Multnomah County Democrats

Thank you Susan for such a courageous contribution to this political insanity going on across our country!!

Susan Silodor, sorry u feel guilt with ur choice to have an abortion but without Stupak the house bill wouldn't have passed.

Rick, I think underscoring Susan's piece with the simple description of "guilt" as the emotional upshot isn't recognizing the substance of her essay. What Susan describes is a plethora of emotions bashing headlong into environments which were at best indifferent to her plight and at worst, antagonistic.

Susan faced constant severe judgment, and no one - not family, not lover, not even medical professionals - stepped up at any point to offer counseling and support. She was stigmatized as a pregnant young woman; she was stigmatized when she made the decision to end her pregnancy; she was stigmatized even as she received medical treatment.

The crux of this is that she was neither treated as, nor regarded with, the slightest bit of human dignity. And this is exactly the correlation that can be made in examining current politics. While anti-choice forces bleat about the sanctity of life, they have little regard for the women that would continue unwanted pregnancies. In essence, to the anti-choice forces, these women are simply incubators.... See More

Further, these zealots are vehemently opposed to comprehensive (intelligent) sex education, do not support prenatal care, family planning or any other mechanism be which the occurrence of unwanted pregnancies could by reduced.

These zealots are the modern versions of those that ridiculed Susan a generation ago.

-KC Hanson

I find it funny esp since the OBA and Nike were originally in support of FAR higher taxes. You just cannot please some groups or people...

The holiday season is a mixed bag this year. With many folks struggling, a wide array of charitable organizations have seen their donations drop off at the very time when there is more need.

On the political front, we can work on behalf of YES on 66/67 to ensure that critical state services (health services, public safety and education) are not eviscerated.

On the personal front, we can work locally to help our neighbors. Please contact chair@multdems.org about our Holiday food and clothing drive. Next Tuesday (12/1) evening at 7pm, we'll host an organizational meeting to kick off our activity. Please RSVP if you can make it, and even if you can't but would like to be involved.... See More

Mult Dems Office, 3127 NE 67th (just so. of Sandy Blvd.)

-KC

66/67 are efforts at maintaining the status quo and budgets are reliant on their passage.... If these measures fail, could we see Oregon devolve into a California-like situation, with students facing a 32% tuition increase?

Oregon's economic situation is not as bleak as the Golden State's, but we've been ranked among the bottom 10 of the economies in 50 states.

Who are we going to look to in a effort to buoy the economy of Oregon if not those that have benefited the most from it?... See More

I greet the participation of Jim Hightower at the 2010 Celsi Dinner with great animation. No, I mean literally. Check it and see.

http://generalpicture.com/client/mcdpp.html

Ah, the page will be white for a brief bit before it loads. The play buttons appear, and then you'll see and hear the common tater himself.

He's also trying to take away women's rights!

I think people in Multnomah County are getting damn tired of an agenda driven by the Lesbians.

Rick? Where are you coming from? I actually think this article is kinder to the House bill than I am and I am not a lesbian. I do not support it at all. So what is your gratuitous jab?

I got an email from barackobama.com asking me to call and thank Blumenauer for his 'coureagous vote' on health care. I said that I didn't think it was coureagous and that Earl's insistence on Oregon's 'Death with Dignity' provision probably hurt the cause. I got a email back saying it was undeliverable as it was spam. ...So I unsubscribed. If you don't want to hear what I have to say, don't send me what you have to say.

C Street wins again!