Republican for Obama t-shirt from BoldlyLiberal* on Zazzle

Yes, you are - and we know you're out there! So why not proudly show it with this straight-forward message. I connect with Republicans for Obama in the online social networks, and I made this just for you! On the back: 4 more 4 44! 

Republican for Obama Tee Shirt by BoldlyLiberal

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Marriage Equality ROCKS! T-Shirt with Obama Quote from Zazzle.com/BoldlyLiberal*

On this day of May 9, 2012, President Obama made an historic statement in support of equal rights for all ~

Marriage Equality ROCKS! with Obama Quote by BoldlyLiberal

 In honor of the occasion, I updated my t-shirt design to include Pres. Obama's statement on the back. I  made the front design some months ago, and I hope it will be enjoyed today.  Here's the front:

Marriage Equality ROCKS! with Obama Quote by BoldlyLiberal
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Take a look at this video to get the truth about the lies Romney's supporters are spending $6 million to spread: Don't' let these guys get away with their lies!

Catholic Bishops and ObamaCare (the Affordable Health Care Act)

Today, I posted a response to someone on Politco.com. The poster was upset with President Obama for not giving Catholic employers a pass on providing birth control to their employees. I thought it was worth posting in my blog The Democrat Lady Speaks Out, with some editing and some additional comments. Then, I thought readers of Ladies of Liberal might like to see it, too.

I am a Roman Catholic. At first, I was upset with Obama for not giving the church a pass on the birth control thing. But, then I thought about it. If Catholics get a pass, where does it end? People who work for Jehovah's Witnesses can't get blood transfusions? People who work for Christian Scientists can't get ANY health care? Don't you have to draw the line SOMEWHERE?

No matter what the Roman Catholic bishops are saying, they HAVE an out. ALL employers do. All they have to do is NOT provide health care, pay the fine AND the employee can go and get whatever they want on the open market. The employee is better off. They get what THEY want, not what their employer wants. If the church feels honor bound to pay for health care, they can give their employees a raise, and come to Catholic congregations and ask for more donations to pay for it. I'd GLADLY add some bucks to the collection plate if it was ONLY for health care for Catholic employees.

If this is really about "religious freedom" and not birth control, why has the Catholic Church (and other faiths) NOT been screaming for the past 235 years that Quakers should NOT have to pay taxes that go for the military? I am FOR the military, but most Quakers are pacifists. They believe war is murder, just like Catholics believe some forms of birth control are murder. Yet, Quakers are FORCED to pay for the military in their taxes year after year. They have lost every lawsuit because 1) few supported THEIR religious freedom and 2) the law must allow for the greater good.

If Quakers have to pay for the greater good, why shouldn't Catholics?

Don't Steal My Stickers - here's how Dems in the "red zone" can protect their bumper stickers, and maybe help some Dem candidates!

(Don't) Steal My Stickers by BoldlyLiberal

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If you're a true-blue Democrat living in a red-state, you won't have to worry about losing your bumperstickers with this message prominently displayed! Yes, it's come to this - the other side has a reputation for some acts that are less than savory. But this tactic has been known to work - and if it doesn't, it may help raise money for the Democratic Party, So it's all to the good! Use the template or Customize button if you want to change your message to the would-be miscreants ;)

Fundraising

Well, Mary suggested posting here to help me fundraise for Team in Training and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, so here it is. Unfortunately, I'm all typed out since I've been working on forms of this letter all day. One for family, one for friends, one for facebook. Anyway, I would appreciate any and all help. If you go to my blog 'Cuppa Jo' you can read my updates and hopefully follow the URL to a donation. Or click here.

Thanks!

Are our Governments driving us into Poverty

My name is Myshelle and I live in the state of South Australia,Australia.
Any views stated here are my own unless I place a quote, in which case I will name the source if in the public arena or seek permission from others.
I am not allied to any political group in Australia or South Australia.

Australia known as the lucky country how many times we scoff at that! Currently our Federal Government is Labor and our local state government here in South Australia is Labor also.
Two more years to go until we can vote in the both elections,voting is compulsory in Australia.
In the mean time as elsewhere, the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer.

Here however I will detract from Australia's politics and move to some recent conversations I have had through social media, and the friends I have made in America while on Facebook.
I had and probably many others like me believed America to be the World Leader,the top most, the best ,but as I interact more and more with its people I am of the opinion this is not so.
Why you may ask, because the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer,just like the rest of us.
I am reading more and more posts from the chronically ill,the aged and the carers who look after them,the unemployed all desperate people and one recently who in a full time capacity and with ill health herself,cares for a mother solely on her own,saying she was so poor she was going to apply for food stamps. I can say this saddened me and it did but in reality it horrified me. I have not heard of this since reading on Australia's Great Depression in the 1930s.

So I was left wondering why,why in a country as great as America should this be so. Here was one reply I read from “The Democrat Lady”Quote “There have been so many cutbacks in the USA due to budgets because conservatives will not raise taxes, that we are as bad as 3rd world country when it comes to social services. Almost 50% of Americans are now living in poverty, and mental health or help for those with a sick relative is almost nil.
There are probably churches that will give them 3-4 days worth of food, but most of those places are over capacity, so you can no longer depend on them if you need help.”
Definitely food for thought,pardon the pun.

Here in South Australia we are known as the most over taxed state in the whole of Australia. So it seems to be one extreme to another. Electricity and water supply costs are forever escalating so much so, you restrict yourself to use only in dire necessity. Currently in our season of Summer,those in the lower socio economic background suffer badly! They cannot even in over 100F, heat afford to run cooling, not even fans and due to this a lot of the sick and elderly end up in hospital that is if they don't die first!. The water charges are user pays and can you believe this,the LESS you use the more you pay,essentially you cannot win.
Politicians have a lot to answer for and we pay their wages!