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NOW Opposes Health Care Bill That Strips Millions of Women of Abortion AccessSays Bill Obliterates Women's Fundamental Right to Choose Statement of NOW President Terry O'Neill November 8, 2009 The House of Representatives has dealt the worst blow to women's fundamental right to self-determination in order to buy a few votes for reform of the profit-driven health insurance industry. We must protect the rights we fought for in Roe v. Wade. We cannot and will not support a health care bill that strips millions of women of their existing access to abortion. Birth control and abortion are integral aspects of...

Watch the House on C-Span now, this is an historic usurpation of the House Rules going on right now! AMAZING stuff, with our nation and our FREEDOM in the balance. I can't believe the stunt the Dems are pulling!!! ;-/

Imagine launching a new restaurant and incurring the scrutiny of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Organization for Women before it even opens. That’s what happened to the owners of Stoddard’s Fine Food & Ale, a “gastropub” opening this month in Downtown Crossing. Controversy erupted after Stoddard’s sent out a press release last month about its opening that included news of a private, membership-based “gentlemen-only Friday Club” on its lower level. After the plans came under criticism for excluding women - and possibly violating a state law that prohibits discrimination in public places - Stoddard’s “clarified” its policy...

A few years ago, a popular movie called What Women Want played off the ancient joke and popular conceit that – while almost any woman can read almost any man like a book – most men haven’t the foggiest notion of what’s going on in the minds of their wives, girlfriends, daughters, and co-workers. One of the great mysteries of modern life, though, is not the inability of men to fathom women, but the increasing inability of women to understand, appreciate, and defend each other. Ironically, no group of individuals displays more gender illiteracy than the one which appoints itself...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A militant commander in northwest Pakistan tore up a peace deal with the Pakistani government Tuesday, dealing a major blow to the government's campaign against Islamist insurgents in the extremist-controlled Waziristan region.

This weekend members of the National Organization for Women (NOW) cast their votes for a new team of leaders to direct the largest grassroots feminist organization in the country over the next four years. NOW delegates elected Terry O'Neill, who served as the group's membership vice president from 2001 to 2005, to succeed President Kim Gandy. Gandy will retire from her office on July 20 due to the organization's term limits; she has been a leader in NOW for 36 years, with 22 years of service at the national level, including the last eight as president. "NOW is the organization...

A "man-cession." That's what some economists are starting to call it. Of the 5.7 million jobs Americans lost between December 2007 and May 2009, nearly 80 percent had been held by men. Mark Perry, an economist at the University of Michigan, characterizes the recession as a "downturn" for women but a "catastrophe" for men. Men are bearing the brunt of the current economic crisis because they predominate in manufacturing and construction, the hardest-hit sectors, which have lost more than 3 million jobs since December 2007. Women, by contrast, are a majority in recession-resistant fields such as education and health care,...

Republicans and Democrats agree their favorite TV Dad is ...Bill Cosby? But over half of the top-15 dads are from the old days. Ozzie, Andy, and more.

U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell has advised Israel to relax restrictions at the Gaza crossings without demanding that Hamas free kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit, according to foreign and Israeli media. An American Embassy spokesman told Israel National News, “Mitchell will have to speak for himself. These are very sensitive issues.”

JOHNNY CARSON is rolling over in his grave. Even the late Lenny Bruce is having a fit. While you were watching David Letterman -- a bitter guy who never saw a woman or a Republican he could stand -- trash Sarah Palin's 14-year-old daughter by "joking" that she was date-raped by Alex Rodriguez and stalked by Eliot Spitzer, you may have missed the memo. Dave's in good company. His struggling brother up the dial, Conan O'Brien, on Thursday night was having a blast slurring women and Jews -- two groups that may constitute the last permissible sick-comedy staples. Here's Conan:...

A diverse coalition of concerned citizens, whose website is www.FireDavidLetterman.com, today announced a Fire David Letterman Rally on Tuesday, June 16, from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm on the sidewalks outside the Ed Sullivan Theater, located at 1697 Broadway in New York City. CBS films the Late Show with David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theater. Tuesday’s show, hosted by Letterman, will be taped at 5:30 pm, and will feature guest Michelle Pfeiffer. Anna Barone, who worked for Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign, and later for Democrats for McCain, called on CBS CEO Les Moonves to fire David Letterman for his...

Credit where credit’s due. --------------------------------------------------------- Comedians in search of a laugh should really know better than to snicker about men having sex with teenage girls (or young women) less than half their age. The sexualization of girls and women in the media is reaching new lows these days — it is exploitative and has a negative effect on how all women and girls are perceived and how they view themselves. Letterman also joked about what he called Palin’s “slutty flight attendant look” — yet another example of how the media love to focus on a woman politician’s appearance, especially as...

After this week's flap between Sarah Palin and David Letterman, which started when Letterman cracked a joke about Palin's "slutty flight attendant look" and another about her daughter getting "knocked up" by New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, the National Organization of Women has condemned Letterman's jokes and is asking its supporters to write to CBS and voice criticism. "The sexualization of girls and women in the media is reaching new lows these days -- it is exploitative and has a negative effect on how all women and girls are perceived and how they view themselves," the group writes on its...

Letterman voted into NOW Hall of Shame: After two nights of "jokes" at the expense of Palin and her family, Letterman tried to explain himself and offer something of an apology. On his June 10 show, Letterman said he was referring to Palin's 18-year-old daughter, Bristol -- not the 14-year-old daughter who actually accompanied Palin on her New York trip. Letterman said "I recognize that these are ugly" jokes. NOW agrees. Comedians in search of a laugh should really know better than to snicker about men having sex with teenage girls (or young women) less than half their age. The...

Your views and Patricia Ireland’s may not be that different… This week, as a movement, the Pro-Life community has been fiercely attacked by the mainstream media. Unfortunately, because of the few who came out in support of Dr. Tiller’s murder, the many of us have suffered by being called terrorists and extremists. All of us who believe in the dignity of life from conception to death understand that this was a ruthless killing of what Kansas law considers to be an innocent man. Therefore, I am not writing about whether or not we are terrorists; I don’t wish to dignify...

Don’t take a conservative’s word for it. No less a left-wing authority than Kim Gandy of NOW has let Sonia Sotomayor’s liberal cat out of the bag . . . Gandy today described PBO’s pick for the Supreme Court as “very progressive.” The NOW honcho was a guest on this evening’s Ed Show. She was preceded by senior PBO adviser Valerie Jarrett, who danced furiously away from the liberal label. But then came Gandy, who gave the game away. View video here.

While channel-surfing recently, I stopped for a moment on a show featuring two lesbian roommates. As I watched them, I began pondering the question of the growing impact of homosexuals and radical feminists on our culture. None of these thoughts are original to me and all have been written about and discussed ad nauseam. This little rant is really an exercise in catharsis. At the individual level, I have personally known a few homosexuals and, in general, have found them to be quiet, respectful and intelligent. There are exceptions – such as the moron homo cited below -- but I...

Miss California gives her opinion on the issue of same-sex marriage, saying that it was her belief that marriage was to be between a man and a woman. Heterophobe Perez Hilton responds by calling her the b-word and thought about using the c-word in reference to her and scuttled her chance of getting the Miss America crown. Well, well. liberals want tolerance from others, but it seems that they have no tolerance for those who think differently from them or who take different stances on issues (like same-sex marriage). And where is the National Organization for Womern (NOW) at? Why...

Well, they wanted it all and they got it all. Since the 1960's, radical feminists have been telling American women they needed to be more like men. Women were told they needed to be sexually liberated, like men. Women were told they could raise a family on their own, have a career and, basically, have it all, like men. The sad result of this mantra has led to some societal ills that will probably never be reversed. "No fault divorce" has vastly increased the number of single-parent households which has led to a multitude of children who, essentially, raise themselves....

A San Francisco County judge, who yesterday struck down California’s ban on homosexual marriage, today ruled on the same basis that separate restrooms for men and women are unconstitutional. Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer likened the division of washrooms to laws requiring racial segregation in schools, and said there appears to be “no rational purpose for denying women access to men’s facilities and vice versa.” “The state’s protracted denial of equal protection cannot be justified simply because such constitutional violation has become traditional,” Judge Kramer wrote. “The court finds that the legal principle of lavatorio proportio [potty parity] offers inadequate...

The abortion debate has many little nuances and an even greater amount of battles and skirmishes--every one has significance to both sides. By signing this legislation, Kaine is now engulfed and will be a target for the Planned Parenthood and NOW crowd. They will not abide the leader of the national party to jilt them on this and will be vocal at every opportunity. Yes, to the rest of the country not ensconced in the minutiae of the debate it may seem insignificant but to the abortion industry (yes, industry) it is as big a concern as removing tariffs in...

(IsraelNN.com) Travelers on Israeli airline El-Al report that its flights now feature a satire about residents of Hevron which many have termed “anti-Semitic.” The producers of the film may face libel suits. The offending skit was aired earlier in the month on the satirical Eretz Nehederet (A Wonderful Land) show on Channel 2 TV. The popular show has run for six seasons in Israel and is similar to the American program Saturday Night Live. (The Hevron film clip can be viewed here in Hebrew.)

The scene is reminiscent of the Wizard of Oz scene when hordes of winged monkeys are poised on the castle parapet, ready to snatch up Dorothy and her three affable sidekicks. But this time it's not a harmless fairytale, it's a cabal of feminists determined to turn our society into a socialist paradise. These women dismiss any criticism with a "to the victors go the spoils" shrug. But the fact is, men played a major role in handing Barack Obama his White House victory. During the Democratic primaries, Barack beat Hillary in large part due to support from the male...

Paid Parental Leave Urge Senators to Support This First StepAsk your senators to support upcoming legislation to guarantee federal workers four weeks of paid parental leave for a new child, as a first step toward universal paid leave.Action Needed:Providing paid leave to parents is only fair to working families who need to both care for a new family member as well as maintain an income. Most industrialized nations have provided paid parental leave for decades.Paid parental leave for 2.7 million federal workers can be the model that we can work to achieve for the rest of the country. This important...

Watch the story Groups including the Network of Religious Communities, Western New York Peace Center and the Erie County Coalition Against Family Violence say a statement by the New York president of the National Organization For Women is damaging to women and to Muslims. Shortly after Orchard Park resident Aasiya Zuair Hassan was beheaded in February, NOW released a statement that criticized the media for its lack of covering the Muslim connection to the murder. Her husband is charged in the crime. An excerpt of the statement reads: "This was, apparently, a terroristic version of 'honor killing,' a murder rooted...

An Iranian woman living in Spain said Wednesday she welcomed a Tehran court ruling that awards her eye-for-an-eye justice against a suitor who blinded her with acid. But Bahrami, who moved to Spain after the attack to get medical treatment, said Wednesday that under Iranian law, she is entitled to blind him in only one eye, unless she pays ...$25,110, because in Iran women are not considered equal to men. "They have told us that my two eyes are equal to one of his because in my country each man is worth two women. " ... She also suffered horrific...

The statement on Buffalo Beheading by the National Organization of Women.

Yesterday we noted the horrible story of 37-year-old Aasiya Hassan of Orchard Park, N.Y., who last week was beheaded and whose husband, Muzzammil, has been charged with her murder. We wondered what the National Organization for Women had to say about this, but couldn't find a word on NOW.org, the group's Web site. It turns out, however, that a different Web site, NOWNYS.org, on Monday posted a strong statement on the subject: NOW New York State is horrified that Erie County DA, Frank A. SeditaII , has referred to this ghastly crime as "the worst form of domestic violence possible."...

Happy 2009 and greetings from overseas. I haven’t written in awhile, but here is a hot item: buried in the USD 800 Billion Stimulus Bill where Obama is taking USD 9000 from you and giving it to his friends, is yet another USD 300 Million for radical feminist groups. The NOW sneaked things past some of our watchdogs by deliberately not using the abbreviation VAWA, but instead spelling out Violence Against Women Act. Thus, a search for VAWA won’t find the following on Page 43 and 46 of the Stimulus Bill but the USD 300 Million is listed right there:...

While everyone is distracted with the Pelosi Reid Obama artery–choking, cardiac arrest, Pork Barrel Spending Bill, congress is sneaking-ly trying to pass the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. Left-wing environmentalists are behind this bill to purposely undercut current progress toward affordable domestic energy. Essentially they will be stealing 300 million barrels of proven oil and 8.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas from any future use.

Shortly after the November election, Newt Gingrich disputed the notion that Sarah Palin had emerged from her losing campaign as the new face of the Republican Party, declaring that "she's going to be one of 20 or 30 significant players. She's not going to be the de facto leader." A few months later, the former House Speaker seems to have had a change of heart. Discussing the 2012 G.O.P. race at breakfast meeting on Monday, he called the Alaska governor "very formidable" and noted that she'd have "a substantial advantage in Iowa."

Friday January 16, 2009 FULL TEXT of President Bush Proclamation of Sanctity of Life Day - January 18 January 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following is the full text of President Bush’s proclamation of National Sanctity of Life Day:All human life is a gift from our Creator that is sacred, unique, and worthy of protection. On National Sanctity of Human Life Day, our country recognizes that each person, including every person waiting to be born, has a special place and purpose in this world. We also underscore our dedication to heeding this message of conscience by speaking up for...

IsraelNN.com) The latest episode of Tuesday Night Live in Jerusalem (TNL) contrasts Hevron's Jews with members of radical left-wing Peace Now. TNL, a live, monthly pro-Torah English TV broadcast well into its second six-month season on Israel National News TV, is co-hosted by Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel, with the help of special guests and Jewish music bands, who together celebrate the beauty of Torah and Judaism in the State of Israel in Holy Land. The current Episode 25 features on-the-street interviews with Peace Now members at a "peace" rally, juxtaposed with similar interviews with Jews living in Hevron. While...

Dozens of former employees of Republic Windows and Doors continued to remain at the shuttered North Side plant late Friday, saying they're being cheated. The ex-workers say they found out only three days before Friday's closing that they would be without a job. Some of them also learned they would not get the vacation they've earned to date or the insurance coverage they were promised. More than 200 union workers staged a sit-in of sorts until they they got what they say is legally owed to them. The union says company officials told employees they were closing shop because Bank...

Your Choice! Because either way, there is a problem with Mr.Obama and a little thing called a BIRTH CERTIFICATE. And we all want to know why he wont provide one, one that is not photo shopped, that is. One that is an actual state issued birth certificate from the Vault. You wouldn't think that would be a big request, unless its not there. Unless its not a valid birth certificate. Unless his actual birth certificate is from another country. In which case, he can not run for President, let alone BE President. And the Democrat Party is suppose to make...

In mid-September, N.O.W. President Kim Gandy announced the organization's PAC endorsement of Barack Obama. The old misrepresentation as an organization representing all women everywhere has been replaced by somewhat more subtle image maintenance. It is no coincidence that I am joined in this announcement by so many allied organizations that collectively represent a broad and diverse cross-section of U.S. women. From teachers to social workers, from business owners to college students, women in this country are lining up behind the candidate who is out there every day standing up -- clearly and consistently -- for women. Women of all ages,...

N.O.W. FOUND DOA The National Organization for Women was found dead on arrival today at their headquarters in Washington D.C. According to a government spokesman, the death appeared to be a self inflicted wound and the body had been discovered after frantic members arrived at the organizations headquarters after weeks of failing to hear NOW speaking out. According to one NOW member, they had become concerned after weeks of biased and sexist attacked on Hillary Clinton by the media and Obama supporters, without any response from NOW. “The media was just so biased in their coverage and they were treating...

For years, I’ve proudly said, “I am not a feminist” because I did not want to be lumped in with the whining, man-hating feminists who Rush Limbaugh calls “femi-nazis”.- Lori Roman

Shelly Mandell, the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women and a life-long Democrat, has broken with her national organization stating that, as an individual, she is supporting Sarah Palin and the McCain-Palin ticket this November 4th. Calling Palin a "reformer who will break-up the old-boy network, buck the system and get Washington back on our side," Mandell introduced Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee at an October 4th rally in Carson, California. “Hey, she’s gonna work on persuading John McCain on ANWR, I’m gonna work on persuading her on things of my own,” Mandel said of Palin....

"America, this is what a feminist looks like"Who said that about Sarah Palin? Would you believe the president of LA's National Organization for Women, Shelly Mandel? Amazing! This is quite a moment for her to push back against the pressure from the feminist groups who see Sarah Palin as a traitor because she's a Republican and pro-life who actually lived her principles. Let's hope more mainstream, liberal feminists come out of their closets and support Sarah because, as Shelly said, Sarah supports women's rights, equal pay, Title 9, and the middle class. She has integrity and demands it from others....

Head of NOW. LA chapter Endorses Palin The head of the LA chapter of National Organization for Women has just endorsed Gov Palin @ campaign rally. Not speaking NOW or her chapter she said but as an individual. ” This is what a feminist looks like,” she just before handing it over to SLP.

“This is what a feminist looks like.” The Los Angeles NOW President, a life long Democrat, Supports Sarah Palin For Vice President. (Video Included)

OH-OH …EXPECT FIREWORKS … BIG TIME!! by Greta Van Susteren Just got this email from FNC embed producer….as soon as it came in and I saw it, my eyes popped out!! I know this woman!! I read it to my husband…and he agrees! This endorsement is going to really going to cause a storm!! Hang on to your seat! Read! From: Gomez, Serafin To: Sent: Sat Oct 04 18:05:43 2008 Subject: Head of NOW. LA chapter Endorses Palin Carson, CA- The head of the LA chapter of National Organization for Women has just endorsed Gov Palin @ campaign rally. Not...

Many of you have written that congressional voice mail boxes are full. Unfortunately there is not much I can do if no one is answering the phones. I suspect that is because we have concentrated on too few. We need to man the phones and start targeting EVERYONE in Congress. Phone every legislative representative in your state. If those fill up, pick another state, even a small one. Tell them it is still no deal, Leave a short message so others can leave one. Fill every in box in the country.This is the correct message now. "If you vote for...

If you haven't been spellbound by the (HUGELY telegenic) drama consuming the nation's new financial capital over the past 36 hours, here's a big takeaway you missed: Chris Dodd is the Wonk Stud Du Jour. Chris Dodd, senator from Connecticut — Connecticut, Hedge Fund Capital of the Galaxy. Chris Dodd, onetime waitress-thrower and suitor of Carrie Fisher and Bianca Jagger who more recently became disparaged as Chris Dodd, official Friend of (and recipient of a cut-rate mortgages from) former Countrywide Financial CEO Angelo "Moz" Mozilo. Chris Dodd had a big bug crawl across his head during a debate last summer,...

It seems that at least one womens' advocacy group has this silly notion that womens' advocacy groups should be advocates for women. Which is just flat out crazy-talk for liberals. After all, the NAACP doesn't stand for the advancement of "colored people," it advocates the advancement of liberal colored people, hence the group's opposition to Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court. Then we had Bill Clinton's cheating on his wife with a 20 year old intern in the White House, which not only completely humiliated his wife, it was sexual abuse of a female federal employee by the President of...

A group of Hillary Clinton supporters condemned the National Organization for Women's endorsement of Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden earlier this week. "The New Agenda is concerned that NOW's recent endorsement of Barack Obama leaves many women in this country out in the cold," the nonpartisan nonprofit group said in a release Friday. "The endorsement seems all the more puzzling given the fact that the Republican Party is running its first female candidate for Vice-President, Gov. Sarah Palin, and the Green Party is fielding its first all-woman presidential ticket with Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente." The New Agenda points...

Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Aaron Tippin Official Website) - Like many Americans, platinum-selling recording artist, songwriter and producer Aaron Tippin is enduring the effects of high gas prices. Tippin's put his thoughts into music to pen "Drill Here, Drill Now," a song about how Americans truly feel and what we can do to help correct the problem. "I think we are all frustrated and I've seen how people are suffering," Tippin introduced. "It's severely hitting the blue collar, working class Americans-and those are the folks that have supported me throughout the years. It takes half a paycheck to cover the...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution With Washington swamped by the crisis on Wall Street, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss and his Democratic partner have pulled the plug on their bipartisan “Gang of Ten” energy bill until after the November elections. Chambliss phoned this evening with the news. But before the Senate adjourns next week, the Georgia senator said a revised version of the bill will be unveiled — one that will feature expanded territory for offshore oil drilling. Chambliss, a Republican up for re-election, had formed an alliance with Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) this summer. Support had grown from the original 10 senators...

The National Organization for Women endorses the Obama-Biden ticket. NOW ought to change its name to WOW. Such stunning independence. A working woman with five children, the governor of a sovereign state, isn't a sufficient accomplishment. Who knew? Actually, Sarah Palin is a triumph for the "third stage" of feminism. The first stage of the modern woman's movement saw the destruction of the "feminine mystique." It's been almost 50 years since Betty Friedan argued that women lived in a "comfortable concentration camp" in the suburbs, prisoners with lots of rooms but no identity to call their own. She overstated the...