by David Safier In her State of the State address, Gov. Brewer said she's authorizing the expansion of Arizona's Medicaid program, AHCCCS. That's very good news if true. It means more people will be covered, hospitals won't have to shoulder the burden of treating patients who can't pay, and lots of federal dollars will flow … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
“No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”
― Mark Twain
In Arizona, no WOMAN is safe when the legislature is in session.
The Arizona legislature will convene on Monday. They will be greeted by a coalition of progressive women's groups who will remind them that When Women Vote, We All Win.
This progressive coalition will counter the extremist influence of Cathi Herrod and her Christian Taliban at the Center for Arizona Policy, and others, who want to declare a woman's uterus the property of the state. The CAP and the Arizona legislature have imposed more government regulations on a woman's uterus and her reproductive health freedom than the state of Arizona imposes on firearms. Think about that for a moment.
NOTE: I am re-posting this old story as a public service. There is some nasty shit… flu… out there now.
If it hadn’t been for the flu pandemic of 1918, I wouldn’t be here.
You see both of my grandparents lost their first spouses to the flu or complications from the flu. Grandma had two sons, and Grandpa had one. After they married in the early 1920s, they had two daughters, my aunt and my Mom. They built an early yours-mine-and-ours family and a 50+ year marriage on the tragedies of the largest pandemic in US history.
According to my Mom, Grandma was relieved that her first husband Charlie didn't have to go to World War I but was devastated when he died from the flu just a few years later. Lessons from the flu stayed with my Grandma her entire life. Learn Grandma's tips after the jump.
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
A couple of items the "less-than-do-nothing" Tea-Publican 112th Congress, the "Worst. Congress, Ever.", left unfinished last night.
First, was Hurricane Sandy relief which has Northeast politicians from Rep. Peter King (R-NY) to Governor Chris Chrisitie (R-NJ) fuming today. Gov. Christie lambastes ‘toxic’ House Republicans over Sandy aid delay:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) condemned House Republicans
Wednesday afternoon for failing to pass a $60 billion package of funding
for Hurricane Sandy relief. In the strongest terms, he accused House
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) of letting “toxic internal politics”
impede necessary storm relief.
“There’s only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these
victims: the House majority and their speaker,” Christie said. “It was
disappointing and disgusting to watch.”
* * *
President Obama has called on the House to immediately pass the aid package.
The governor said that the lawmakers had failed to put the country
before their own political careers, showing “callous indifference to the
suffering of the people of my state.”
The package “could not overcome toxic internal politics of the House
majority,” Christie said. ”Shame on you, shame on Congress.” He went on
to criticize lawmakers who suggested there was too
much unnecessary spending in the bill as “know-nothings” who “should
spend a little less time reading the political talking points put
together by their staff.”
Christie said he called Boehner four times late last night, and the speaker did not return his calls.
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Announcement from the Arizona Democratic Party: When Women Vote, We All Win Rally Monday, January 14, 2013 Arizona State Capitol Lawn 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Please join women's groups from around the state at the "When Women Vote, We All Win" Rally on the first day of … Read more
