name (last initial is fine), age, and place of residence.
We will post your responses on a blog called "Women Against Sarah Palin," which we intend to publicize as widely as possible. Please send us your reply at your earliest convenience-the greater the volume of responses we receive, the stronger our message will be.
Thank you for your time and action.
VIVA!
Sincerely,
Quinn L. and Lyra K.
New York, NY
womensaynopalin@gmail.com
**PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! If you send this to 20 women in the next hour, you could be blessed with a country that takes your concerns seriously. Stranger things have happened.
I haven't blogged much recently. Primarily because I am no longer living in my own place. I moved out of state and am staying with my friend and her husband while I look for a place of my own. Third wheel much? Yes, indeed. It does feel that way sometimes.
I only get to use the PC every once in a while because my roomies are always using it. Which I can't complain too much, because it is theirs, and because my friend is a fellow Orbler and she's always blogging like the dickens!
Luckily, she lets me keep the kitties, but I am really ready to strike out on my own again. I am so lost with all of my books in boxes, I can't wait to see my own stuff again.
On a different note, I think that the trauma of the move has forced Nic and Obie into each other's arms, and I think they are now officially an item. (See previous posts to learn more about these 2 rascals) I am constantly walking in on them snuggling, and Obie is still obsessed with Nic's man-cat titties. It is starting to creep me out a little. Have you ever seen a kitten nursing from a male cat? They're such pervs! And Nic is seriously robbing the cradle. Oh well...love is love.
Cutting to the chase, the movie "Teeth" is about a young woman who suffers from a condition referred to as "Vagina Dentata", otherwise known as Vagina with Teeth.
I laughed, I cried, I cringed, I cheered. I am not sure why I hadn't seen this film sooner
Speaking plainly, Ms. Lola Tahlulah is a geek. It cannot be denied. It is a fact that I attempted to hide for years. I felt I was destined to be hip...a member of the literati that carried herself with the cool confidence that comes from knowing others wished they were you.
Then, quite recently, I found myself smack in the middle of what Oprah would call an "Ah-ha!" moment (see, you don't have to be one of the minions of rabid Oprah followers to find SOME of her insights useful
I've never had love. Always lovers, but no true love. But I may be in the midst of a breakthrough as I've entered into a relationship with a man who shows me more tenderness than I have ever known.
Increasingly I've sensed that this man may be the one to rescue me from the solitude I've always known. However, more and more my insecurities have driven me from expressing to him that I have such fondness in my heart
Greetings. My name is Lola Tahlulah and I am a writer, a lover, and a builder of walls. The walls that I build are not of brick or stone, but of stories and words. I build these walls to shelter myself from those outside of myself.
I am deep inside the dungeon of my own making, and my escape is not into the world of the living. Not into the realm of flesh and blood. My escape happens now as I share the words and stories with anyone who will read them. They are not always eloquent, and not usually profound...but they are my words, and your invitation to read them is the key to my liberation
This whole Acorn thing is hogwash. Funny how it comes out now, isn't it. And, since Republicans seem so concerned with associations, I think it would interest people to know that the person behind the Acorn smears is Ken Blackwell, best known today for disenfranchising Democratic voters in his dual role as Ohio Secretary of State and chair of George Bush’s Ohio campaign in 2004. He is KNOWN as a voter-supression guru, and was long ago discredited.
This post really says it all. John McCain lost the independents, he has angered the Republican establishment, and now he has even pissed off the rednecks. Who does he have left?
I am so terrified by that video. It makes me wonder when people are going to whip out their pitchforks.
Alba is totally vacant and ridiculous. She just looks stupid and insincere. I applaud her for trying to get a message across, but I don't think she'll be inspiring anyone. Well, not inspiring anyone to vote, anyway.
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