Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

The Post About the Menz

aka The post that will probably get me into a lot of trouble. My sister and I were talking the other day about how she still gets (and I used to get) all of the questions about WHY doesn’t she have children? I mean, its not like its the law that every woman should want [...]

Stay Out of My Uterus.

Over the course of this blog, I’ve been asked from time to time about my feelings about abortion, Infertility treatments, knowingly going through with the pregnancy of a disabled child, etc. All heady stuff. I’m going to try to cover this without actually writing a seven chapter treatise, if that is possible. (ETA: Ha! Not [...]

And Now You’ll Understand Why The In-laws Think I’m a Bitchy, Man-Hating, Feminazi

A couple of hours ago I read the always wise Meredith’s comment on my post below about homeschooling. I’ve been thinking about it and the whole issue she brings up since reading it and it’s driving me crazy and now I have to blog it out. (Thanks, Meredith…I was just going to veg in front [...]

FMLA up for review, Take Action before we lose it, folks.

Emmie has alerted me to the fact that the Family Medical Leave Act is up for review and is in danger of getting reduced. Which is scary and stupid on the part of corporations and the government. I have used the FMLA twice for my own kidney surgeries and my father was able to also [...]

Well-Reasoned Arguement or Millitant Crazy Disabled Nutjob Rant? You Decide…I’m Going to Bed.

Well, Shannon, who is always challenging my thinking with her thought-provoking posts, requested a nice, light easy topic for me today: Explain in detail your end of life ethics and politics. I was intrigued by what you said months ago about the Terry Schiavo case. I want to be all "freedom to die" but I [...]

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