Why this election scares me

This id a terrifying election.

The economy is on an upswing, but a return to the policies that put us into the Recession will kill that. Putting money in at the bottom of the economy lets it flow up. Putting money in at the top just makes it evaporate. Read _The Richest Man in Babylon_.

My daughters' ability to control their reproductive lives, through cancer screenings and vaccination and accessible contraception is under attack. Their ability to find a doctor who can perform an abortion when a miscarriage goes bad is in jeopardy. There are laws proposed that they must carry dead fetuses until natural expulsion, no matter how great the risk or be jailed for miscarriages.

I have been hearing from at least three loud Republican voices, two major pundits, that women should not be allowed to vote and the country was better when we didn't. Am I going to have to re-fight battles my great-grandmother won?

I've been hearing from elected officials that my faith is unacceptable and only Christians should be considered citizens. 25% of the country is not Christian or no longer Christian.

I'm told that if my bisexual daughters and I are open about our sexuality, we should be made second-class citizen, if not be "cured" (i.e. driven back into the closet until suicidal) or tormented until we "change." Never mind that I pass for an average suburban wife and mother.

My 20 year old is on my insurance because of Obamacare. She cannot afford the medicine she needs without it. And Romney, WHO AUTHORED AND IMPLEMENTED THE EXACT PLAN IN MA, says it's evil and should be repealed.

The Paul Ryan budget wants to dump my parents off Medicare, which they worked for all their lives, and hand them a voucher to buy insurance. I don't see that working. And it wants to dismantle Social Security, so my husband and I will work all our lives and never see a red cent of the money we paid in.

Let's not even talk about fair pay, or workers' rights or outsourcing, although all that affects me too.

Basically, one side wants to keep moving forward. The other wants to roll back every advance of the 20th century.

I'm sorry, that got very long.
Politics affects everything from the pay I get to the quality of life I have to the food I eat. (Federal law dictates how much sleep I must get per night, tell me again about how it's interfering in YOUR life!)

Lest you think I'm a flaky old witch-dyke living in lala land who never did a day's work, let me remind you I am a truck driver.

I drive a semi, I unload it, windshield wiper blade to 400lb engine. I come home, cook, clean, take care of kids and house and husband. I write and edit books. I know the value of a dollar. I know the value of a minute. I work 18-20 hour days every day.

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• Mon, 10:50: Why this election scares me http://t.co/CPb1TSyr

Your Mondy recipe and crafty bits

Pic of the Day:


And here's how to make them:
http://lifeartcollide.blogspot.ca/2012/10/soda-bottle-bell-jars.html

Sound of the Season:

And no holiday is complete without Pumpkin Pasties

Pumpkin Pasties
by Britta

Preparation Time 90 minutes
Servings 36
Ingredients
2 eggs, slightly beaten
3/4 cup sugar
1 1 lb. can pumpkin (or 2 cups fresh, roasted in the oven then pressed through a strainer to save your Pumpkin Juice to drink!)
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. cloves
1 2/3 cups evap. milk (1 can)
1/2 tsp. allspice
9 oz pie crust pastry (enough for two single standard pie crusts)

Instructions
Except for the pastry, mix together all the ingredients well. This is the filling.
Bake the filling only (no crust) in a large casserole dish in hot oven (425 °F) for 15 minutes.

Keep oven door closed and reduce temperature to moderate (350 °F/180 °C) and continue baking for 45 minutes or until table knife inserted in center of dish comes out clean.

Cool filling completely on a wire rack.

Make or purchase pie crust pastry.

Roll thin and cut into circles approx 4" in diameter.

Put a spoonful of the cool pumpkin mixture towards one side of the center of the circle.

Fold over the crust into a half-circle and firmly crimp the edges closed.

Slice three small slits in the top for venting.

Place on a greased cookie sheet.

Bake only until crust is a light golden-brown, approx 10 minutes

State of the Sooky

It was a busy day today. My dad had his gallbladder out this morning. So he texted me when he was home safe and sound. (He's 500 miles away)

I cleaned out Jonner's room and coordinated the moving of a 500lb solid oak bed base. We have to get the 700lb one over the weekend.

I washed and hung out a load of clothes. and that's about it.



Writing: 1547 on Serial
Today's total: 1547 total
Monthly word total: 4725

Editing: none

Reading: Depraved

Workout: none

Flying: Cleaned out Jonner's room. With a backhoe. As in, we took everything out to the furniture. This room had not been cleaned out in 11 years. I have BAGS of laundry to be done before they can be donated to goodwill.

Crafting: peppermint scarf

Media: none

Business: updated sales records