Great time to wear your Obama T-shirt!

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Wednesday August 19, 2009 · 4:42 AM PDT

2009/08/19 · 04:42

This is not my idea, but that of a good friend who called last night to urge me to wear my T-shirt. She said it is the right time to take it out. Obama has spoken out in favor of the public option. He has acknowledged the parasitic nature of the insurance industry. She is right - now is the time to make our position on the healthcare debate known not only to the WH and our reps but also to our friends, neighbors, and strangers we encounter in our daily lives.

If we support him, he will support us - of this I have not doubt after hearing Obama's excellent town hall speeches. Health care is about reclaiming our identity as a moral nation, an intelligent one and a forward thinking one. The debate going on now is far reaching - it is the first time in my lifetime my country is acknowledging the runaway power that business has over our lives, and trying to reign it in. We want Obama and our reps to go after the public option full throttle and we need to do everything we can to support them.

Let's wear our T-shirts!

Some Facts on Thiomersol in Vaccines

Bikemom

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Thursday February 12, 2009 · 7:56 PM PST

2009/02/12 · 19:56

There have been several diaries on this topic already today, and it is clear that people have their minds made up. This diary is not expected to change anyone's mind at this point, merely to point out a few things that were missed in the discussions.

Prior to 2000, many childhood vaccines contained 25 micrograms of mercury in the form of the preservative thiomersol. For an infant of 10 lbs this represents 50X the EPA's daily limit for mercury. This is not a negligible amount, as is often asserted.

Mercury is a neurotoxin and the EPA limits exist for a reason. It is true that the limits were set using methyl mercury, and there are studies that demonstrate methyl mercury is more dangerous than ethyl and visa versa - scientists always cite studies that support their own conclusions, and there are many areas that do not achieve consensus.

Bikemom

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Friday March 21, 2008 · 7:38 PM PDT

2008/03/21 · 19:38

This past Wednesday I met up with several contributers to this site in Washington DC for a day of protests and passionate discussion about what we as individuals can do to stop the war. Obviously, being people that attend protests, we believe that physically and tangibly expressing our opposition to the war is critical in influencing the powers that be (if there are still any that will listen).

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What can we as individuals do to stop the war

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What can we as individuals do to stop the war

work for Obama

24 votes

work for Clinton

0 votes

work for local Democratic representatives

4 votes

go to large organized protests

3 votes

boycott war profiteers

2 votes

civil disobedience

2 votes

reachout to likeminded individuals

0 votes

reach out to those with opposing views

0 votes

organize local protests

0 votes

raise holy hell

5 votes

donate to anti-war groups

2 votes

there is nothing that we can do that matters

5 votes

the war shouldn't be stopped

2 votes

other - please specify below

2 votes

What the grassroots have been working for?

Bikemom

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Monday February 04, 2008 · 12:43 PM PST

2008/02/04 · 12:43

I am sorry to be writing what will likely be classified as a flame diary, especially after laying low for such a while. I want to start by saying that I understand completely that it imperative that we elect a Democrat – the best Democrat as President next year. At this point I believe this person to be Obama, and I’ll be voting for him tomorrow.

That said – I ask you – is he what the grassroots have been working for? Please don’t ask me to get over it and campaign for a corporate Democrat in the primaries. I promise to write letters until I drop come summer and fall, but please don’t tell me that it’s my responsibility to do it now.

Bikemom

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Thursday October 25, 2007 · 12:05 PM PDT

2007/10/25 · 12:05

Hello fellow DKos readers. I don’t usually diary because as working mother of young children I am quite busy. But I really want ask this - is stopping the war a priority? I know there is a lot of compelling news today, but hope you will give this subject a moment of your attention.

There are protests in 11 cities this Saturday and, on behalf of everyone who is planning to attend, I want to tell you - WE NEED YOU THERE!

http://www.oct27.org/

Bikemom

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Wednesday May 23, 2007 · 11:15 AM PDT

2007/05/23 · 11:15

Today I feel exactly like I felt when Kerry conceded the election in '04. All that work for nothing. All that energy, for nothing, and all that enthusiasm and faith for nothing. I am thankful to have this forum to share my thoughts and to commiserate.

The Democrats likely supported the war because they know that no matter what is done now, things will get worse in Iraq. They fear that being blamed for escalating civil war in Iraq would will cost them the election in '08. We are no different from them.

Bikemom

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Friday May 04, 2007 · 10:31 AM PDT

2007/05/04 · 10:31

I want to ask your help, because sometimes I receive neocon emails like the following one from my boss. My first instinct is to ask how such an intelligent person can fail to see the faulty logic, but then I start feeling kind of pissed off while trying to counter the specific claims, and never finish, and never say anything.

Bikemom

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Monday April 16, 2007 · 6:15 AM PDT

2007/04/16 · 06:15

Looking through my bills this month, I noticed something peculiar. Verizon is charging us for services we canceled (after at least 8 hours of tech support, and many more on hold), the gas company is charging us almost $300 to heat our 900 ft2 apartment for March (which wasn't that cold, with thermostat set to 68 max), Cingular did not apply my last payment (made by a rebate "credit card" provided by Cingular).

The list goes on - there is a problem with every single one of my bills, all erring on the side of overcharging.

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How many hours per month do you spend conversing with "customer care"?

74 votes Vote Now!

How many hours per month do you spend conversing with "customer care"?

less than 1

29 votes

1-2

25 votes

3-5

13 votes

5-8

4 votes

3 votes

Do you really want to be called a Kossack?

Bikemom

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Friday March 02, 2007 · 12:37 PM PST

2007/03/02 · 12:37

I know that there is a lot of compelling news these days, but I've been meaning to write this diary for a while, because I just cringe every time I see the word "Kossack" on this site. "Kossack", which sounds like "Cossack" (Казак), which might conjure images of rough wild rebels to some, or political outlaws to others. Well, I just wanted to let you know that anyone of Ukrainian Jewish ancestry associates Cossacks with the murder and robbery of Jews.

Bikemom

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Friday February 09, 2007 · 7:02 PM PST

2007/02/09 · 19:02

An action alert was sent out by Bev Harris of Black Box Voting to counteract emails suggesting that individuals should urge their congress person to support the quick passage of the Holt Bill.

The message, given below, details a number of problems with the new Holt bill HR 811, which was introduced on Tuesday 2/6/06, by Rush Holt (D-NJ), and is an updated version of his original election reform bill.

Bikemom

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Tuesday January 30, 2007 · 1:43 PM PST

2007/01/30 · 13:43

I am against the Iraq war, thought I had gone through the looking glass when I first heard it was a possibility, and attended my first anti-war rally in October 2002. I was the only person I knew that was against the first Gulf war. I have been called a liberal, a communist, a socialist, and a traitor (and this is only by my mother), but never a Republican - until I expressed doubts about whether Jane Fonda's appearance at the peace rally on Saturday would help the movement.

Bikemom

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Monday January 01, 2007 · 12:06 PM PST

2007/01/01 · 12:06

Ok, so the FDA has preliminarily approved cloned meat and milk, and every article I read about it says that the FDA determined that they are safe to eat: (www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01541.html):

"Based on FDA's analysis of hundreds of peer-reviewed publications and other studies on the health and food composition of clones and their offspring, the draft risk assessment has determined that meat and milk from clones and their offspring are as safe as food we eat every day," said Stephen F. Sundlof, D.V.M., Ph.D., director of FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine. "Cloning poses no unique risks to animal health when compared to other assisted reproductive technologies currently in use in U.S. agriculture."

So it is as safe as any other meat and milk products out there right now. Since no one knows how safe products are from factory farmed, antibiotic, growth hormone, and GM corn/animal product/crap fed animals, this says exactly nothing, doesn't it?By the way, the actual cloned animals are very expensive to produce, so their offspring, which will presumably share their desirable qualities, are primarily what will be consumed. But since the the FDA has preliminarily approved clones for consumption, that is what this diary is about.

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I like to eat...

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I like to eat...

Pink marshmallow pigs

2 votes

"bikemom's" stupor-inducing rum balls

3 votes

Clones, I mean clowns

0 votes

Hair of the dog that bit me

2 votes

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All our bills are wrong this month (w/poll)

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A rant of my own

Happy Year of the Cloned Pig