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Even though the return envelope doesn't indicate postage required, I'm assuming postage is required. Is the rate .45 or extra for the over-sized envelope?
Pennsylvania Christian Taliban Wants Women To Prove Rape Or No Food Stamps
>>Let’s ignore for just a moment that a great many single mothers didn’t start out that way. Many needy children were conceived in wedlock. Many had fathers that died or simply stopped taking care of them. Let’s also ignore the fact that this bill would shame and punish women for being sexual beings while forgetting it takes two to tango. Let’s forget about the fact that most food stamp recipients are working, but in the low-income jobs that Mitt Romney likes to brag about creating. Let’s talk about the fact that the process of proving rape is humiliating, degrading and very, very difficult.<<
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/24/pennsylvania-christian-taliban-wants-women-to-prove-rape-or-no-food-stamps/
The attack on women and children in this country is out of fucking control.
Ed Schultz show from Freeport (Bainport) last night
Hanging Sansata around Rmoney's neck. 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45755822/ns/msnbc-the_ed_show/#49484189
Tammy Duckworth on 'The Last Word' w/ Lawrence O'Donnell
Duckworth said, “He’s a very sexist kind of a guy. He’s called me ‘dear,’ offered to hold my hand, he’s grabbed me during debates, pokes me, and he was just saying that I was more concerned picking out the outfits that I’m going to wear rather than concentrating on the issues.”
http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/10/19/tammy-duckworth-rep-walsh-taking-biology-lessons-from-todd-akin/
Go Tammy!
House Majority PAC Launches $2.4 Ad Buy Against IL Republicans
Democrats are trying to make Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), one of Congress' most outspoken members, a liability for his fellow Republicans stuck in tight Illinois congressional races.
In a new ad paid for by the Democratic House Majority PAC and labor union SEIU, Reps. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) and Bob Dold (R-Ill.) are accused of "hiding behind Joe Walsh's loud talk." The ad will run in heavy rotation for two weeks.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/house-majority-pac-joe-walsh_n_1950884.html
Missouri-based PAC backing Walsh with big $$$
A super PAC has once again upped its bet on Congressman Joe Walsh, R-North Barrington, and now looks like it may well hit the $2 million mark on his behalf in the northwest suburban 8th District.
As of late Thursday, according to the Sunlight Foundation, the Now or Never PAC has reported spending $1.75 million here, mostly on TV ads promoting Mr. Walsh or zapping his Democratic foe, Tammy Duckworth.
The "independent" expenditures are up almost a half a million dollars just from earlier this week, with some tens of thousands of other spending by the group not yet reflected in Sunlight's database.
That's big money in anybody's ballpark — and is exactly what Ms. Duckworth told me at the Democratic National Convention that she feared would happen at the last minute.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20121005/BLOGS02/121009839/texas-super-pac-headed-toward-2-million-for-joe-walsh
Hope everyone came through yesterday's stoms OK.
No damage here except for a few limbs down around the neighborhood. 
Ellen interviews the boy who was denied his Eagle Scout badge because he's gay.
Ryan Andresen was denied his Eagle Scout badge because he’s gay, which is why I wanted him on my show, and why I signed this petition. http://chn.ge/RA7cx6
http://www.ellentv.com/2012/10/11/a-boy-scout-without-a-badge/?adid=facebook
This is a wonderful interview with this impressive young man. 
Good move. A better move would be increased funding... but that's not going to happen. :(
October 12, 2012 (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) -- The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is canceling plans to lay off 375 employees.
Lee Enterprises' newspapers report that DCFS Director Richard Calica (KAL'-ihk-uh) announced the move in a memo to staff Thursday.
The agency says it will be working with state lawmakers to restore some funding to the department. DCFS says it also will pursue a reorganization plan that will reduce staffing while also trying to avoid layoffs.
Faced with severe budget strains, Illinois lawmakers approved a $50 million cut in the agency's funding for the new fiscal year. That led to plans for layoffs at DCFS this month.
Anders Lindall of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees says DCFS employees are "extremely relieved" that the agency has changed course.
Information from: The State Journal-Register, www.sj-r.com.
Ellen interviews the boy who was denied his Eagle Scout badge because he's gay.
Ryan Andresen was denied his Eagle Scout badge because he’s gay, which is why I wanted him on my show, and why I signed this petition. http://chn.ge/RA7cx6
http://www.ellentv.com/2012/10/11/a-boy-scout-without-a-badge/?adid=facebook
This is a wonderful interview with this impressive young man.
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