You may not have known this, but there are currently NINETEEN WOMEN CONGRESSIONAL REPS who co-sponsored a bill to honor Arnold Palmer, the golf legend, for being very good at golf (and, for apparently being a very nice guy. Wow, huh?).
These same NINETEEN WOMEN — women who not only wouldn’t have been allowed to hold the jobs they now hold, representing their constituent Americans, they wouldn’t have even been allowed to VOTE for someone to represent them without the efforts of Alice Paul and her sister Suffragists — these same NINETEEN WOMEN have so far refused to co-sponsor an utterly non-controversial, non-partisan, FREE bill to award Alice Paul a Congressional Gold Medal. Without enough co-sponsors to bring the bill to a floor vote, this bill will die.
For absolutely no good reason, and lots of bad reasons.
Nineteen women who signed up to sponsor a bill in honor of a golf player but so far will NOT honor the woman who gave them their jobs.
Unbelievable.
Speaking of The Nineteen, if you’re intrigued by connections, it occurred to me while writing this post that not only is the Nineteenth Amendment the one that gave women the right to vote (because of Alice Paul), it is ALSO a term of art in golf — meaning “after the 18th hole,” or the reward at the end of a round of play. If you make an image search for “19th Hole” you get LOTS of pictures of semi-nude women servicing men with drinks and other pleasures. Weird, huh?
* * * * * TODAY’S PROWL * * * * *
Contact The Nineteen in every way you can. Call, fax, email, and mail THIS NOTECARD or THIS POSTCARD to their offices. AND use Rancho’s letter below to fax/email to The Nineteen.
If your own rep is on this list, raise HOLY HELL with their office. How dare a woman rep go out of her way to honor a golfer at the same time she REFUSES to honor the woman who made it LEGAL for her to hold the sacred job she has!?
I am posting this letter, an EXCELLENT one by Rancho, to use in your emails and faxes. It really cuts to the heart of the matter. There is absolutely NO EXCUSE for The Nineteen. Also, after the letter, I’m posting the full addresses and contact info for The Nineteen. In future I’ll simply link to this post for people to get the contact info.
Thank you VERY much to Rancho and PumaBear, MK, gojoy, and others who have worked tirelessly on this effort.
SAMPLE LETTER:
The Honorable _____________
It has recently been brought to my attention that you co-sponsored H.R. 1243, which would provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Arnold Palmer in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf.
Records indicate, however, that you are one of 39 women in the House of Representatives who have not yet signed on to co-sponsor H.R. 406, which would award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of Alice Paul’s role in the women’s suffrage movement and in advancing rights for women.
Alice Paul dedicated her life to securing suffrage and equal rights for ALL women, and was instrumental in the passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. It is because of her, and others who fought with her, that YOU are able to vote, as well as be a representative in your state.
As cited in the Congressional findings, (Sec. 2, #12) Few people have played a greater role in shaping the history of the United States than Alice Paul.
As a member of Puma PAC, People United Means Action (http://pumapac.org) I implore you to join your “sisters” in the House who have already supported this important bill, and make it a unanimous bipartisan representation of ALL WOMEN!
Please contact Jenny.Sarabia@mail.house.gov today to co-sponsor H.R. 406!
Sincerely,
Your Name
Puma PAC Member
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Following are the 19 WOMEN Co-Sponsors of H.R. 1243-Arnold Palmer/golf but NOT H.R. 406-Alice Paul/suffragette Congressional Medal bills. Send them a postcard, letter, and Fax. To email them, simply click HERE and click on their state. It’s easy, fun, free, and VERY GOOD for venting frustration at the utter madness of it all.
* The Honorable Tammy Baldwin-Wisconsin
United States House of Representatives
2446 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4902
DC Phone: 202-225-2906
DC Fax: 202-225-6942
* The Honorable Melissa Bean-Illinois
United States House of Representatives
432 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1308
DC Phone: 202-225-3711
DC Fax: 202-225-7830
* The Honorable Marsha Blackburn-Tennessee
United States House of Representatives
217 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4305
DC Phone: 202-225-2811
DC Fax: 202-225-3004
* The Honorable Corrine Brown-Florida
United States House of Representatives
2336 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0903
DC Phone: 202-225-0123
DC Fax: 202-225-2256
* The Honorable Lois Capps-California
United States House of Representatives
1110 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0523
DC Phone: 202-225-3601
DC Fax: 202-225-5632
* The Honorable Kathy Anne Castor-Fllorida
United States House of Representatives
317 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0911
DC Phone: 202-225-3376
DC Fax: 202-225-5652
* The Honorable Rosa L. DeLauro-Connecticut
United States House of Representatives
2413 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0703
DC Phone: 202-225-3661
DC Fax: 202:-225-4890
* The Honorable Anna G. Eshoo-California
United States House of Representatives
205 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0514
DC Phone: 202-225-8104
DC Fax: 202-225-8890
* The Honorable Virginia Foxx-North Carolina
United States House of Representatives
1230 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3305
DC Phone: 202-225-2071
DC Phone: 202-225-2995
* The Honorable Marcia L. Fudge-Ohio
United States House of Representatives
1513 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3511
DC Phone: 202-225-7032
DC Fax: 202-225-1339
* The Honorable Jane Harmon-California
United States House of Representatives
2400 Rayburn House Office Buiilding
Washington, D.C. 20515-0536
DC Phone: 202-225-8220
DC Fax: 202-226-7290
* The Honorable Carolyn Kilpatrick-Michigan
United States House of Representatives
2264 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2213
DC Phone: 202-225-2261
DC Fax: 202-225-5730
* The Honorable Mary Jo Kilroy-Ohio
United States House of Representatives
1237 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3515
DC Phone: 202-225-2015
DC FAX: 202-225-3529
* The Honorable Cynthia Lummis-Wyoming
United States House of Representatives
1004 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-5001
DC Phone: 202-225-2311
DC Fax: 202-225-3057
* The Honorable Carolyn McCarthy-New York
United States House of Representatives
2346 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3204
DC Phone: 202-225-5516
DC Fax: 202-225-5758
* The Honorable Candice Miller-Michigan
United States House of Representatives
228 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2210
DC Phone: 202-225-2106
DC Fax: 202-226-1169
* The Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen-Florida
United States House of Representatives
2470 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0918
DC Phone: 202-225-3931
DC Fax: 202-225-5620
* The Honorable Jackie Speier-California
United States House of Representatives
211 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0512
DC Phone: 202-225-3531
DC Fax: 202-226-4183
* The Honorable Maxine Waters-California
United States House of Representatives
2344 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0535
DC Phone: 202-225-2201
DC Fax: 202-225-7854
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Rancho 07.09.09 at 4:52 pm
First on? Snail Mail donation coming.
For everyone’s information, I have found that email’s to Reps. don’t work for me because the site asks for my zip code, and kicks my email back because I’m not a constituent. (Learned that with NUMEROUS emails to Pelosi).
Also, I was told that post cards to DC are better than letters, because letters can be held for up to two weeks for inspection . . ANTHRAX and such.
Fax and phone calls the best, but costly!
murphy 07.09.09 at 4:56 pm
Tammy
Melissa
Marsha
Corrine
Lois
Kathy Anne
Rosa
Anna
Virginia
Marcia
Jane
Carolyn
Mary Jo
Cynthia
Carolyn
Candice
Ileana
Jackie
Such a lovely list of names. What the hell is WRONG with you 19??
Maxine
RememberNovember 07.09.09 at 4:58 pm
Thank you Rancho for the snail mail addresses and Murphy for posting.
As someone posted recently “I owe, I owe, off to work I go….”
sorry cannot remember which of you funny Pumas posted that!
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 5:12 pm
So, in part, what they are telling us is nice guys are so rare, they give congressional gold medals to the few they find??
Rancho 07.09.09 at 5:16 pm
MURPHY OMG. . I JUST SAW THIS!
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Murphy # 27 Previous thread . . . Because Rancho REALLY needs another attack on her superhuman sanguinity, from the WSJ Political Diary (sorry, no link):
“Will the House Hold Its Nose and Honor the King of Pop?
Michael Jackson led a controversial life, but it’s the good things that Reps. Diane Watson and Sheila Jackson Lee choose to remember as they cosponsor a House bill to honor the late pop singer as a “global humanitarian and a noted leader in the fight against worldwide hunger and medical crises.”
Is this for real? Where did you see/read this?
(sanguinity . . . another word I had to look up! Do you talk like this “at home”
)
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 5:16 pm
Fax and phone calls the best, but costly!
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Two Free Faxes per day per email address
freefax.com or faxfree.com (sorry, sinus headache, can’t recall right now)
FLBarbara 07.09.09 at 5:16 pm
Justice Ginsburgs in this Sundays NY Times will come out swinging in defence of Sotomayer
BigCatLover 07.09.09 at 5:20 pm
Oops, I posted this on the other thread, so will repost it here than get busy contacting my Rep who is cosponsoring this AP bill. To be fair to her, she just got to Congress after a protracted recount of the vote in Ohio that finally gave her the seat.
henry 07.09.09 at 4:31 pm
HP Boston
They did not mention the actual name of the bill once. Just it would allow free biological medicines and that Waxman was sponsoring. At the end it said call toll free using a number given to let your representative know you support the Waxman Bill. I had to call and got put on hold while it was looked into. The woman on the phone was very polite, but there is no way you’d listen to the message and not believe the Waxman bill was about generic drugs. Duplicitous. And cruel to mislead the elderly in such a fashion
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I got two of these messages today which I didn’t really listen to because they are trying to increase our city income taxes and I’ve also gotten messages about that too. My messages from AARP about generic biological drugs talked about a bill sponsored by Sherrod Brown (One of my Senators) and Chuck Schumer and they called the bill the Brown/Schumer bill. No mention was made of Waxman at all. Is Waxman a Rep from the state of those who got the call about the Waxman bill. They are not telling everyone to call and support the Waxman bill.
Shadowfax 07.09.09 at 5:22 pm
Great job ((Rancho and Murphy)) will do prowl.
Any idea what party the majority of these women are in or Dems and Repubs?
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 5:26 pm
Shadow
Believe it was mentioned on last night’s thread.
henry 07.09.09 at 5:31 pm
Big Cat Lover
they did not mention Schumer or Brown in the call I got. They did mention Waxman and generic biological drugs and ended with call your reps and tell them you support Waxman bill. I called the number on my caller ID and was given the number of the PA AARP. I am in PA so neither is my Senator, but the call I got was very misleading. Why would they even mention his name. They were very polite and she told me she would forward my concern to the supervisor.
RememberNovember 07.09.09 at 5:33 pm
From Lt. Dan Choi via Courage Campaign
[I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the [424,343 signatures of support that Courage Campaign members have collected on my behalf, calling on President Barack Obama, the Army and Speaker Nancy Pelosi to put an end to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
When I presented your signatures as "Exhibit E: Courage Campaign" to the four members of the Army's Federal Recognition Board, they were shocked. To the best of my knowledge, no one had ever submitted that many signatures in support of a service member before.
Now, I am planning to personally deliver your signatures of support to Speaker Pelosi, asking her to take leadership on DADT. With Rep. Patrick Murphy -- a fellow Iraq veteran -- reintroducing the "Military Readiness Enhancement Act" in Congress yesterday, I think your signatures will now have an even bigger impact on Speaker Pelosi.]
snip..
[To continue to push for an end to DADT, these organizations need your help. Can you make a contribution to support us?]
http://www.couragecampaign.org/DontHide
MKfromLA 07.09.09 at 6:07 pm
regarding Alice Paul prowl -
Members of the house of representatives keep a district office in the neighborhood of their constituents. If you have a good friend who lives in one of these zipcodes, you might want to contact her and ask her to email the congresswoman directly.
Tammy Baldwin-Wisconsin
400 East Grand Avenue, Suite 402
Beloit, WI 53511
http://tammybaldwin.house.gov/get_address.html
Melissa Bean-Illinois
1701 East Woodfield Road, Suite 200
Schaumburg, IL 60173
http://www.house.gov/bean/issue_subscribe.htm
Marsha Blackburn-Tennessee
1850 Memorial Drive
Clarksville, TN 37043
http://blackburn.house.gov/contactform/
Lois Capps-California
301 East Carrillo Street, Suite A
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
http://www.house.gov/capps/contact/send_an_email.shtml
Kathy Anne Castor-Fllorida
4144 North Armenia Avenue, Suite 300
Tampa, FL 33609
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Rosa L. DeLauro-Connecticut
59 Elm Street
New Haven, CT 06510-2047
http://delauro.house.gov/contact_form_email.cfm
Anna G. Eshoo-California
698 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
https://forms.house.gov/eshoo/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Virginia Foxx-North Carolina
6000 Meadowbrook Mall, Suite 3
Clemmons, NC 27012
http://www.house.gov/formfoxx/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Marcia L. Fudge-Ohio
4834 Richmond Road, Suite 150
Warrensville, OH 44128
http://fudge.house.gov/?sectionid=51§iontree=351
Jane Harmon-California
2321 East Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 3270
El Segundo, CA 90245
http://www.house.gov/harman/contact/email.shtml
Carolyn Kilpatrick-Michigan
10600 West Jefferson, Room 203
River Rouge, MI 48218
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Mary Jo Kilroy-Ohio
1299 Olentangy River Road, Suite 200
Columbus, OH 43212
https://forms.house.gov/kilroy/contact-form.shtml
Cynthia Lummis-Wyoming
2120 Capitol Avenue, Suite 2015
Cheyenne, WY 82001
https://forms.house.gov/lummis/contact-form.shtml
Carolyn McCarthy-New York
300 Garden City Plaza, Suite 200
Garden City, NY 11530
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Candice Miller-Michigan
48701 Van Dyke Ave.
Shelby Township, MI 48317
http://candicemiller.house.gov/Contact.aspx
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen-Florida
4960 SW 72 Avenue, Suite 208
Miami, FL 33144
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Jackie Speier-California
400 South El Camino Real, Suite 410
San Mateo, CA 94402-1704
http://speier.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=54§iontree=54
Maxine Waters-California
6033 West Century Boulevard, Suite 807
Los Angeles, CA 90045
http://www.house.gov/waters/IMA/issue.htm
stoney42 07.09.09 at 6:21 pm
Post cards printed. Will be in the mail tomorrow am.
BlueinPrahaTX 07.09.09 at 6:33 pm
Did anyone see Ron4Hills comment downstairs?
Beautiful.
Best comment on that thread and I think everyone missed it.
simofish 07.09.09 at 6:40 pm
OH — I AM SO DOING THIS— I am going to write a hand written note card to each woman. Going to use the same note cards we used for all the super delegates. In fact — I think I should invite a few friends over to help me ! My outside BBQ will be finished tomorrow !! I think it’s party time for the Bay Area Hilldogs !! I guess now we go by PUMA’s
wontbackdown 07.09.09 at 6:45 pm
Arnold Palmer – “Nice guy” and “a womanizer” were synonymous when he was on the tour – especially among LPGA players who crossed his path.
Ole’ ‘fun-loving Arnie’ apparently still has that charm.
RememberNovember 07.09.09 at 6:45 pm
BluePrahaTx
Not everyone missed it Blue!
Everyone else is busy writing postcards and sending faxes – they’ll catch up later….
Shadowfax 07.09.09 at 6:50 pm
Well if this holds true for Michael Jackson, it should also mean that Arnold Palmer won’t get his honor by Nasty and her buddies in the House.
Wonder if the Race Card will be pulled on her for this one?
(Thank you Murphy for not putting Michael in this prowl…some of us are still sad on that one.)
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Pelosi: House won’t take up Michael Jackson resolution
Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the House will not take up a resolution honoring Michael Jackson.
WASHINGTON (CNN) –The House of Representatives will not take up a resolution honoring the late entertainer Michael Jackson, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday.
Pelosi called Jackson “a great, great performer” and acknowledged there is “lots of sadness.” But the speaker said at a press conference that while members could express their sympathy on the House floor, she added “I don’t think it’s necessary” to pass a resolution.
“A resolution, I think, would open up (debate) to contrary views that are not necessary at this time to be expressed in association with a resolution whose purpose is quite different,” Pelosi explained.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, who spoke at the memorial service for Jackson on Tuesday in Los Angeles, has introduced HR 600, “Honoring an American legend and musical icon.”
The resolution states, “Whereas Michael Jackson was not only an accomplished recording and performing artist, he was a noted humanitarian.”
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
Zee 07.09.09 at 7:04 pm
What a WONDERFUL prowl, Murphy! I am gonna cross post it over at TGW.
I’m glad to hear that phone calls are best, Rancho, since I pay a flat rate for phone and always call! I wish my fax machine still worked, alas.
Whew, whew, whew, what a day!
I just made it through the thread downstairs and was about to comment, when everyone moved upstairs.
I thought shadowfax made some excellent points and I mostly dittoed her, but I want to say everyone should take a deep breath.
I was over at that site all week, mostly irritating people, as I usually seem to do, but taking great care that I emphasized that it was not my intention to do so. I was trying to figure out what, exactly, bothered them so much about the support for Palin.
Pat and taggles are passionate people, same as the rest of us. None of us are going to see eye-to-eye on everything, and because Murphy tolerates a lot of posters who have vastly different world views, this is not the place for those who don’t like rough and tumble.
But Pat explained that her post was sparked by getting attacked by a close-knit group when she posted a dissenting view.
I wish she’d have put that in the original post, but be that as it may, her post was criticism, yes, but I don’t feel it was disrespectful or over the line. And Murphy and others who weighed in, were very careful not to burn bridges…which I think should be applauded.
btw, murphy’s monster atavar has a halo….very cute! Mine’s a squid with lobster claws and a unicorn horn. Hmmmmm. And three eyes.
Zee 07.09.09 at 7:07 pm
Shadowfax, egalia over at TGW took a lot of ugly flak for supporting Michael Jackson as a humanitarian, an artist, and a good father. Finally, she was forced to delete all ugly posts about MJ….and she is as open as Murphy for allowing dissenting and sparring posts.
Zee 07.09.09 at 7:09 pm
Another benefit if you send postcards….it will educate others as they are simple to catch the attention of all who handle them.
Zee 07.09.09 at 7:23 pm
Blue….hey! I went and checked ron’s post. yeah! Over at the other site there was a poster who pointed out much of the same thing and I totally “DITTO!”ed her, too. She pointed out the koolaid media trying to act as if michelle’s sense of style and grace was “all that” and concluded, “um, no.”
It was very relaxing to get to ditto her and ditto shadowfax, because I have been dealing with my latest “breakdown” — ie, my beloved refrigerator. I lost all my food, but “new” used frig is finally up and running. I even flipped the doors myself. I had to go buy a *tool* and it probably would’ve taken a professional 10 minutes instead of hours, but HEY.
On the positive side the computer shop just called and the only thing wrong with my iMac was a backscreen light. Whoo-hoo! No lost material, no new purchase neeeded!!
And no more hunching over this borrowed laptop!!!
Anyway….I wish I could’ve chimed in earlier today…but hopefully the teeth-grinding has abated and no bridges were burned…we need all the bridges…
wontbackdown 07.09.09 at 7:23 pm
The Place of Women on the Court
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By EMILY BAZELON
Published: July 7, 2009
Interview with Justice Ginsberg
Q: The case ties together themes of women’s equality and reproductive freedom. The court split those themes apart in Roe v. Wade. Do you see, as part of a future feminist legal wish list, repositioning Roe so that the right to abortion is rooted in the constitutional promise of sex equality?
JUSTICE GINSBURG: Oh, yes. I think it will be.
Q: If you were a lawyer again, what would you want to accomplish as a future feminist legal agenda?
JUSTICE GINSBURG: Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to me so obvious. The states that had changed their abortion laws before Roe [to make abortion legal] are not going to change back. So we have a policy that affects only poor women, and it can never be otherwise, and I don’t know why this hasn’t been said more often.
::snip::
Q: When you say that reproductive rights need to be straightened out, what do you mean?
JUSTICE GINSBURG: The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/magazine/12ginsburg-t.html?pagewanted=1
murphy 07.09.09 at 7:25 pm
reposting MKfromLA’s truly AWESOME comment from above, which was temporarily stuck in the spam filter due to so many links (links!)
Thanks MKfromLA!
“regarding Alice Paul prowl -
Members of the house of representatives keep a district office in the neighborhood of their constituents. If you have a good friend who lives in one of these zipcodes, you might want to contact her and ask her to email the congresswoman directly.
Tammy Baldwin-Wisconsin
400 East Grand Avenue, Suite 402
Beloit, WI 53511
http://tammybaldwin.house.gov/get_address.html
Melissa Bean-Illinois
1701 East Woodfield Road, Suite 200
Schaumburg, IL 60173
http://www.house.gov/bean/issue_subscribe.htm
Marsha Blackburn-Tennessee
1850 Memorial Drive
Clarksville, TN 37043
http://blackburn.house.gov/contactform/
Lois Capps-California
301 East Carrillo Street, Suite A
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
http://www.house.gov/capps/contact/send_an_email.shtml
Kathy Anne Castor-Fllorida
4144 North Armenia Avenue, Suite 300
Tampa, FL 33609
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Rosa L. DeLauro-Connecticut
59 Elm Street
New Haven, CT 06510-2047
http://delauro.house.gov/contact_form_email.cfm
Anna G. Eshoo-California
698 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
https://forms.house.gov/eshoo/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Virginia Foxx-North Carolina
6000 Meadowbrook Mall, Suite 3
Clemmons, NC 27012
http://www.house.gov/formfoxx/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Marcia L. Fudge-Ohio
4834 Richmond Road, Suite 150
Warrensville, OH 44128
http://fudge.house.gov/?sectionid=51§iontree=351
Jane Harmon-California
2321 East Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 3270
El Segundo, CA 90245
http://www.house.gov/harman/contact/email.shtml
Carolyn Kilpatrick-Michigan
10600 West Jefferson, Room 203
River Rouge, MI 48218
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Mary Jo Kilroy-Ohio
1299 Olentangy River Road, Suite 200
Columbus, OH 43212
https://forms.house.gov/kilroy/contact-form.shtml
Cynthia Lummis-Wyoming
2120 Capitol Avenue, Suite 2015
Cheyenne, WY 82001
https://forms.house.gov/lummis/contact-form.shtml
Carolyn McCarthy-New York
300 Garden City Plaza, Suite 200
Garden City, NY 11530
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Candice Miller-Michigan
48701 Van Dyke Ave.
Shelby Township, MI 48317
http://candicemiller.house.gov/Contact.aspx
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen-Florida
4960 SW 72 Avenue, Suite 208
Miami, FL 33144
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Jackie Speier-California
400 South El Camino Real, Suite 410
San Mateo, CA 94402-1704
http://speier.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=54§iontree=54
Maxine Waters-California
6033 West Century Boulevard, Suite 807
Los Angeles, CA 90045
http://www.house.gov/waters/IMA/issue.htm“
murphy 07.09.09 at 7:28 pm
“There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to me so obvious. The states that had changed their abortion laws before Roe [to make abortion legal] are not going to change back. So we have a policy that affects only poor women, and it can never be otherwise, and I don’t know why this hasn’t been said more often.”
I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING THIS ALL YEAR RUTH!
I love love love that woman. The age of forced pregnancy is OVER. There is NO GOING BACK, no matter how devoutly forced-pregnancy freaks want to pray for it.
No, NOT everyone who has mixed feelings about abortion or who downright disapproves of the practice is a forced-pregnancy freak — I’m talking about the freaks. like Dr. Tiller’s murderer.
thanks wbd — i love RBG!
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 7:29 pm
I think it’s party time for the Bay Area Hilldogs !! I guess now we go by PUMA’s
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I like it! and, as a registered California voter, I vote “YES”.
murphy 07.09.09 at 7:29 pm
have a tequilla for me Simo, and tell the Mrs hello!
wow! you work fast! when I was there your backyard bbq was just a gleam (a big shiny evil gleam to be sure) in your eye!
congrats.
Susie1945 07.09.09 at 7:30 pm
wontbackdown 07.09.09 at 7:23 pm
JUSTICE GINSBURG: The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
And isn’t that exactly what we’ve been saying over and over again – if Palin can get that particular point then I’m in…I’m too old to have children now and even back in the day, I said – it’s my body, nobody has the right to tell me what I can or cannot do with it (well, within reason – no nudy pics or billboards, etc.) – I’ve been saying that for over 40 years and no one hears………………………..
Zee 07.09.09 at 7:32 pm
You know, wontbackdown #24, this is true on so many levels…it’s very much an economic disparity, not to mention government interference.
I wish there were a way to present these ideas without the ideology getting in the way. In the last thread, Delle posted a possible prowl on fighting the stupid cyberbullying “prevention” act.
We don’t need it — harassment is already against the law — and it can be abused. But do I want to link to a site that sneers that “lefties” are ruining the constitution? um, no. Make that HELL no. My son is as left as they come, and his communities are against the bill, too.
But “government interference” and “protecting the innocent” is a shifting line, according to the ideological camps.
The only time either side cites those concerns is if it fits with the pet project at hand.
Susie1945 07.09.09 at 7:32 pm
Printed out the postcards – will mail tomorrow – will be sending the snail mail letters to both their home offices and the DC office on notecard paper – maybe if they get enough letters and calls it might get thru to them that maybe we’re just a tad pissed that women are getting pissed on again……………….ugh…………………
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 7:34 pm
we need all the bridges…
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not if you have wings….
just sayin’
murphy 07.09.09 at 7:35 pm
yay Susie!
Zee 07.09.09 at 7:37 pm
Dances, don’t you just wish this were Hogwarts?
“How will we get to London?”
“Fly, of course.”
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 7:38 pm
Zee
We’d be having regional Puma PAC Meet-ups every weekend!
Susie1945 07.09.09 at 7:39 pm
btw – heard on the news today that blago’s chief of staff pleaded guilty to offering obloviates seat for sale – also burris is gonna announce that he’s not gonna run for blago’s seat – gee – wha happened? are the dominoes starting to fall…….please, please, pretty please…………let obloviate be in the mix
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 7:39 pm
All of us sitting by the lake blogging to each other…
wontbackdown 07.09.09 at 7:41 pm
Murphy: It’s why I posted it.
I thought you would hear a familiar sound of that hammer hitting the nail and do a little well-deserved affirmation jig!
wontbackdown 07.09.09 at 7:43 pm
Shadowfax 07.09.09 at 6:50 pm
“Well if this holds true for Michael Jackson, it should also mean that Arnold Palmer won’t get his honor by Nasty and her buddies in the House.
Wonder if the Race Card will be pulled on her for this one?”
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As of 2002 Michael Jackson supported over 39 Charities with over 300 million in donations.
Whatever it is – Pelosi sucks on this position, too, imo.
Never, ever, ever, believed that he was a Pedophile, Shadow. Just didn’t fit.
Zee 07.09.09 at 7:45 pm
Dances…I’ll bring a centaur from my 7th level of hell…he’s almost tamed…
omg! check this out!
TGW has a post out on the latest Palin article!
http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/
It’s from TIME magazine and it’s not a hit piece. In fact, it notes that Palin, unlike all the menz who beg off their posts, doesn’t quote “spending more time with the family” as a reason…plus it notes that most women resign posts in order to have more freedom to do more with their lives!
Will wonders never cease?
Rancho 07.09.09 at 7:46 pm
Zee 07.09.09 at 7:04 pm
“What a WONDERFUL prowl, Murphy! I am gonna cross post it over at TGW.
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Tennessee Guerilla Women? What a GREAT idea!
Also:” Another benefit if you send postcards….it will educate others as they are simple to catch the attention of all who handle them.”
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JoJo, the creator of the Alice Paul Postcard, said the same thing to me.
She said “There is something to be said for being able to touch and handle an aesthetically pleasing letter” JoJo is quite the artist. (I miss seeing her name)
simofish 07.09.09 at 7:48 pm
Murph — been outside supervising — I will send you a link with the photo’s in a couple days — you are going to fall over with amazement !!
wontbackdown 07.09.09 at 7:59 pm
Zee 07.09.09 at 7:32 pm
this is true on so many levels…it’s very much an economic disparity, not to mention government interference.
I wish there were a way to present these ideas without the ideology getting in the way.
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Me too, Zee, me too.
wontbackdown 07.09.09 at 8:08 pm
Great prowl.
(# 24 was only a small excerpt from the The Honorable Ruth Ginsberg’s interview:
The rest can be read at NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/magazine/12ginsburg-t.html?pagewanted=1
Bye.
BigCatLover 07.09.09 at 8:14 pm
Go watch Dennis Kuchinich’s questioning of an anti Canadian single payor healthcare doctor at TGW.
http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 8:19 pm
Simo
What’s on the bbq menu?
simofish 07.09.09 at 8:34 pm
Dances — anything goes — starting with Iowa hamburgers / porkburgers — we even have a rotisserie — come on over. The Mrs. bought me William Sonoma utensils with my initials and a basket for my veggies. Next time you’re up in the Bay Area let me know.
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 8:40 pm
Oh Lordy… Monogrammed bbq utensils! You must be a very serious bbq-er! lol
PS “come on over” is 500 miles one way, not 5 blocks! lol
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 8:50 pm
I think I have to go to bed now.
Goodnight Pumas
simofish 07.09.09 at 8:52 pm
I am on my annual conference call giving out scholarships to graduating high schoolers who are LGBT — love this call. We only have $12,500 to give out – but it helps. We were the first (and only one other) to give out a scholarship in Matthew Shepards name.
CJK 07.09.09 at 9:32 pm
Re-posting link to petition to reinstate IG Gerald Walpin. Please sign. Thanks.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/reinstate-inspector-gereral-gerald-walpin
Juliette 07.09.09 at 9:33 pm
Henry, Normapuma or any other PA Pumas
Are you currently present at this thread?
Juliette 07.09.09 at 9:35 pm
CJK
I’ll sign it right now.
You’re the best CJK!
HopePuma 07.09.09 at 9:37 pm
Sorry I’m so behind on everything. It’s been a rough day for this puma. I’m tired out. I need to go back up and read all this on this thread yet. I’m not sure if I have the oomph tonight to do a prowl, but hopefully after work tomorrow I can still jump in on that. I was sent this email, though, that you might be interested in. This is about the ACORN whistle blower. I think that some of you might relate to what she’s saying. Here’s a quote from the beginning of the article:
Although she was indoctrinated into liberal thinking at a young age and has been a life-long Democrat, Anita MonCrief said in an interview that she now identifies with economic and social reforms that are championed by conservatives.
MonCrief is a former employee of the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) and its Project Vote affiliate who offered testimony last year in Harrisburg, Pa. as part of an election law suit filed against the organization. MonCrief discussed Project Vote’s voter registration activities and ACORN’s relationship with the Obama presidential campaign as part of her testimony.
“I’ve always been an outsider in my party because I ask a lot of questions and I didn’t like some of the answers I’ve been getting,” she said. “The problem I have with Democrats is that they promise you the world but then they don’t deliver. I identify now with conservative ideas because the answer is not social welfare. The answer instead comes from being less dependent on the government and keeping families together.”
and the link to the article:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/ACORN-whistleblower-MonCrief-now-identifies-with-conservative-cause–50369102.html
Juliette 07.09.09 at 9:53 pm
Signed CJK.
I often watch Fox Business News and was shocked when Liz Clayman hosted an interview with Mayor Kevin Johnson. She presented him as some kind of paradigm for Mayors. I was really beside myself and couldn’t stop wondering if Liz new anything about IG Walpin’s investigation into Mayor Johnson and his subsequent firing. I emailed Fox business and gave them a piece of my mind. Thought you might like to know CJK.
CJK 07.09.09 at 10:03 pm
FYI to all those interested in the IG Walpin firing, I received the following letter from the U.S. EEOC in response to the Walpin prowl letter I faxed:
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“Thank you for your letter dated June 21, 2009, to Acting Chair Stuart J. Ishimaru concerning the discharge of Gerald Walpin from his position as Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service. The Acting Chair has asked this office to respond directly to you.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing laws which prohibit discrimination against employees and applicants for employment with federal agencies based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, and reprisal. Mr. Walpin must initiate the first step in pursuing an allegation of discrimination which is to contact an equal employment opportunity (EEO) counselor at the agency where the alleged discrimination occurred within 45 calendar days of the personnel action or conduct causing the aggrieved person to believe that (s)he was discriminated against.
As you are not Mr. Walpin, or his legal representative, the EEOC is not permitted to discuss his termination with you due to the Privacy Act, of 1974, 5 U.S.C. [section] 552a, which prohibits the disclosure of information from a system of records absent the written consent of the subject individual. If Mr. Walpin, or his legal representative, seeks additional information about the federal sector complaint process, he should contact:
Office of Federal Operations
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Post Office Box 19848
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 663-4599
We hope this information is helpful to you.” Sincerely,
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BTW, below are links to some recent coverage re the Walpin firing. The small amount of media coverage I’ve seen of the so-called ‘documents’ obtained by the Washington Post sound like the smears and character assassination that we now know are typical of the BO administration as it attempts to squelch any and all dissenting opinion. The Washington Examiner opinion piece indicates the CNCS board is stonewalling the congressional investigators’ questions re WH involvement in Walpin’s firing. Thanks.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/07/gerald_walpin_documents.html
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/AmeriCorps-stonewalls-questions-of-White-House-involvement-in-IG-firing-50354822.html
Here’s a link to an opinion piece I just came across today which, IMO, offers a good summary of the real situation. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/19/removal-of-an-inspector/
CJK 07.09.09 at 10:07 pm
Juliette 07.09.09 at 9:53 pm
Thanks for signing the petition, Juliette. Maybe Liz Clayman should watch Glenn Beck’s show! Geesh! Please see my post #56 for my small update. Thanks for continuing to speak out on this situation.
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 10:10 pm
Interesting read:
AstroTurfing AntiFeminism:
The Myth Of Feminist Self-Destruction
http://cinie.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/astroturfing-antifeminism-the-myth-of-feminist-self-destruction/
HopePuma 07.09.09 at 10:12 pm
I am so tired I’m hitting the sack. Before I do I want to share this with you. Someone sent this to me (another one, I’m always getting emails, LOL). If you heard of Pamela Geller from Atlas Shrugs, this is her talking about Palin. I think she’s right-on about this! Palin is not a quitter. Pamela is doing a “call to arms” on this youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ycPSsERhbo
Juliette 07.09.09 at 10:18 pm
HopePuma
I hope that there will be many more Anita Moncriefs, that is to say refugees from the “Acorn Plantation,” As another ACORN whistle blower put it.
Wade Rathke has taken this orginization international, pretty alarming stuff, going on with our money.
I am as disillusioned with my life long party as Ms. Moncrief is and have been re-evaluating my positions on alot of things lately.
Shadowfax 07.09.09 at 10:20 pm
wontbackdown 07.09.09 at 7:43 pm
Shadowfax 07.09.09 at 6:50 pm
“Well if this holds true for Michael Jackson, it should also mean that Arnold Palmer won’t get his honor by Nasty and her buddies in the House.
Wonder if the Race Card will be pulled on her for this one?”
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As of 2002 Michael Jackson supported over 39 Charities with over 300 million in donations.
Whatever it is – Pelosi sucks on this position, too, imo.
Never, ever, ever, believed that he was a Pedophile, Shadow. Just didn’t fit.
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Hey WBD, you’re preachin’ to the choir here girl, I love Michael as many already know here and I don’t think he had a mean bone in his body or he might still be alive and fighting right now.
I am glad Murphy did not put him on this prowl because as much as I want Alice Paul to get honor, a stamp with her photo on it, and heck, chiseled into Mt. Rushmore…I would love to see Michael get some honorable mention at the least…but I was just bringing this up because Nasty made a point of stating he won’t get brought up in the House and damn if he isn’t Palmer sure as shit shouldn’t.
RIP Michael, I hope your name is cleared some day for the sake of your family and children.
Another proof that he is not a pedophile is that it’s a common fact that pedophiles do not change, continue to molest children. His children are proof that he raised them well. He did do some weird stuff, but not things that support his being a molester.
CJK 07.09.09 at 10:23 pm
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 10:10 pm
Thanks for the link, DWP. That is an interesting read, but IMO, it is precisely the incessant arguing over labels that continues to hamstring us. Self-determination in all matters is a primary consideration for ‘feminists,’ IMO. When we fight among ourselves over what boils down to semantics, we play directly into the hands of the male-dominated patriarchal power structure that has always succeeded at ultimately subjugating us by dividing and conquering our efforts and our resources.
Shadowfax 07.09.09 at 10:26 pm
Simofish…when is the BBQ. I hate looking at the meetup emails now that you are MIA on them.
I vote for Friday eve after work, but Saturday is good too.
Juliette 07.09.09 at 10:30 pm
Normapuma and Scarlet
Thankyou for informing me of yet more horrific legislation coming before congress.
H.R. 1966-Sec.88 Criminalization of Free Speech and
H.R. 2647 National Defence Authorization Act
great-now tax protesters are domestic terrorists.
Just the beginning of my letter:
Dear congress,
I think that the U.S. Attorney General should not impede American citizens from protesting, the theft of their tax dollars, as they see fit. (sound familiar)
RememberNovember 07.09.09 at 10:35 pm
Hi CJK
– signed the petition
There are only 128 signatures on the Walpin petition and the goal is just 1000 – only three or four people have signed since CJK requested our support a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/reinstate-inspector-gereral-gerald-walpin
RememberNovember 07.09.09 at 10:40 pm
CJK
Will you forward your letter from EEOC to Walpin? So sorry I have been AWOL re help with a letter
– cannot use computer much right now – hoping will be better so that by the weekend I can turn my attention to that and to the Alice Paul prowl.
CJK 07.09.09 at 10:49 pm
RememberNovember 07.09.09 at 10:40 pm
Hi RemNov. Thanks for your ongoing interest, and for signing the petition. I encourage other PUMAs to do likewise. I do not have contact info for Mr. Walpin, and so I’m sending the EEOC letter to select media, suggesting they follow up with him. If anyone has contact info for Mr. Walpin, I would gladly forward the EEOC letter to him, along with a copy of the letter at the PUMA Action Center protesting his illegal firing.
I, too, am doing the Alice Paul prowl. I can’t believe there are 19 women Congressional reps who still haven’t co-sponsored the bill for her Congressional Gold Medal. Back in the late 70s, I worked hard for the ERA/ERA Extension. It was the same sad story: Women standing in the way of other women, trying to outdo each other and prove who was the ‘better woman’ so to speak. Geesh…
simofish 07.09.09 at 10:50 pm
shadow — had to run some errands …………. I will e-mail you about the bbq
Juliette 07.09.09 at 10:55 pm
CJK
Thanks for posting the letter from the EEOC. I anticipated problems with attacking Obama’s unlawful act as an age issue. That is something Walpin will have to do for himself, but I am sure you know that I fully support your efforts and whatever strategy you choose to enlist.
What is increasingly more horrifying is Obama’s new attempts to make The Inspectors General of five different Financial Institutions, an appointed office, by appointment by His Royal Lowness BHO of course!
God help us CJK. This shit legislation just keeps on coming faster than I can email my soon to be irrelevant representative and Senators.
I think will should all take David Kahane’s advise
from “I Still Hate You, Sarah Palin”
“If you had any sence, you would start using our tactics against us. After all, you still have afew lawyers on your sid. Sue us. File frivolus ethics compliants against all our elected officials until, like Sarah Palin, they go broke from defending themselves. ”
“Challenge the constituionality of BO2’s legion of fill-in the blank czars-none of whom have to be confirmed, or even pass asecurity check. (Come to think of it , neither did Barry.) Let slip ypur own journalistic dogs of war, assuming you have any, to find Barry’s birth certificate, his college transcripts, whether he applied to Occidental as a foreign student, and on which passport he traveled in 1981 to Pakistan with his friend Wahid Hamid, for starters.”
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 11:10 pm
Juliette
Link, please?
and, who is david kahane? I know I copied a quote of his, but can’t recall who he is.
Shadowfax 07.09.09 at 11:14 pm
Thanks Simofish. Wish your fish cousin Anti was around…where the heck is Antifish?????????????????
Antifish and Goandersen I miss you!!!
Others I miss seeing are Greenfun, although she drops a scud and runs.
I also miss Jenni and Asian4Hillary!!!
CJK 07.09.09 at 11:18 pm
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 11:10 pm
Hi Dances! Thought you went to bed??? Here’s the link to the David Kahane piece. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDE3MmE5MDVmMGM1YjQ2NmVhMjJkN2I2ZTcxMzhlNjU=
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 11:19 pm
Thank you, CJK
I did, couldn’t fall asleep.
NewOrleansPuma 07.09.09 at 11:20 pm
Free speech need not sanction a steady stream of invective in an attempt to prove a point. Women who do are nothing more than the same frat boy mentality they so often single out as proof. We cannot elevate the conversation unless we agree that picking and choosing who is eligible to be defended, as opposed to who is not, is swept away.
From Pat Johnson…on widdershuns..Excellent insight…one of the reasons I rarely come here anymore…Murphy…!
CJK 07.09.09 at 11:20 pm
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 11:19 pm
I know what that’s like, especially lately. Lots of stuff to really worry about…
murphy 07.09.09 at 11:28 pm
constant stream of invective versus targeted missile strike invective.
is one worse than the other?
both are invective.
(great to see you, as always NOP)
Shadow — agreed about missing a few well liked Pumas, but rest assured, they’re around. Antifish drops in now and again, like greenfun (she was first on the post this morning even! or was it yesterday morning??)
the latest incarnation of asian4hillary was a name-stealing troll. a pretty good one at first — had most of us fooled for a while. sad to say, because I, like so many, really LOVED a4h’s insights, though I disagreed with her sometimes, I love her passion and authenticity.
thousands of lurkers Shadow — dont fret — our job is to keep the home fires burning.
among other things.
agreed with your last about MJ. I would never have put him in the PRoWL. silly Puma!
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 11:29 pm
CJK
My mind is tired, my body is not… therein lies the problem , me thinks.
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 11:31 pm
our job is to keep the home fires burning.
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Read that as “to keep the home fries burning.”
Must have simo’s bbq on my mind!
murphy 07.09.09 at 11:33 pm
you and Skipper too dwp. She’s STILL awake, and it’s 3 hours later here. We used to call her DracuSkipper when she was a baby because we’d check on her in her crib at like 1am and she’d be sitting up playing quietly by herself with her eyes WIDE open. it was weird.
she also sleeps with her eyes open. even now — weird.
Shadowfax 07.09.09 at 11:36 pm
(((Murph)))
thousands of lurkers Shadow — dont fret — our job is to keep the home fires burning.
among other things.
agreed with your last about MJ. I would never have put him in the PRoWL. silly Puma!
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And this is why I love you soooooooooooooooooooo.
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 11:40 pm
she also sleeps with her eyes open. even now — weird.
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when people sleep with their eyes wide open… do they blink?
murphy 07.09.09 at 11:42 pm
iow, dracuskipper is NOT like this little girl:
“A favorite childhood game is banned from the Jasmer household after 2-year-old Natalie proved herself the hide-and-seek champion. Natalie went missing Tuesday evening while playing the game with her brother and sisters and the best efforts of neighbors, police and firefighters called by her frantic parents weren’t enough to turn up the tot.
The terrifying ordeal for her parents ended happily after more than an hour of scouring the neighborhood around the 10th Street mobile home park where the Jasmers live.
In the end, it was the family dog that flushed her out. “Copper found her,” Natalie’s brother Kenny Findley said, crediting the mutt with discovering the tiny girl asleep inside a drawer underneath the washing machine in the family’s home.”
http://www.sharon-herald.com/local/local_story_188221735.html
h/t Taggles at the widdershins:
sheila7 07.09.09 at 11:42 pm
Hey PUMAS!
I’m not sure if anyone else gave this link but it’s heartwarming to me. BWAAHAAHAAHAA!
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/09/obamas-popularity-plummets-ohio-residents-express-impatience/
CJK 07.09.09 at 11:45 pm
murphy 07.09.09 at 11:28 pm
“constant stream of invective versus targeted missile strike invective.”
Astute, as always, Murphy! Where have you been??? I prefer to unleash my ‘invective’ — whether constant or targeted — at stuff like the misogynistic fascist dogma known as Islam and sharia law, the steady erosion of our freedoms and blatant violation of our Constitution by BO and cronies, sexist/misogynistic egomaniacs like ‘Littleman,’ etc. As tough as this mediocre-male-dominated world is on women, I never want to add to the sh– that any woman is putting up with every d—day!!! Also, even though I admire both MJ and Arnold Palmer, I don’t think Congressional gold medals should go to entertainers or sports figures unless they’ve done something really extraordinary for humankind. P.S. Did anyone besides me read that Gale Storm (“My Little Margie”) died the same day as MJ and Farrah Fawcett? She was one of my first TV comedic ‘heroes.’ I always thought of her as being a strong woman.
CJK 07.09.09 at 11:49 pm
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 11:29 pm
I can relate, DWP. Gotta get more exercise…
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 11:50 pm
CJK
I did… mentioned it on Twitter… and that I had a crush on her as a kid. One kindly Puma didnt realize who Margie was and sent condolences for teh loss of my friend. Sweet… right?
sheila7 07.09.09 at 11:51 pm
CJK
I did see that about Gale Storm. When I was about 13 I used to stay up all night in the summer and watch old shows. My Little Margie came on about 4:00 am and I loved it.
Casper Cat 07.09.09 at 11:51 pm
DWP…Just got in and thought you went to bed… Then I noticed you cannot sleep… Oh, has anyone told you today what an incredible, kind and compassionate Puma you are???
Like Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls. I hope this helps….. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcqHxnGfV7c 
Susie1945 07.09.09 at 11:51 pm
One last thought before I head for bed – littleman doesn’t seem to have learned his lesson – still making sexist remarks about sarah palin – although as soon as the asswipe said his stupid dirty remark – he said he was saying he was sorry – saw it on greta’s show – my cbs is still blocked – do we barrage his advertisers again? or do we let it go? some people have to kinda be reminded over and over again that they are stupid sexist pigs – guess he is one of them….oink oink
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 11:51 pm
…the tiny girl asleep inside a drawer underneath the washing machine in the family’s home.”
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Thank goodness for the canine!!
That sleeping place sounds cozy… warm… and hum of machine.
murphy 07.09.09 at 11:54 pm
hey there CJK, yes I think Gale Storm WAS in fact mentioned here on that day (may have been at TC cant remember).
A commenter this morning said something I really agree with, words to the effect of woman bashing is a 24/7/365 participatory national sport in this country — I’d rather not participate.
that’s why no woman WILL EVER win the Daily Pig Award. Michelle Obama is safe in Puma PAC and nancy pelosi can look any damn way she wants to.
I liked wbd’s comment about MJ donating 300 MILLION dollars to charity. i did not know that. there are a few billionaires who live nearby me and i HIGHLY doubt they;ve given anything remotely approaching that amount to charity. And they cant dance for shit either.
Maybe he doesn;t deserve a Gold Medal, but hey he’s WAY more worthy than Arnold freakin Palmer. Though i DO love iced tea mixed with lemonade.
CJK 07.09.09 at 11:57 pm
DancesWithPumas 07.09.09 at 11:50 pm
I don’t yet ‘twitter’ or ‘tweet,’ or whatever it’s called. Haven’t yet caught up with that particular cyber pastime. Glad to know you noticed re Gale Storm. Yup, that was sweet of the Puma to send condolences. Probably wasn’t yet around when TVs were octagonal!!! At least our first TV was!!!
DancesWithPumas 07.10.09 at 12:02 am
CJK
LOL!
We were one of teh first families in our neighborhood to get a TV. Every Tuesday night the nighbors and their kids would pile into our livingroom to watch The Milton Berle Show.
PS I couldnt stand Milton Berle… or Jerry Lewis… and Lucille Ball made me nervous.
CJK 07.10.09 at 12:02 am
murphy 07.09.09 at 11:54 pm
A-yup to all you just said, Murphy! You, too, are one of my heroes! (And I do use that word to especially mean women. I don’t think of it as a ‘masculine’ word. Don’t care what the ‘linguistic experts’ say, think, either!}
DancesWithPumas 07.10.09 at 12:03 am
words to the effect of woman bashing is a 24/7/365 participatory national sport in this country — I’d rather not participate.
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I thought you said that, Murphy.
DancesWithPumas 07.10.09 at 12:08 am
And I do use that word to especially mean women. I don’t think of it as a ‘masculine’ word. Don’t care what the ‘linguistic experts’ say, think, either!}
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yup. same here.
CJK 07.10.09 at 12:08 am
sheila7 07.09.09 at 11:51 pm
Hi sheila7! Glad to know you liked “My Little Margie,” and that such shows have remained around for the ‘younger’ generations to enjoy. I wonder whether those shows are still being broadcast anywhere? P.S. My folks would never have let me stay up all night to watch TV when I was 13!!!
murphy 07.10.09 at 12:10 am
yeah, I did say it, but the thought came to me when a commenter at TC, an awesome one I havent seen too often, said “I’d like to see MORE male bashing, not less. Heck I can see woman bashing 24/7 on my TV.”
cant remember her name, but she rocks.
I love it when good people say provocative things to shake things up. I imagine she doesnt actually mean that she hates men or that she is a sadist who enjoys male bashing. She was making a damn good point.
wish I could remember her name.
I remember one time a regular commenter named Hecate at Atrios (a lefty blog I used to haunt) came out and said she was PRO ABORTION. That really shocked me. She had valid reasons and all but just saying/typing those words were RADICAL to me. Made me think differently about my own views.
DancesWithPumas 07.10.09 at 12:11 am
Casper Cat 07.09.09 at 11:51 pm
DWP…Just got in and thought you went to bed… Then I noticed you cannot sleep… Oh, has anyone told you today what an incredible, kind and compassionate Puma you are??? Like Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls. I hope this helps….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcqHxnGfV7c
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Ummm… today? Nuh uh. But someone did yesterday!
CJK 07.10.09 at 12:11 am
DancesWithPumas 07.10.09 at 12:02 am
I never got to watch Milton Berle or much of Jerry Lewis. I don’t think my folks thought they were very funny! I didn’t begin to appreciate Lucille Ball (or Vivian Vance) until I was an adult and began watching some of the old “I Love Lucy” re-runs.
murphy 07.10.09 at 12:12 am
maybe I’ll be the 100th comment and say good night.
good night Pumas. Tomorrow is another day!
murphy 07.10.09 at 12:12 am
missed it by that much!
DancesWithPumas 07.10.09 at 12:13 am
Casper!!! Love the music… the visuals… I don’t know… something about it reminds me of DracuSkipper’s sleeping habit that Murphy was just telling us about!! LOL LOL
That vid is nightmare material fer shurr
DancesWithPumas 07.10.09 at 12:13 am
Murphy that reminds me of 2PumaSisters Classic!!! lol
CJK 07.10.09 at 12:15 am
murphy 07.10.09 at 12:10 am
“I love it when good people say provocative things to shake things up.”
Yes! Which is one of the reasons we love you, Murphy! You have a knack for doing it with utmost graciousness and tact, somehow. When I try to do it, I seem to wind up p—— people off!
murphy 07.10.09 at 12:17 am
Zee #34, amen! we just watched HP #5 and #3 (my personal favorite) and are re-reading #6 as per Simo’s inspiration in anticipation of the movie next week.
love it when harry and hermione are riding on Buckbeak after saving the day and Hermione yells, “But Harry, I hate Fly-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeing!” as they ZOOM down into Hogwarts.
CJK 07.10.09 at 12:17 am
murphy 07.10.09 at 12:12 am
If I’d known I was going to be #100, I would’ve tried to say something just a wee bit more meaningful…heck…
murphy 07.10.09 at 12:18 am
night CJK, I dont think you wind people up. and i get a LOT of protection from my blue “cloak” dont forget that.
sheila7 07.10.09 at 12:19 am
cjk
I was always a night owl and I don’t think my parents really realized I stayed up that late. They would go to bed and my room was downstairs so they couldn’t hear my TV.LOL
CJK 07.10.09 at 12:20 am
murphy 07.10.09 at 12:18 am
Thanks, Murphy. Love the ‘blue cloak’ image. Just like in HP, can’t remember which! Night Murphy. Looking forward to tomorrow’s post!
CJK 07.10.09 at 12:23 am
sheila7 07.10.09 at 12:19 am
That’s funny! Our house was small, and we only had one TV, which was in the living room. So, if anyone was still up watching TV, my parents could definitely hear it, and would come out and make us go to bed!
murphy 07.10.09 at 12:24 am
it’s gonna be a good one CJK.
fridays are always good, or at least interesting, for some reason. I end up going deep on Fridays for some reason. Probably all the voices of all the Pumas I’ve been reading and thinking about all week have coagulated into coherent thoughts by then.
looking forward to seeing you!
murphy 07.10.09 at 12:26 am
sheila7, yep, that’s just how my Skipper is . She says she stays awake all night and of course we dont believe her, but then, go in and check on her and eyes WIDE open. Sometimes she steals her sister’s laptop and surfs the internet under the covers. It’s the 21st century flashlight.
you must have had a lot to listen to and think about. Did you have big sisters and brothers?
sheila7 07.10.09 at 12:29 am
Murphy,
I had an older sister, younger sister and younger brother so I think that was my wind down time. The house was hectic the rest of the time. I’m still a night owl, obviously.
DancesWithPumas 07.10.09 at 12:29 am
Abdul Akeem just offered me a job via teh action center email.
Casper Cat 07.10.09 at 12:35 am
DWP… Sorry, just had to tuck in the dogs and cats…
Well, I am telling YOU…. YOU are the most kind, caring and compassionate Puma…. And, I am sooooooooo grateful to call you my Friend…… 
Hope the balls and bubbles help you sleep…. 
So, when are you coming to visit, have a great lunch and handout Puma Flyers???? 
Oh, 
please no pun intended on the balls…. 
DancesWithPumas 07.10.09 at 12:38 am
CC
It was the floating eyeball that’s going to give me nightmares!! LOL
You just never know when I might turn up… and neither do I!
*photoshop and photos of koi…
sheila7 07.10.09 at 12:39 am
Murphy,
Now that I’m looking back I also used to write songs and poetry during that time. I was the type of kid who could be alone alot and it didn’t bother me. My mom would say that I was the only one who could sit and play with my Fisher Price people for hours and not even hear from me. She said I always marched to the beat of a different drummer. LOL.
DancesWithPumas 07.10.09 at 12:46 am
Goodnight Murphy, Sheila, and Caspieeeeeeeeeee
sheila7 07.10.09 at 12:47 am
Goodnight DancesWithPumas.
murphy 07.10.09 at 12:48 am
sheila7, shucks, that would be cool if you still had the poems and songs. Your mother is right — you WERE different (in a good way). Isnt it funny how mothers “know” us? it’s also so odd how it’s so easy to know your children — they really ARE different. each one.
weird.
when we were little bedtime was 7:30 and it was the LAW. My mother was the LAW GIVER. We didnt even THINK about questioning it, we just went straight to sleep. As different as my sister and I are, we always had a special bond based on dealing with the LAW GIVER.
sheila7 07.10.09 at 12:50 am
Murphy,
LOL on the Law Giver. Actually I think I do still have a notebook of my songs and poems buried deep in my basement somewhere.
Casper Cat 07.10.09 at 12:51 am
DWP… always remember… My home is YOUR home…. ‘And, I mean that’….
Really, anytime…. You are welcome… Just thought you could help me in a 72% REP. County turn some heads and gain some Puma support…. I do know the REP are unhappy with BO (even though alot of them voted for the ‘kicktothecrubpieceofnogoodcrapthatheis’… So, I think giving them a clear direction could help…. I still do not understand what a threat Hillary was to the Rep. party??? Bo, is more of a threat and off the charts with extreme excessiveness…. UGH! 
sheila7 07.10.09 at 12:53 am
You’re right about moms knowing their kids. My sister has been having some personal problems lately but hasn’t told my mom. The other day on the phone my mom asked what’s going on with your sister? I said what do you mean? She said “A mother knows her children.” How true that is.
sheila7 07.10.09 at 12:54 am
Sorry, 124 is for Murphy.
Juliette 07.10.09 at 12:55 am
Thanks for posting that links for Dances CJK
I still type out my links and that was a loooong one.
RemeberNov tried to educate me on how to post a link but here instructions were for MAC not PC.
murphy 07.10.09 at 12:57 am
I knew it Sheila7. Go dig them up — you can read them at night when you feel night-owlish and I guaranTEE they will inspire you.
sheila7 07.10.09 at 1:00 am
Murphy,
I will dig them out one day. However alot of teenage angst and such that I’m not sure I want to revisit, but maybe. It would be interesting to read some of them again.
Well, I guess I’ll get to bed everyone, I have a miserable cold and my NyQuil is kicking in.
Juliette 07.10.09 at 1:03 am
Did someone already post this from Democracy 21?
Quote from Sunday July 5th an editorial apperance in The New York Times entitiled, “Pure Overreach.”
” With a little notice order last week, we fear the Supreme Court has set the stage for dismantling the longstanding ban on corporate spending in elections for president and Congress. If those restrictions are overturned, it would be a disaster for democracy.”
http://www.democracy21.org/
DancesWithPumas 07.10.09 at 1:04 am
#84
Amen, Sista.
The LAWGIVER is watching you, Murphy.
… and she’s pretty.
fer real now… ‘night Pumas!
Juliette 07.10.09 at 1:38 am
Oh Lovely,
18 million of our tax dollars is going into the re-vamping of the Recovery.gov website
http://www.Recovery.gov
18 F**KING MILLION!
RememberNovember 07.10.09 at 1:59 am
Hi Pumas – just popping in to say goodnight.
Juliette – you and i must be watching the same program on TV – are you on the West coast too?
CJK – do you have a PC. If so could you tell Juliette how to highlight and copy a web address from the open web page and paste it into her document (blog box) so that she does not have to type outg all those long addresses – I am a Mac person and my instructions were of no help
By the way it is worse than you think CJK. Earlier you said
” I can’t believe there are 19 women Congressional reps who still haven’t co-sponsored the bill for her Congressional Gold Medal.”
Those 19 women are those who have already co-sponsored the golf award but not Alice Paul. There are another 20 women (according to Rancho’s original post – wa sit yesterday?) who have sponsored neither. Presumably we will prowl them later – at least I intend to. The list is in Rancho’s post # 115 on the Cupcake thread. Perhaps as it is late and not many around i will go fetch it!
RememberNovember 07.10.09 at 2:05 am
Here is a repost from Rancho. We will have to contact those without the asterisks next and then the men..
Rancho 07.08.09 at 3:31 pm
House of Representatives
List of Rep. WOMEN NOT Co-Sponsoring H.R. 406-To award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of Alice Paul’s role in the women’s suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.)
*Indicates WOMEN who DID co-sponsored H.R. 1243-To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Arnold Palmer in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf. This bill was initiated by Rep. Joe Baca 3/2/09 and passed the House 4/28/09. It has been moved on to the Senate. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas
Rep. Michele Bachmann Minnesota
*Rep. Tammy Baldwin Wisconsin
*Rep. Melissa Bean Illinois
*Rep. Marsha Blackburn Tennessee
*Rep. Corrine Brown Florida
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite Florida
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito W. Virginia
*Rep. Lois Capps California
*Rep. Kathy Anne Castor Fllorida
*Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro Connecticut
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson Missouri
*Rep. Anna G. Eshoo California
Rep. Mary Fallin Oklahoma
*Rep. Virginia Foxx North Carolina
*Rep. Marcia L. Fudge Ohio
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Arizona
Rep. Kay Granger Texas
Rep. Deborah Halvorson Illinois
*Rep. Jane Harmon California
Rep. Mazie Hirono Hawaii
Rep. Lynn Jenkins Kansas
*Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick Michigan
*Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy Ohio
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick Arizona
*Rep. Cynthia Lummia Wyoming
*Rep. Carolyn McCarthy New York
*Rep. Candice Miller Michigan
Rep. Sue Myrick North Carolina
Rep. Nancy Pelosi California
Rep. Chellie Pingree Maine
Rep. Cathy Rodgers Washington
*Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Florida
Rep. Linda T. Sanchez California
Rep. Stephanie Sandlin South Dakota
Rep. Allyson Schwartz Pennsylvania
Rep. Louise Slaughter New York
*Rep. Jackie Speier California
Rep. Niki Tsongas Massachusetts
*Rep Maxine Waters California
goofsmom 07.10.09 at 2:09 am
Oh My… MO is gonna kill BO for this photo…
http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,7636,00.html
RememberNovember 07.10.09 at 2:12 am
Guess you have all gone to bed again!
This is becoming a pattern.:lol: I have rotten timing.:)
Anyway – ‘night everyone who is lurking and those who may return tonight – sweet dreams…
Oh Hi ((goofs))
I have not even opened your link yet but i bet it is of BO and Sarkozy oggling a woman’s posterior?
RememberNovember 07.10.09 at 2:15 am
Yep!! Someone on Fox suggested that he was just bowing to a Saudi prince
RememberNovember 07.10.09 at 2:18 am
Well, this time I am going – sorry I missed you goofsmom – I guess I shouldn’t call you goofs – ‘night and sweet dreams
goofsmom 07.10.09 at 2:22 am
Night RemNov….
Sorry I missed you… was showing the photo to hubby… wonder how they are going to try to spin the photo… I know maybe there was a midget in front of her that we couldn’t see…
P.S. It’s okay to call me goofs… shorter to type…
CJK 07.10.09 at 2:30 am
RememberNovember 07.10.09 at 1:59 am
Okay, RemNov, as requested, this is for Juliette. To copy a link, go to the address bar in your browser (example: http:// etc.), highlight the entire address, then press down the Ctrl key and the c key. When you’re ready to paste it into your comment, press down the Ctrl key and the v key. It will show up as regular text until after you post, and then will show up as an underlined link. (Remember that if you copy and paste other text before you paste the link, it will have disappeared and you will need to go back and repeat the process.) And thanks, RemNov, for being a nightowl and for posting all that info and for being so thoughtful and helpful even at this late hour. Gotta go. Night PUMAs everywhere.
CJK 07.10.09 at 2:38 am
P.S. DWP, if you’re still up by some chance, can you delete that link in my post #139. I was just giving an example. Didn’t expect it to be a live link! Thanks.
Stray Yellar Dawg 07.10.09 at 8:01 am
Thank you for calling this to our attention.
Prowling this morning.
And passing along….
SYD
murphy 07.10.09 at 8:38 am
hermione granger posted,
take it upstairs!
DancesWithPumas 07.10.09 at 9:29 am
goofsmom 07.10.09 at 2:09 am
Oh My… MO is gonna kill BO for this photo…
http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,7636,00.html
————
geezuzz….
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