January 31, 2013 by IdealisticRebel

And again, A Fourteen Year Old Shot Outside an Atlanta Middle School

He is my brother

Well there has been another shooting in Atlanta. I watched them put a child on a gurney and the ambulance racing to the hospital with lights whirling and sirens screaming.Screaming is the perfect sound to describe the loss of another child to gun violence. My heart trembles and my hands don’t want to type. Again, a child has been shot in the head at school. AGAIN ! AGAIN ! What is wrong with our society?

Fourteen years old child has been shot in the head.

Crime Scene Tape at Atlanta School

The news anchors say another child brought the gun to school and shoot the other child who is in hospital and still alive. The child remains in hospital. Lest we think it is just our children, a Texas Assistant District Attorney was shot. The police are still looking for the assailant.

December 11, 2012 by IdealisticRebel

New Violence in Our World

I am so sad to hear that there has been another mass shooting in a mall in Oregon. I ask that if you want to, that you pray for all who are there and for their families. Violence is never an answer. I am so sorry that this has come into the lives of these shoppers. Blessings to all.

November 5, 2012 by IdealisticRebel

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!

November 3, 2012 by IdealisticRebel

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.

November 2, 2012 by IdealisticRebel

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.