Ranting’s of an Angry Woman

          Because women's work is never done and is underpaid or unpaid or boring or repetitious and we're the first to get fired and what we look like is more important than what we do and if we get raped it's our fault and if we get beaten we must have provoked it and if we raise our voices we're nagging bitches and if we enjoy sex we're nymphos and if we don't we're frigid and if we love women it's because we can't get a "real" man and if we ask our doctor too many questions we're neurotic and/or pushy and if we expect childcare we're selfish and if we stand up for our rights we're aggressive and "unfeminine" and if we don't we're typical weak females and if we want to get married we're out to trap a man and if we don't we're unnatural and because we still can't get an adequate safe contraceptive but men can walk on the moon and if we can't cope or don't want a pregnancy we're made to feel guilty about abortion and...For lots of other reasons we are part of the women's liberation movement.  ~Author unknown, quoted in The Torch, 14 September 1987

After reading passage this I knew I would this blog would be very long….Should healthcare include contraception?

One must ask themself, "Is the pill beneficial to women’s health?"  These are some of the positive side effects I read about 'the pill'.  It “reduces excruciating menstrual cramps, offers some protection against pelvic inflammatory disease, which often leads to infertility when left untreated, acne reduction, decreases osteoporosis, decreases ectopic pregnancy , decreases cysts in the breasts and ovaries, reduction of anemia, decreases premenstrual symptoms, reduces headaches and depression.”  To me these all seem like health issues.  It is unfortunate that we will not cover contraception cost, but medical expenses will cover alcoholic drinkers and “weekend” smokers. 
         
Granted sipping on any chemical/ hormonal cocktail will come with positive and of course negative side effects.  Even over the counter aspirin comes with a warning and advices one to seek medical assistance, if anything listed on the warning label arises.  So why is this important?  A bill is being presented that if an employer does not like contraception they do not have to be involved or have the employee coverage.  “What makes the employer decide at they want to veto other health issues?”  The employer does pay for partial insurance, but to have a say in what an insurance company will or will not pay for seems a bit bias.
What happen to the HIPPA Laws?  Should not contraception be a private discussion between a patient and her Doctor not a boss and employee?  It is an invasion of privacy and rather discriminatory if an employer can choose what they deem moral to be covered under insurance.

To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do.

~Spanish Proverb

Any time you hear contraception you hear someone say it is against the Catholic Churches belief system.  The Catholic Church should be the last to judge after their scandalous issues and male based canonized texts.  There are so many mistakes in the bible written by man.  Any time I crack open the bible the phrase “too many hands in the kitchen” comes to mind.  The Catholic Church sees contraception as a sin, because of the phrase go forth and multiply.  Who is supposed to take care of the multitudes of children that cannot be cared for due to the parents having nine or ten children?  Oh, I know our government.  No, wait no it is the taxpayers.  Now, I can see a great separation here with church and state.  I do agree they should not be forced to pay for something against their beliefs, but it's time to stop hiding behind 'church separate from state'.  Obviously, abstinence is not working to your followers. So do something about it.  Take some responsibility. 

       Another religious affiliation I found that shocked me on their contraception views was Satanism.  A well-known Satanist, Marilyn Manson was asked the following:

"...what are your thoughts on abortion?", to which he replied: "I think the problem that always arises with issues like abortion, between Pro-Choice and Pro-Life, nobody really wants to deal with the problem, and that's birth control.  I think if more people concentrated on dealing with that - making birth control more of an issue - then you wouldn't have to deal with the idea of abortion.”

        This intrigued me so I read a couple more articles on their ideas of contraception.  One blog stated, "Responsibility to the responsible.   What  refreshing insight! A Satanist should likely not come across this problem of unwanted pregnancy due to use of contraception.”  They see abortion as careless and stupid.  The first cardinal sin in Satanism is stupidity and they would not put themselves in irresponsible actions.  I found the other beliefs a bit odd, but they are responsible for themself--what a concept!

Ah... that reminds me.  --   Yes, the vain, "mean-spirited, bigoted conservative" Ms.  Ann Coulter.   She constantly spews sarcastic remarks, before filtering her thoughts through her highly educated mind.  Ann tries to one up Rush Limbaugh and verbally attacks Sandra Fluke (a law student who took a stance, in front of an all-male court, for free contraception) .  Coulter slanders Fluke stating, “Not only is Fluke a slut, but she’s a “hysterical drama queen,” too.  Just like the rest of the liberals in the country.” Then there is her comment “Fluke belongs to a college club on ‘reproductive justice.’”  Finally, she shows her immaturity by name-calling the woman, “Fl-uck” and childishly teasing Fluke about appearance, “as if her haircut isn’t birth control enough.”
I refuse to step down to your level Ms. Coulter. I have only two things to say. One--Indoctrination... Two, I am sorry Ms. Coulter, but I do consider contraception preventative healthcare not some random pill to be promiscuous.  I do not agree with all of Sandra Flukes views, but many Americans would agree with me, we do not want to pay for additional children on welfare.  Our system is broken let us not encourage more welfare candidates.  Ann Coulter, please do this world a favor…think before you speak.

The more I read the more foolishness I find.  There was an entire panel of all males trying to fix a contraception issue about women!  As I Googled the panel of male judges, up pops the comical and offensive group The Partisans.  They did a couple of videos that were entertaining and a bit crass about an all-male panel.  Even Jon Stewart finds an all-male panel to fix women’s issues a joke!

The more I read the more idiocy I find.  Reason number five hundred, why I think Rick Santorum should not be President, because of the company he keeps-- Foster Stephen Friess.  Friess is brainwashed and ignorant by suggesting, “Women should keep an aspirin between their knees in order to ensure their legs stay closed to prevent having sex.”  One question for you Mr. Friess, back in the day how many of those women had back alley abortions?  Were you not the one who is distant with your own children and spouse almost leading to a divorce?  You may be a born again Christian, but how much of your "good Christian" causes are written off as charity?

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.  ~Timothy Leary

The biggest issues in the world are semantics of definitions.  What is the definition of life?  How about the definitions of Capital Punishment, Ethics, or the ideas of Nudity/Pornography/Art?  Brilliant Scientists cannot agree when life exactly begins.  This issue of when does life begin will always be an issue until the end of time.  I do agree that birth control is more for assurance, not insurance; however, what happens when these women fail to get contraception? Well…insurance goes up even more to pay for the neglected ambulance bills, the welfare of that pregnant mother and then we pay for the child until it is grown .  So who does this healthcare benefit?  Not the poor they have welfare, and not the rich they have the means to buy private insurance, but it affects the middle class.

The Health Care Industry needs a flushing.  As a society, we should have more options, just as we can choose our car insurance.  The more you want covered the more you pay, but if you just want liability pay for only liability.  Before the Obama care, my insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield was affordable.  Currently, my company had to change offering only one insurance company with various amounts of terrible coverage and extremely high cost with a high deductible.  Not everyone is privilege enough to have Kaiser Health Insurance, which Obama regards as “good” insurance.  The 'Obama' health care plan is not beneficial to my family at all, with the ridiculous rates going through the roof!


I am Pro-choice, and I believe in educating women.   Oh and contraceptives I do not have to use...my husband has a vasectomy. We highly recommend it!   So the moral of this story...  Should healthcare include contraception?  HELL YES! Prevention today! Or would you rather pay for children that are not your own.

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.  ~Faith Whittlesey

Again...Spoiled Americans. Is Fannie or Freddie to blame

Joel Sucher is working on "Foreclosure Diaries," a documentary about the financial crisis.  He  wrote a blog titled “Fannie, Freddie, and the FHFA Holding The Line On Foreclosure Policies.”    Joel captures a story about one individual Arturo de los Santos.  Sucher tugs at the audience’s strings by conveying to the reader a despairing story as any filmmaker should do.  Sucher starts of by describing Santos as a former soldier, the father of four children and a supervisor trying to provide for his family.  He then finishes the tale by telling the reader about Arturo losing his house to foreclosure due to the reduction of hours at work. 

     Joel Sucher makes a statement, “Freddie sees the home as simply an investment property to be sold for top dollar.”  The only response I have for this is…yes it is an investment property.  They are not running a daycare but a business.  One thing the buyer needs to understand is that --buying a house is not an investment but a debt.

Sucher also expresses, “Greed again rears its ugly head.”  This statement should not be geared toward the "bad guy" corporations, but the individual trying to live up to "the Jones”.   Many of us strive for better things, but do we have to max out credit cards, buy the biggest houses and purchase a new car every other year?  As a society, we are taught greed and are marketed to buy, buy, and buy, regardless of the cost.

Here is a different story on NPR about a fourteen-year-old girl named Willow who lives in Florida.  This young lady owns her own house!  Yes unusual, but it can be done.  Willow has found a way to make money successfully without fully depending on government programs. Instead,  she has taken advantage of the foreclosures and is now renting out the house to a young couple.

I do not agree with the  filmmaking Joel Sucher's bias side that these conglomerates should be lenient with the individuals borrowing cash.  Joel is out to make money for a movie of course there is a bad guy good guy.  Unfortunately, some people need to realize that they are living beyond their means.  It is not the responsibility of FHFA, Fannie, or Freddie to adjust the loan each time due to hardships. These companies are not ones I would put any faith or trust in.   I can’t judge Arturo de los Santos for not trying to better his life, but I can’t help think …so if they cut his hours at his current job did he try to get a part time job at the local Wal-Mart?  Did they ever think four children would not be expensive and they might have to depend on the govenment?  Did Arturo come up with an inventive idea like the one Willow had? Many questions run through my mind, but mostly pessimistic.

  I see it every day, people not accepting a job because thier mindset that they are worth more.  Many individuals will not work for $7.25 an hour because they have a degree, or they have held some sort of authoritative position previously.  God forbid they have to work more than forty-hour weeks at intensive laborious job.  I am not by any means wealthy nor am I in debt to anyone.   I have taken jobs for the minimum amount and worked my way up.  Americans should realize an associate’s degree (you can now get online) or title means nothing these days.  Receiving a Doctorate from a prestigious college may alleviate some stress allocating a job.  Then one must ask how much debt do you have to accrue to be happy?  We are becoming an overpopulated, somewhat educated, spoiled society.  Many individuals are out of work, including those graduating from college.  I continue going to college not because it will make me wealthy, but I enjoy learning and I found what makes me happy.