Thursday, April 19, 2012

Fed up with Ohio's Republicans???

State Sen. Nina Turner appeared on the Ed Show on Wednesday evening.  She said that the Ohio Republicans added something to the budget bill that would cut funding to Planned Parenthood.  One hundred thousand poor women in Ohio would lose preventive care, such as mammograms, cancer screenings, STD testing, etc.

If you are a woman in Ohio, it is time to stand up to the Republicans and their attacks on the rights of women. Why do Republicans think that they have the right to make medical decisions for each woman in Ohio?  Ohio Republicans must think Ohio women are stupid, uneducated, and not capable to make their own decisions.

OhioDemocrats have a petition online which will be sent to Gov. Kasich.  To add your name to the petition, visit Ohio Dems Action page here.

I know you are wondering about this particular legislation. Plunderbund has some important information about this move by Ohio's elected Republicans.  The legislation is H.B. 298 and it is sponsored by the following members of the Ohio House:

Sponsors:
Kristina Roegner: Phone: (614) 466-1177  Fax: (614) 719-6942 Contact Me
Cliff Rosenberger:  Phone: (614) 466-3506  Fax: (614) 719-6986

Co-Sponsors:
Jarrod B. Martin: Phone: (614) 644-6020  Fax: (614) 719-3970  Contact Me
Ron Maag: Phone: (614) 644-6023  Fax: (614) 719-3589 Contact Me
Tim Derickson: Phone: (614) 644-5094  Fax: (614) 719-6953  Contact Me
Craig Newbold: Phone: (614) 466-8022  Fax: (614) 719-6971 Contact Me
Peter Beck:  Tel: (614) 644-6027  Fax: (614) 719-3967 Contact Me
John Adams: Phone: (614) 466-1507 Fax: (614) 719-3978 Contact Me
Margaret Conditt: Tel: (614) 466-8550  Fax: (614) 719-6955 Contact Me
Lynn R. Wachtmann: Tel: (614) 466-3760  Fax: (614) 719-3975  Contact Me
Jim Buchy: Tel: (614) 466-6344  Fax: (614) 719-3977  Contact Me
Bill Hayes: Tel: (614) 466-2500  Fax: (614) 719-6991 Contact Me

Please start with the names above.  The names below can be accessed through this link:
     http://tinyurl.com/3uxs7d5
Young
Brenner
Butler
Grossman
Slaby
Blessing: Tel: (614) 466-9091  Fax: (614) 719-3583 Contact Me
Henne
Huffman
Boose
McClain
Hall
Dan Bubp: Phone: (614) 644-6034  Fax: (614) 719-6988  Contact Me
Goodwin
Burke
Uecker
Dovilla
Thompson
Gardner
Blair

Of course, you should also contact Gov. Kasich's office @ Phone: (614) 466-3555
Contact Form, or the "Share Your Ideas" page.
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 Pennsylvanians are very serious about their cookies.  If you attend any event in Pennsylvania, particularly Western Pennsylvania, you will see tables filled with cookies. Weddings, baptisms, showers, and holiday dinners always have cookies that have been made with loving care. Cookie bakers are very proud of their home baked cookies, their recipes, and their family history associated with the recipes. 

It comes as no surprise that the awkward, arrogant, snobby Republican , AKA Mitt Romney, made an inappropriate remark that disrespected a cookie, the bakers, and generations of families.

Think Progress:

At a campaign stop in Pennsylvania Tuesday, Mitt Romney sat down with some regular Americans to discuss the economy and, apparently, his distaste for the cookies provided by a beloved local bakery. “I’m not sure about these cookies,” Romney said. “Did you make those cookies?” Romney said to one of the women. “You didn’t, did you? No. No. They came from the local 7-Eleven bakery or wherever.”

Unfortunately, for Romney, they came from Bethel Bakery — “a longtime South Hills staple,” according to a local ABC affiliate. Some loyal patrons were outraged by Romney’s put down of their local baked goods. “Maybe he’s just used to eating cookies with diamonds in them,” one customer said on Facebook, according to bakery owner John Walsh.....

Yes, ..."....wherever....." Once again, we see an aloof, snob, dismissing the hardworking men and women of our country. I guess Romney is accustomed to his cookies and pastries arriving on imported china, placed on silver trays.

(A NY Times article published in 2009, detailed the cookie cult in Pennsylvania.  Since Romney stepped in it with his disrespectful comments about the origin of the cookies, I suggest that President Obama read the article before he does his campaigning in Pennsylvania.)

***  What was up with that campaign ad for Josh Mandel?  Mandel can put on boots and touts his time in the Marines, but his right wing, anti-worker, anti-health care, anti-woman agenda is not discussed in it.  Why didn't he talk about how he never goes to work and went to the Bahamas to get campaign money?  Huh?????