Feb 22 2012

From the MA DEMS – lets call out Scott Brown on the Blunt Amendment

Last week Scott Brown proudly announced he would lead the charge for an extreme measure being considered in the U.S. Senate that would allow employers and insurance companies to deny medical coverage.

The “Blunt amendment” that Brown is pushing goes so far beyond religious institutions and birth control that a Boston Globe columnist wondered if Brown had wandered off in to “crazyland” and a columnist for the Boston Herald said he had “sided with the nuts.”

And for good reason.

Under Brown’s plan, employers and insurance companies can refuse to cover ANY treatment for ANY person.

Coverage Denied ImageThis measure is a threat to women…and everyone else.

Spread the word by sharing this image in your Facebook timeline.

Imagine CEOs in board rooms looming over doctors offices, deciding which medical care they will let you have – it sounds like something out of a dystopian novel, but the bill Scott Brown has endorsed could make this your reality.

President Obama’s health care reform does not require any religious institution to cover contraception. This is yet another issue where the Republicans have created controversy out of thin air to change the subject from their anti-middle class agenda.

We can only stop Scott Brown if we make sure the truth gets out – that’s why we need your help.

Let your friends know by visiting our Facebook page and clicking “share” underneath the image.

If you don’t have a Facebook account, you can also help by forwarding this email to 5 friends. I know you can come up with five people in your life that would be affected by this legislation because everyone could be affected by it. Send this along to make sure they have the facts.

Thanks,

Clare

 

Feb 22 2012

Conference Call with First Lady Michelle Obama tonight – come to Boston headquarters – 77 Summer Street – link below

Attend a House Meeting

MA Dems Headquarters in Boston is having a house meeting tonight for the conference call   https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/womenforobamaevent/gppvc8#rsvp

Tonight, women across the country will hold hundreds of house meetings to build relationships in their community and hear from First Lady Michelle Obama via conference call. House meetings are at the core of our strategy to win, and attending an event is a great way to inspire others to take ownership over this campaign in your community. Women are coming together in living rooms to talk about the issues that matter most to them, and why organizing for President Obama in 2012 is so important in this election.

click on link to find a meeting near you http://www.barackobama.com/women/attend-a-house-party?source=20120216-HP

Feb 19 2012

Thoughts from John Tener

Dear Friends (and friends of friends),
As we all begin to focus more closely on the first three now completed  years of President Obama’s presidency, the following poem  seems to present an appropriate theme for what we have seen, and experienced with our President.
                       SOMETIMES

                      Sometimes things don’t go, after all,
                      From bad to worse.  Some years, muscadel
                      faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don’t fail,
                      sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well.
                      A people sometimes will step back from war;
                      elect an honest man; decide they care
                      enough, that they can’t leave some stranger poor.
                      Some men become what they were born for.
                      Sometimes our best efforts do not go
                      Amiss; sometimes we do as we meant to.
                      The sun will  sometimes melt a field of sorrow
                      that seemed hard frozen; may it happen for you.
                                                          (Anonymous by request)
And it has happened to you, and me, and all of us  these past three years.  We elected an honest man  November three years ago.  We stepped back from war.  The  man, indeed the  nation aimed high. We passed laws that improved things:  that  provided better and less costly health care for our nation; that stopped  discrimination against women in pay, and health services;  that strengthened the  rules for financial dealings; that put millions back to work; that saved an auto industry from collapse; that saved our financial system from collapse;  that changed and improved our schools; that brought down a tyrant; that gave hope  and change to millions living under tyranny.
He  stopped torture.  He honored all religious faiths. He  obeyed the law.   He  appointed thousands of selfless  and talented  public servants who also  obeyed the law.  He  governed with integrity, transparency, fidelity to the Constitution, and with good humor and quiet aplomb.  He told the truth.
Some men indeed become what they were born for.  Our president fits that description.  A natural leader.   Born in  unconventional  circumstances, raised in multi-cultural lands, educated in challenging surroundings, excelling in all he has pursued.  Caring enough so as to reach out to strangers, poor and in need.  Asking us to do the same.   And things have not gone from bad to worse.  We have done as we meant to.  We have changed, not all of us perhaps, but many, perhaps most.  We try to  speak more respectfully, we try to  listen more attentively, we prepare more thoroughly.  We do adult things in adult ways.
Our crops have not failed. Our green things hold renewed  hope for thriving.   Sometimes, this time, the hard frozen fields have begun to melt.  Good will, compassion sometimes, this time,  has won out.
Warm regards,
John
Feb 18 2012

More misogynistic GOP plans – RUBIO’S CONTRACEPTION PLAN

In response to President Obama’s decision that all women should have access to contraception, free of cost, Senator Rubio introduced a bill that would let any organization, religious or not, sidestep this rule, putting a woman’s access to contraception at the whim of her employer. His solution for women who still would like it? Pay for it themselves, or find somewhere else to work.

Question -

Can you be a woman with any self-esteem whatsoever and vote Republican