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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Power to the People
Tomorrow is Election Day. Soon the ads will be over. We will be focusing on other issues very soon, but tomorrow, for twelve hours we have the ability to have our say about who we want to guide our country for the next four years.
I realize there are some who do not plan on voting. They are sick of the negative ads and lies. I understand how they feel. I am sick of a Congress, elected by the people, for the people who has not done what they were elected to do. I say Shame on all of you for watching your backs first and the American people last.
The problem with not voting is that it gives officials too much power. Voting can prevent a dictator or someone like Hitler from taking the Power from the People. We as the American People need to vote and protect our land from complacency. As Americans, we are fiercely protective of our rights.
Historically, we have always debated, argued loudly and dissented. Even the Founding Fathers argued and loudly debated each other as they carved out what we know as the United States of America. Now, in 2012, we have our beautiful Democratic country. The founding fathers compromised on their differences and the only issue they could not hammer out was slavery. They decided to let future generations work that out.
Being a Democracy isn’t easy, but all the work we go through is worth being a country where each one of us is important, our voices count, and our votes are counted. Public policy belongs to every one of us and we can make a difference by becoming involved and working for what we believe in.
So please get out and vote. It is what a Democracy does to remain a Democracy. Vote and be proud because despite all of the rhetoric, we have a voice! Let’s use it and use our power. Many people around the world would give everything they have to have that vote and that voice.
Michelle Obama campaigns for her husband.
Vote because we live in a Democracy!
- Private sector jobs increase by 184,000; government jobs decreased this month by 13,000.
- Manufacturing jobs increase by 13,000; private service-producing jobs increase by 163,000.
- Unemployment declinedto 3.8% from 4.1% for people 25 and over with Bachelor’s degrees or higher. The unemployment rate for young people under 25 with Bachelor’s degrees or higher and not currently in school is 7.0%.
- 233,000 morefull-time workers this month; 124,000 fewer part-time workers. We have 2,619,000 more full-time workers than we had a year ago.
Down to the Wire
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Please vote responsibly. Please vote!
The difficult thing about an election where you are invested heart and soul, is that you give it all you have. All of the blood sweat and tears. We are three days from one of the most important elections during my lifetime. We are at a real crossroads for women and coming generations. There is never a perfect candidate, but one can and will take our country back in time fifty years.
We, as voting women and our daughters and granddaughters need to vote with the knowledge that our votes will affect millions of American women. The ability to have access to birth control, reproductive education, how a rape victim is treated and defended and counseled in the future is up for grabs here. The GOP feels the body shuts down and a woman can’t get pregnant during a legitimate rape. What else will they decide is magically going to change for women? What excuses will they come up with to control women, our bodies and our minds?
Next year, 2013 is going to be the opportunity to have Congress finally, finally pass a law to make women legally equal. We are the only citizens in America not to be equal. This is the twenty-first century. There will be benefits to us as women when this is passed.
The other point I want to state, is that Romney gave an interview recently, and he was asked about his Mormon faith. Now I do believe in separation of church and state, and I don’t think that the question should have asked. But it was, and Romney became agitated and slightly defensive. I found that a strange reaction to a fairly innocuous question. I think it is a character flaw if someone is nervous and upset to answer questions concerning whatever they believe or don’t believe. If he thought the question should not have been answered, he should have said so, not become agitated answering it.
Tuesday, November 6 is right around the corner. I suppose people know my feelings. I early voted. But, please go out and vote Tuesday. This is such an important time in America. Even though you may feel done with all of the campaign ads, and the negativity back and forth, cast your vote. Your vote is one of the foundations of Democracy.
Education of American children needs to be one of our priorities going forward.
This is your opportunity to stop this subjection and ownership of the female gender
Susan B. Anthony got us the vote with many other suffragettes; they made a coin for her in the U.S. Mint. If she were alive today, she wouldn’t be legally equal.
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Don’t forget to vote!!
3 days, 1 hour left. Please remember to vote!
How many PRIVATE sector jobs have been lost or gained since Obama was inaugurated?
With Benchmark Revisions:
- 4,213,000 PRIVATE-sector jobs (in seasonally adjusted numbers) were LOST from the time Obama took office until the “trough” of the Great Recession in early 2010.
- 5,425,000 PRIVATE-sector jobs (in seasonally adjusted numbers) were GAINED OR CREATED from the “trough” of the Great Recession until now, October 2012.
- In total,1,212,000 private sector jobs (in seasonally adjusted numbers) have been GAINED from the time Obama took office until now, October 2012.
- So Obama has gained 1,212,000 private sector jobs in less than 4 years, while Bush lost 600,000 private sector jobs in eight years. So Obama has created almost 2 million more private sector jobs in half the time.
- Do we really want to go back to Romney’s trickle down debacle on steroids?!
Four Days Until the Election
We are four days from making history. We will make the right choice. The only choice.
High five for President.
If anything, Hurricane Sandy is showing us who really cares. The 99% will help each other get through this sad and horrible disaster. Americas will rebuild and pull it together with the help of the rest of us. We have the strength and resilience Americans have always have had. President Obama cares and is working to make assistance available.
Tuesday is November 6th, please remember to vote and remember to reach out to those who have faced the storm and have survived. We are America. We will do this.
Through the storm Lady Liberty continues to be a becon to the people of the world.
We Are the World
Hurricane Sandy has now come, destroyed and gone. We, as citizens of our country need to come together regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, or economic status and turn around and see the millions of people who are injured, scared, in pain, overwhelmed and homeless.
Yes, FEMA will help, and the states will help, but people need more. They need each other. They need the rest of the country to care and to pull together with donations and volunteers. People are still in shelters. Children have lost their favorite stuffed toy. Some people have not one material thing left in this world. Nothing left to show that they were ever there or ever cared about anything.
Material things are not the most important things, but warm clothes, a roof over your children’s heads, and food and water are necessary to maintain life. So please donate to the American Red Cross tell them your donation is for Hurricane Sandy. Take time out to be grateful for what you have and share with the millions who have had their lives devastated.
For those who live in communities not as hard hit as New Jersey, New York, Virginia, West Virginia, Rhode Island and elsewhere you can help on a more personal level. If neighbors are without power, invite them to have a warm shower and a meal. Help to put up tarps on roofs and perhaps drive children to school. Share a hug and let someone know you care that they are suffering and feeling alone and helpless. Take them to church, temple, or mosque so they may have relief and support there also.
This is the time for the 99% to show that we are strong and love our fellow Americans. We have open hearts and will lovingly and compassionately reach out and help those in need. We are Americans and will help each other and anyone who is in need. So, to the food banks, to your churches, to your local shelters give what you can and give it with love.
Satelite picture of America after Hurricane Sandy
Daily Small Miracles
Rainbow after the
Storm
We have seen much tragedy due to Hurricane Sandy. But there are so many stories of miracles also. Images of newborn babies during the storm. Neighbors helping each other with hearts full of love and compassion. People reaching out to others with caring and concern. This is a time when we put aside our own concerns and differences of opinion and reach out. Here people are going around taking trees off of roofs for homeowners to prevent further damage. People who have power are going to shelters to assist the people who were evacuated and are in shelters. We see these types of miracles after disasters. Americans can be very good at putting all else aside an rolled up their sleeves and helping each other.
Each day, small miracles occur and often we miss these tiny events in our lives and in the lives of the people around us. The person who comes through surgery well. The one pound baby that finally gets to go home with their families. The friend who calls at the perfect moment when we need a supportive shoulder.The child who holds the door open for you.
These miracles couples themselves to the random acts of kindness that people perform every minute of every day. The stranger who does something kind. The sudden smile that brightens your life and the unexpected compliment. The person that stops and assists you to put packages into your car.
We touch each other every day with kindness and compassion. These simple acts help people heal from whatever is going on in their lives. They are very important to pass on to someone else. As always, it all begins within ourselves. So be a miracle worker today and put a smile on someone’s face or remind them that they are not alone.
The Miracle of the one single perfect flower. Photo by Barbara Mattio
Butterfly whispering. Photo by Cliff Mattio
The Beauty of Nature Heals Our Hearts and Souls. Asheville, NC. Photo by Barbara Mattio
Today, be the wind under someone’s wings. Open your heart and give away love to each other. The Miracle about love is that the more you give away, the more you have. Love is not like a pie. So give your love away today and become part of the miracles that happen around us every day.
A painting done by an Alzheimer’s patient. Photo by Barbara Mattio
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