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The Health Care Act Upheld: Thank You SCOTUS!

Posted: June 28, 2012 in Politics and Leadership
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That’s right, thank you Supreme Court! I actually never had any doubt that you’d uphold Obamacare, but the fact that you did makes me so happy. It’s inconcievable that people can’t afford a basic right in this country such as healthcare, and it’s even more inconcievable that there are people out there who would have others think that allowing others to have this basic right is a bad thing. So today, I’m happy to say that the law is upheld, people can stay healthy, and progress in this nation is still possible.

How will Mitt Romney, Republicans, and conservatives react, I wonder? It’ll probably be apart of a Jon Stewart joke tonight, I bet.

Forward: Volunteering For My President

Posted: June 14, 2012 in Politics and Leadership, Social Activism
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Now, I don’t know what you guys are up to, or how much attention you’re paying to the election (especially if you live outside the United States), but I think it’s important that if you support a candidate and you are able, you should go and try to help support their campaign. And that’s exactly what I’m doing: this evening I went to a house not too far from the Short North and did a phone bank, which basically means I called people during dinner for an hour and a half to see if they wouldn’t mind volunteering. Let me tell ya, the time seemed to fly!

It wasn’t all that difficult, really. The people you work with are friendly, and most of the time you do simple work like the phone bank. It’s the people who are paid to work on the campaign–yes, the ones who are hired by the campaign–who get the hard jobs. I had fun, and I’d like to do it again sometime.

But really, I’m just happy to give back; President Obama has done a lot for this nation, for my family, and for me, and if he and the Democrats are successful this November, they will probably do a lot more for me. With Romney’s supporters doling out the big checks, I’m putting myself out there to show that wo/manpower can beat money (manpower seems politically incorrect nowadays. Is there even a word to replace it?). And I encourage you all to come out and help too if you support the President.

And to the Romney supporters…well, we don’t agree on some issues, but I guess we both feel an obligation to our nation, so I guess help out your candidate in your way too.

I’m leaving a link to President Obama’s website below. You can use it not only to look at his platforms, but also to find volunteering oppurtunities in your own neighborhood. Have a good time!

http://www.barackobama.com/

President Obama Clarifies His Views (FINALLY!)

Posted: May 9, 2012 in Politics and Leadership
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President Obama’s campaign logo with a rainbow added in. If that doesn’t signify support of gay rights, I don’t know what does.

Well, it’s official folks: President Barack Obama has fully endorsed gay marriage (correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure he’s the first US president in history to do so). Can I just say, Hallelujah! As someone who has gay family members and who believes all people should be treated fairly and not discriminated against just because of something in their genetics, I think this has been long overdue, but hey, better late than never. Who knew that all it would take to get him to say “yes” to gay marriage and gay rights was Joe Biden saying he felt “comfortable” with people of the same sex getting married?

We’ve come a long way in the past two decades, longer than I’ve been around actually, on the subject of gay rights. In just a few short years, most Americans are supportive of the LGBT community, and as time goes on I think this support is only going to increase, while voices who oppose LGBTers will be marginalized in society. So to President Obama, thanks for finally giving the LGBT community your support. And to anyone reading this post who is LGBT or knows someone who is, let’s continue to fight for the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders everywhere until their rights can no longer be denied across the nation.

Oh, speaking of gay marriage, I just remembered something: tonight, there’s a new episode of Law & Order: SVU involving attacks on gays, and somehow Detective Fin Tutuola’s son, who is openly gay and supposed to be getting married, ties into it. Talk about great timing, huh?

Politicians Comparing the Holocaust: CUT IT OUT!

Posted: May 2, 2012 in Living and Life, Politics and Leadership, Reflections
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Today I check the news on AOL, and what do I find? Two stories where politicians and ministers have been comparing legislation to the Holocaust and Nazi Germany. My plea to all politicians, on both sides of the political spectrum: please stop! For the love of my family and my people, please stop making those comparisons! It’s trivializing the Holocaust and the memories of those who were victims of Hitler, turning a tragedy into a political cudgel akin to what socialism has become.

I know there are people out there who are passionate about the issues, but to compare the issues to what Hitler did is upsetting to a lot of people, and I think it’s an overreaction. You can’t take an issue, even one like laws regulating child labor on farms, and turn it into the Nuremburg laws. It’s taking both the former and the latter completely out of context and turning them into something they are not. Nor can you compare laws trying to protect the health of women to people getting loaded into cattle cars and sent to Auschwitz or Dachau, because it’s taking these two different things out of context. You wouldn’t want me comparing an issue or a piece of legislation to the terror attacks of 9/11, right? I didn’t think so.

So, to all those elected officials and to all those who try to guide people through faith, I ask you to stop with the Holocaust references. It’s offensive, it’s taking a very dark event in our past and marginalizing it, and it’s counterproductive, especially if you want to stay in office and a large part of your constituency is Jewish. Besides, people prefer leaders who unite other leaders and help their people, not politicians who divide other politicians and who offend their people, so not using the Holocaust is actually a pretty sound strategy.

On an unrelated topic, yesterday I reached one-thousand views on Rami Ungar the Writer. Thank you all who have been reading my blog and staying with me all this time. I hope we’re still together a thousand views later.

Update: The Birth Control Debate

Posted: March 1, 2012 in Politics and Leadership
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Just saw on AOL News that the Blunt Amendment, which would’ve allowed institutions or their insurers the rights to not cover any form of health-care due to “moral reasons”, failed in the Senate by a close vote. Can’t say I’m sad it didn’t pass; not only is the amendment really just an effort to ghet rid of Obama’s birth control policy, it just sounds like it’s giving too much power to religious organizations over their employees. It would be bad if you worked for a Christian Scientist organization and you weren’t a Christian Scientist.

And I’m glad women still have access to birth control. Not only does it stop women from getting pregnant when it’d be difficult or unfeasible for them to have children, birth control has other benefits, including stopping ovarian cysts and other reproductive problems in women. Perhaps religious institutions–some of which can be very patriarchal in nature, and therefore unable to make proper decisions when it comes to matters related to the females of their group–should consider that!

Oh, and Mr. Limbaugh, you are not funny! Calling women sluts, saying that Georgetown students want birth control just to have sex, and then using the aspirin bit?! Where do you get off saying all that on the radio?! Shame on you!

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