On Sarah Palin Blah Blah Blah
And social conservatives are pro-children by empowering minimum wage (and unequally paid) moms to pay giant financial entities to keep their kids alive.
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On Haitian Pact With The Devil: A Clarification
Pat Robertson himself made a pact with known war criminal and child-soldier-maker Charles Taylor to rape Liberia of its gold for the profit of a CBN holding. This should be mentioned at every reference to Pat Robertson. It should be in the God Damn AP Style Book.
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On The End of the 00s: The Debt Regret Matrix, by Jessanne Collins
You should pump up the PPFA contribution regret. I worked there for a time under a certain Queen Bee's reign.
I remember one incident that made me realize that the PPFA is doing just fine -- when Queen Bee (not the current head) once angrily called because somebody forgot to arrange a limo pickup at Dulles. (You'd think the head of an organization that professes to champion low income single moms could fucking take a cab.) Also, PP affiliates consistently complain that the PPFA has way too much control over funding for the affiliates that actually do the grunt work and some say it diverts donations from cash-strapped affiliates on the front-lines.*
Anyway, my experience at PPFA, which lasted about six months, taught me one thing about contributing to Planned Parenthood -- contribute to affiliates in poor states, or locally. PP in a regressive shithole like Bumfuck Alabama needs the money. PPFA gets plenty of money from the rich and famous.
* NOTE: The PPFA does important work in public advocacy, my point is it's the many local affiliates that need the money and are actually catching the bullets and grief from the local Jesus freak wackadoodles. Also: the PPFA does provide plenty of support to the PP affiliates, but, again, rinky dink $25 donations are better served (and more appreciated) by the affiliates.
Sorry for the long digressive post; I just feel strongly about this.
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On Tri-Corner Hatted Douchebags Will Say Anything To Kill Health Care
Imagine a world where there is no Wellpoint, Inc. Horrifying, innit?