tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87982556871291454422024-03-13T07:20:07.715-04:00The Pittsburgh Women's Blogging SocietySuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07457260747698468070noreply@blogger.comBlogger1219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-24182027108981962942013-05-13T13:09:00.001-04:002013-05-13T13:09:45.968-04:00CJE Monday News Briefs<a href="http://www.worldwidehippies.com/2013/05/13/cje-monday-news-briefs-21/">CJE Monday News Briefs</a>Sherry Pasquarellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107407102753464356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-19958178370552224502013-05-13T12:02:00.001-04:002013-05-13T12:02:36.860-04:00And Six Years Later ... The Closing of The Women's Blogging Society<br />
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In May 2007, we launched The Pittsburgh Women's Blogging Society as a community building tool for female bloggers in this region. We drew upwards of 50 contributors - using the blog to both republish content from their page and create original content. </div>
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In the ensuing six years, the number of female bloggers in Pgh has increased significantly and the community building is happening all over the place - Twitter, Facebook, face to face gatherings. </div>
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We've made a few efforts to organize and get together to discuss our future, but we haven't been successful in making that happen. Perhaps because its already happening? But maintaining The Society requires time and effort and energy even with the use of lovely automation tools. </div>
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And the time has come to close our doors. Rather than allow our blog to languish, it makes sense to end on a high note - our sixth anniversary! So on May 31, the blog will close shop as will the social media tools. It won't be deleted, just not public - the archives will be available should there be a need to revisit these formative years in blogging. </div>
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Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07457260747698468070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-17829040878941850952013-04-09T13:56:00.001-04:002013-04-09T13:56:02.127-04:00When an Immigration Reform Doesn’t Do the Trick<a href="http://www.worldwidehippies.com/2013/04/09/when-an-immigration-reform-doesnt-do-the-trick/">When an Immigration Reform Doesn’t Do the Trick</a>Sherry Pasquarellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107407102753464356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-36593082953695251112013-04-09T12:29:00.000-04:002013-04-09T12:29:42.951-04:00Change the Conversation: A Day of Blogging About Sexual Assault<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;">April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Bloggers in Pittsburgh invite you to participate in a "Day of Blogging" to help change the conversation - from victim blaming to preventing rape, from "scary stranger in the dark" to the prevalence of intimate partner sexual violence, from assuming women are the only victims to a broader understanding of the impact of sexual assault in the queer community.</span><br />
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To participate, we ask you to create one blog post or one social media post (G+, Facebook, Instagram, etc) on this topic - from your own perspective, using your own words. We will also be using this opportunity to encourage readers to support an important community organization, Pittsburgh Action Against Rape through this CrowdRise campaign - every $5 we raise will help to change the conversation through education, counseling and training. ** This event is not sponsored by or officially connected with PAAR - this is a private fundraiser, but through Crowdrise all funds collecte will go directly to PAAR.</div>
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<strong>Date:</strong> Tuesday, April 16, 2013</div>
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<strong>Crowdrise Link</strong>: <a data-mce-href="http://www.crowdrise.com/changetheconversation/fundraiser/suekerr" href="http://www.crowdrise.com/changetheconversation/fundraiser/suekerr" style="color: #21759b; outline: none;">http://www.crowdrise.com/changetheconversation/fundraiser/suekerr</a></div>
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<strong>Hashtag:</strong> #PghSAAM (Pittsburgh Sexual Assault Awareness Month)</div>
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<strong>How do I sign up?</strong> Email pghlesbian at gmail dot com with your name & the name of your social media tool (with url) When your post is live, please send a link to be added to this page throughout the day.</div>
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<strong>How else can I show my support?</strong> Use the "grab button" and display on your blog leading up to the event. Change your avatar on April 16 to the logo or simply a ribbon. Share the various posts.</div>
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<strong>I want to participate, but I prefer to be anonymous?</strong> We support your decision to remain anonymous. If you would like to share your story without using your name, please contact pghlesbian and we can arrange for it to be published on one of the host blogs. We want you to feel safe and supported - and we appreciate any form of participation that works for you.</div>
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<strong>What should I say?</strong> You can write anything from a brief statement of support to your personal story (please use trigger warnings.) What does it mean to you to change the conversation?</div>
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<strong>If I am not a survivor, should I participate?</strong> Yes, this impacts our entire society - advocates for survivors speaking out are incredibly important to building a safer society for everyone.</div>
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<strong>I'm not in Pittsburgh?</strong> Several of us in Pittsburgh are responding in solidarity with our sisters in nearby Steubenville. That is why we selected a Pittsburgh based organization for donations - but it is perfectly great for you to promote an organization or cause in your own community or to not mention the fundraising element at all. There is no geographic limit to whom can participate.</div>
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<strong>Resources:</strong> This a list (not comprehensive) of resources you may consult for statistics and data to use in your post.</div>
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<strong>Check this page for <a href="http://www.pghlesbian.com/special-projects/change-the-conversation/">a list of participants</a>.</strong></div>
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<script src="http://www.crowdrise.com/widgets/project/changetheconversation/suekerr/" type="text/javascript"></script>Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07457260747698468070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-18810301283273051022013-03-20T13:24:00.001-04:002013-03-20T13:24:21.816-04:00County-by-county Pa. health rankings are out<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51259502/ns/local_news-pittsburgh_pa/t/county-by-county-pa-health-rankings-are-out/#.UUnwrh7Kohk.blogger">County-by-county Pa. health rankings are out</a>Sherry Pasquarellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107407102753464356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-946827807482965822013-03-19T12:49:00.001-04:002013-03-19T12:49:53.830-04:00No More Steubenvilles: How To Raise Boys to be Kind Men | Common Dreams<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/19-8#.UUiXJ9pjxJk.blogger">No More Steubenvilles: How To Raise Boys to be Kind Men | Common Dreams</a>Sherry Pasquarellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107407102753464356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-6611418210876076022013-03-19T11:02:00.000-04:002013-03-19T11:02:18.380-04:00Change The Conversation: Blogging About Sexual Assault – Planning Post<br />
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Friends – The Pittsburgh Women’s Blogging Society is organizing a “Blogging Day” on Tuesday April 2. “Change the Conversation: Blogging About Sexual Assault” We need help to make this successful. Help us send a message of solidarity to our sister in Steubenville and all survivors of sexual assault. Help us begin the difficult conversations on this topic and encourage our readers and social network to stop and think.</div>
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.</div>
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We need a logo that can be converted into a small button – around 200×200 – as well as an average image size. Can you design this?</div>
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We need someone to gather the most current information on sexual assault from a reputable source – like PAAR, convert it into a .pdf and set it up on Google Docs or some other publicly accessible site.</div>
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We need someone to set up a donation tool to benefit PAAR – a chipin, a crowdfunding site, etc. You will need to talk with PAAR’s development team.</div>
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We will need PR – help us recruit participants and also track social media the day of. Perhaps set up a Scoop.It for posterity.</div>
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You don’t need a blog to participate – you can use Facebook, Twitter, even Pinterest. You can share your story or you can write about any angle you want. You don’t have to be in Pgh – you can ask folks to donate to your local agency.</div>
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Please message me right away if you can help. Thank you.</div>
Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07457260747698468070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-31999159606272228962013-02-12T14:11:00.001-05:002013-02-12T14:11:47.624-05:00Chipping Away at Exceptions: Forced Birth for Fetal Anomalies - RH Reality Check<a href="http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/02/12/chipping-away-at-exceptions-forced-birth-for-fetal-anomailes/">Chipping Away at Exceptions: Forced Birth for Fetal Anomalies - RH Reality Check</a>Sherry Pasquarellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107407102753464356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-87887740119858302142013-02-12T14:06:00.002-05:002013-02-12T14:06:54.415-05:00Join One Billion Rising in Pittsburgh on V-Day!<center>
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Pittburgh's event will also be in memory of <a href="http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/tag/kasandra-wade/" target="_blank">Ka'Sandra Wade</a>, the young, Pittsburgh woman who was killed by her ex-partner on New Year's Eve and whose death has raised a call for better procedures by the police.<br />
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<a href="http://onebillionrisingpgh.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><strong>One Billion Rising Pittsburgh</strong></a>
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<strong>When:</strong> Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
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<strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="http://onebillionrisingpgh.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/70-local-groups-have-endorsed-one-billion-rising-pittsburgh/" target="_blank">New Voices Pittsburgh: Women of Color for Reproductive Justice and Friends</a>
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<strong>Facebook Event Page:</strong> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/323828054394065/?ref=2" target="_blank">Here</a>
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<strong>Sign up on the National Site for the Pittsburgh Event:</strong> <a href="http://onebillionrising.org/page/event/detail/startarising/wrtz" target="_blank">Here</a>
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10439330154875628083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-91098035710175716072013-01-11T13:04:00.001-05:002013-01-11T13:04:07.943-05:00Remember Her Name Cyber Vigil Honoring Ka'Sandra WadeThe Pittsburgh Women's Blogging Society is honored to invite the blogging community to remember Ka'Sandra's name by participating in a cyber vigil on Saturday, January 12.<br />
<br />For more details on how to participate, <a href="http://www.pghlesbian.com/2013/01/other/her-name-was-kasandra-wade-a-pittsburgh-cyber-vigil/">please click here.</a><br />
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<br />Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07457260747698468070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-14147559472777956222012-12-31T11:46:00.001-05:002012-12-31T11:46:41.079-05:0012 Animal Activism Stories That Made Headlines in 2012<a href="http://www.worldwidehippies.com/2012/12/31/12-animal-activism-stories-that-made-headlines-in-2012/">12 Animal Activism Stories That Made Headlines in 2012</a>Sherry Pasquarellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107407102753464356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-54907067632787569952012-12-31T00:06:00.002-05:002012-12-31T00:06:53.297-05:002012 Rewind!<a href="http://sarahski.blogspot.com/2012/12/what-happened-in-2012.html">http://sarahski.blogspot.com/2012/12/what-happened-in-2012.html</a>SarahSkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383390222186067595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-16316533145105948472012-12-19T13:33:00.001-05:002012-12-19T13:33:08.735-05:00Happy Holidays from NGP VAN!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9BbpQ517fow?fs=1" width="480"></iframe><br />
Sherry Pasquarellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107407102753464356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-61857045180918431102012-12-19T13:25:00.001-05:002012-12-19T13:25:52.666-05:00BRZEZINSKI: “POPULIST RESISTANCE” IS DERAILING THE NEW WORLD ORDER<a href="http://www.worldwidehippies.com/2012/12/19/brzezinski-populist-resistance-is-derailing-the-new-world-order/">BRZEZINSKI: “POPULIST RESISTANCE” IS DERAILING THE NEW WORLD ORDER</a>Sherry Pasquarellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107407102753464356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-3576695803600946512012-12-19T13:22:00.000-05:002012-12-19T13:22:36.516-05:00Reflections From Last Friday: Where Do We Go From Here?<a href="http://sarahski.blogspot.com/2012/12/reflections-where-do-we-go-from-here.html">http://sarahski.blogspot.com/2012/12/reflections-where-do-we-go-from-here.html</a>SarahSkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383390222186067595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-65472523025999973502012-12-05T10:48:00.001-05:002012-12-05T10:48:11.152-05:00Victoria’s Secret Punk’d: Young customers play prank on lingerie giant.<a href="http://www.worldwidehippies.com/2012/12/05/victorias-secret-punked-young-customers-play-prank-on-lingerie-giant/">Victoria’s Secret Punk’d: Young customers play prank on lingerie giant.</a>Sherry Pasquarellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107407102753464356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-19350284244326291172012-12-05T08:56:00.001-05:002012-12-05T08:56:40.451-05:00Morning Maddow: December 5<a href="http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/12/05/15696677-morning-maddow-december-5#.UL9SiIsu5xM.blogger">Morning Maddow: December 5</a>Sherry Pasquarellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107407102753464356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-25484412945771425262012-12-05T08:45:00.000-05:002012-12-05T08:46:48.115-05:00Dealing with Creeps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yes, I can be harassed by a man. But, I do <a href="http://nolongerslowblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/creeps-in-society-part-ii.html">fight back</a>.
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(Crossposted from <a href="http://www.pghlesbian.com/">Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents</a>)</div>
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I love that <a href="http://www.pghlesbian.com/2012/11/politics/it-aint-over/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #6699cc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Trish jumped right</a> into my favorite topic – Daryl Metcalfe’s reign of holy terror in Pennsylvania.</div>
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I had been planning a one week reflection on the election, but was derailed by tendinitisand well … OMG, its been a week? Like my sister blogger, I think there is a lot of interesting “space” between the federal elections ass-kicking and the state of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, so to speak.</div>
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Kyrsten Sinema became the first openly bisexual person elected to the US Congress (Arizona.)</div>
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The bright spots?</div>
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<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; list-style: square !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.freedomtomarry.org/pages/live-blog-election-2012" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #6699cc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Marriage equality</a> *won* in all four referendums (Maryland, Minnesota, Washington and Maine)</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; list-style: square !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tammy Baldwin is the<a href="http://www.gaypolitics.com/2012/11/07/victory-fund-celebrates-huge-night-for-gay-candidates/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #6699cc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> first openly LGBTQ person</a> to be elected to the United States Senate – she represents Wisconsin</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; list-style: square !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pennsylvania elected our<a href="http://www.gaypolitics.com/2012/11/07/victory-fund-celebrates-huge-night-for-gay-candidates/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #6699cc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> first openly gay man</a> to serve in the PA General Assembly – Brian Sims</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; list-style: square !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.gaypolitics.com/2012/11/12/first-out-bisexual-elected-to-congress/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #6699cc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Arizona</a> elected the nation’s first openly bisexual person to serve in Congress, Krysten Sinema</li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; list-style: square !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.gaypolitics.com/2012/11/06/w-va-elects-first-openly-gay-state-legislator/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #6699cc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">West Virginia</a> elected their first openly gay man to serve in their General Assembly</li>
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What does it mean?</div>
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Well, I hope it means the base remains mobilized and works on the ground on issues in Pennsylvania – from the school boards to the General Assembly. I agree we need more candidates – more progressive candidates. Not “pro-life” LGBTQ persons who seem to have missed the connection between right to privacy and their own lives … a rant for another day.</div>
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But I go one step to the left of Trish and say that the *party* needs to do a better job of connecting with the LGBTQ constituency and voters. In my opinion, the candidates did that successfully – but not so much the party. We keep getting these endorsed candidates who simply have little to no concern for our community and they end up doing dumbass things like supporting “marriage protection” amendments instead of creating jobs and addressing funding for public transportation.</div>
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I also want to stop hearing about the Pittsburgh/Philadelphia with “Alabama in the middle” meme … its crap. Yes, we are a blue end of the state but we still spit out socially conservative Democrats (like Mark Critz) who don’t really reflect the unique type of progressivism grounded in the Pittsburgh region. I know many Catholics who believe in birth control, marriage equality and access to abortion. They also believe in their Church. Like Joe Biden and John Kerry believe, not Paul Ryan believe.</div>
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While I’d agree the challenge is to run candidates, I also think we have to do a better story of telling our stories – all of our stories. Not just our two white lesbians with a minivan in the suburbs stories. And we need to tell those stories to our committeefolks and very local elected officials. We need more school board candidates seeking the endorsement of the Gertrude Stein Club and Stonewall Democrats.</div>
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But mostly we need to educate our own community – drive home the reality of our situation and encourage them to take action. This election has demonstrated to us that mobilization and hope can bring about amazing things. I have confidence things can turn in Pennsylvania, but I’m concerned that more members of the LGBTQ community will retreat into denial and lose touch with our sisters and brothers who are most vulnerable – because of their orientation, identity, economic status and more.</div>
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The ongoing battle around Voter ID and the disproportionate impact on our trans sisters and brothers should be evidence that its not going to be easy.</div>
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There’s hope, but it requires that we remain hopeful together.</div>
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NOTE: I was smiling at how Trish beat me to the political post; that’s exactly why I jumped at the chance to bring her on board!</div>
Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07457260747698468070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-55387335237661440122012-11-08T11:45:00.000-05:002012-11-08T11:45:29.930-05:00Republicans Still Can't Come to Grips with Voters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://nolongerslowblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/republicans-still-cant-come-to-grips.html">Republicans Still Can't Come to Grips with Voters</a>
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Republican policies lost big time, and it goes way beyond the problems with Mitt Romney.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-14226606114933100782012-11-07T08:57:00.001-05:002012-11-07T08:57:35.168-05:00WWH/CJE Wednesday News Briefs – Heart just isn’t into it today… Was that a Drone buzzing my house?<a href="http://www.worldwidehippies.com/2012/11/07/wwhcje-wednesday-news-briefs-heart-just-isnt-into-it-today-was-that-a-drone-buzzing-my-house/">WWH/CJE Wednesday News Briefs – Heart just isn’t into it today… Was that a Drone buzzing my house?</a>Sherry Pasquarellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107407102753464356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-74015647256508163332012-11-07T07:28:00.001-05:002012-11-07T07:28:54.944-05:00My Hopes for the Second Obama Administration<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<p><a href="http://nolongerslowblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/my-hopes-for-second-obama-term.html">My Hopes for the Second Obama Administration</a></p>
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Most important takeaway from the 2012 election: Vote suppression, vote buying & irrational fearmongering did not win - the voters won!
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<p><a href="http://nolongerslowblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-importance-of-competent-pollworkers.html">Importance of Competent Pollworkers</a>
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If you live in North Fayette Township, dress warmly, wear boots, and maybe bring along a thermos of coffee. Vote anyway, but be prepared.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798255687129145442.post-15341186104901544652012-11-06T07:48:00.001-05:002012-11-06T07:48:46.795-05:00WWH/CJE Tuesday News Briefs<a href="http://www.worldwidehippies.com/2012/11/06/wwhcje-tuesday-news-briefs-11/">WWH/CJE Tuesday News Briefs</a>Sherry Pasquarellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107407102753464356noreply@blogger.com0