Dear Mr. President,
Yesterday I wrote to you about the wars raging in this country… and as a result of that letter I was sent a link to join a group called ‘Unite Against the War on Women’.
This group is only three days old and already has a National page and over 10,000 people have signed up to participate in a March and Rally on April 28, 2012 in every Capitol across the country. Not since the Woman’s Movement of the 1960’s have women been this motivated… or this enraged. We are sick and tired of being treated like chattel by right wing Republicans.
An article written today for Politicus.usa, By Rmuse, ‘Republicans Have Awoken A Sleeping Giant And She Is Furious’… speaks volumes about what women in this country are feeling and experiencing day after day. The assault on women seems to have no bounds, and no end at the hands of extreme right wing.
Enough is enough! Women are uniting against this assault like never before. We have watched Republican legislatures and Republican Governors, state by state, pass legislation restricting a woman’s right to choose their reproductive health options, to systematically dismantle Planned Parenthood, assail all manner of contraception protection, and even accuse the Girl Scouts of America of promoting homosexual lifestyles.
Republicans have stepped in it this time, and badly miscalculated the strength and tenacity of women to defend themselves against this onslaught of discrimination regarding our health care and reproductive choices.
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There are over 157 million women v 152 million men, and we are going to mobilize, march, protest… and VOTE in November. And… it’s not just women that are fed up with this calculated effort to suppress women’s rights… our husbands, brothers, fathers and boyfriends are fed up too. When mama’s not happy… nobody’s happy, and this mama ain’t happy.
Yes Mr. President, there is a war brewing in cities and suburbs all across America, and if you’re very smart… and I know you are… you’ll keep your nose to the grindstone of governing this country, and steer clear of the War on Women that the Republican right wing and the Evangelical right wing are waging, because they are going to lose this war. I know you’re with us Mr. President because you have too much respect for the First Lady, your beautiful daughters, and all women everywhere.
Women are mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore! We will be heard on April 28th in every Capitol in America… so buckle up, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
Most Respectfully,
Marcia Reimers
Your Gadfly Granny
UNITE AGAINST THE WAR ON WOMEN* MARCH * 4-28-12 * STAND-UP AMERICAN WOMEN. BE HEARD
ReplyDeleteThanks Wendy... I will be standing up and speaking in Sacramento, and if you're in this area come on out and we can stand together... We are all sisters!
DeleteUNITE AGAINST THE WAR ON WOMEN* MARCH * 4-28-12 * STAND-UP AMERICAN WOMEN. BE HEARD
ReplyDeleteAs a man, I stand up by, for and with the women in my life and as their advocate I stand up for all women! I have joined the group for SC women, so word of warning, republican state legislators, I'm mad as hell, too! See ya in Columbia, SC, 4-28-12...
ReplyDeleteDon't want my post???? OK. Bye.
ReplyDeleteMy voice will be heard loud and clear in Austin Texas. GOP: Don't mess with Texas women!
ReplyDeleteYou tell 'um Martha... welcome aboard Austin women!
DeleteThank you, Marcia. Reading your letter was the single, inspiring moment I decided to go big with my personal involvement. Being in the Austin area, I am meeting the organizers of the march in the coming days. We are mobilizing for a massive march on Austin. Our legislators are not currently in session, but our voices will be heard in every corner of this great state, and all across the land. I am humbled to be a part of something so huge. In the words of my favorite president, "We are the change we seek"
DeleteGood for you Martha, and I'm happy to be a catalyst for your action in Austin... it's women like you that are really making a difference. Writing is one thing, but actually mobilizing is quite another... as they say, talk is cheap, but actions speak much louder than words... YOU GO GIRL!
DeleteCorrection: 15,000 members likely by the end of the day. The group was started 2/18 and is growing exponentially, it was 10,000 on Saturday 2/25.
ReplyDeleteYep... that's the day I wrote and sent the letter to the President... keep up the good work.
DeleteOur voices in Wisconsin will be loud and heard too. We love you and your family Mr. President and I want to thank you for your support and for he
ReplyDeletearing our roar.
Good for you Wisconsin, and we love our President and the first family too!
Deletehttps://secure3.convio.net/pn/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2021 Anyone from Virginia? petition link to stop legislation that gets voted in 24 hours re women's health!
ReplyDeleteKeep it going, Marcia! I hope that you will dedicate MANY letters to the president on this particular topic. Much love to you and solidarity on this bumpy ride. <3 ~Konstanz~
ReplyDeleteThanks Anonymous... I would never block your posts, you're always welcome here, and yes, I plan to talk about women right up to the election... when we re-elect the President.
DeleteSo FIRED UP AND READY TO GO - if the GOP thinks we are going to stand around and go silently back to the 1950's, they have a big surprise coming their way. 2012 - the year WE take back our country from the crazy right wing, American Taliban fondly known as the GOP.
ReplyDeleteHi Janice.. Me too... fired, ready, and jazzed. Most young women today have no idea what things were like before Roe v Wade. They listen to all the clap-trap about the life of the fetus, and abortion is murder, etc... etc... They have no idea how many women were murdered with botched abortions, or how many lost their lives giving birth when their bodies weren't strong enough to sustain a pregnancy, let alone a birth... we will NOT GO BACK to those days, and we will NOT let MEN push us there, period, end of story.
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