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Blog Day Afternoon

by Natasha Chart, Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 05:33:01 PM EST

"We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road--the one "less traveled by"--offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth." -- Rachel Carson

'Clean' coal actually dirty, expensive.
Women are toys. Fertilized eggs are full people.
WA State's GOP wants to repeal the 14th Amendment and their Republican incumbent in the state's 8th CD, Dave Reichert, has publicly joked about Hillary Clinton dying.
She "would prefer to be killed", and she was.
John McCain has called for divestment from Iran, but his McCain's advisors have made millions on business with Iran. Democracy Arsenal and Cliff Schecter have more.

What's on your mind?

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"harlequin speech of suicide, demanding instantaneous lobotomy"

by nogo postal on Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 06:14:44 PM EST

I am counting the days (none / 0)

until Obama pivots on Iraq. The pivot will be this, Obama will go from a policy of pulling out on a timetable because the war is lost to pulling out without a timetable because the war is won and he doesn't want to destabilize the fragile victory,

The handwriting is on the wall. How long can he go until it becomes necessary?

What will be the tipping point?

I don't know but barring a reversal of fortunes in Iraq, which seems unlikely at this point, the pivot is coming.

by dMarx on Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 10:01:26 PM EST

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What makes you say this? Can you produce a shred of testimony from Obama that would give any credibility to such a statement?

$439Billion spent on the US Military and still no universal health care.

by jlars on Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 10:49:30 PM EST
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Re: I am counting the days (none / 0)

No, that is what makes it a prediction. However, you will notice that throughout the election Obama has left himself wiggle room.

But here is the thing, Obama will stay the course until he feels the pressure.

The pressure is coming on Iraq. If June goes as well for Petraeus as May did then I predict Obama will pivot before the end of June.

by dMarx on Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 11:46:55 PM EST
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Anyway, Thanks Natasha for the good posts. I've been thinking alot about how little coverage that Colorado amendment has been getting and what it means to Roe-v-Wade.

First they gerrymander districts, then they fill congress, then they win the White House and now they've got their grip about as firm as they can on the Supreme Court. NOW is the time for them to take a case to the court and overturn Roe-v-Wade.

I'm planning on getting more involved with NARAL but I'd like to know what their game plan is. As was mentioned in "Don't Think of an Elephant," the argument in many people's minds has changed from an issue on women's rights with their own bodies to a reframing centered on what we consider a life and where does it begin. As I think he very rightly pointed out, a women's right to choose framed against killing a baby makes female empowerment seem unthinkably savage and it doesn't really address what's concerns most moderates.

Thats what I think about when I think about NARAL. Its probably not fair or accurate, and I am very strongly pro-choice, but I see NARAL as being combative and angry not empowered.

I came across this youtube piece which I think does the best job of reframing the argument of any that I've seen, but I don't think that's changed any minds of those that were interviewed.

When does a life begin? It's hard to answer for most pro-choice folks. What should happen to women who get illegal abortions? Also hard for "anti-choice" folks.

What do you think?

$439Billion spent on the US Military and still no universal health care.

by jlars on Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 11:04:42 PM EST

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