Planned Parenthood, Politics and Susan G Komen foundation.

I have been reading in the news the last 2 days that the Susan G Komen foundation is going to cut funding for breast cancer screenings to underprivileged and poor women. I have been trying to "get behind this" as Captain Kirk AKA William Shatner, and I just can’t get behind this.
Cutting out funding for something that you make millions off in donations each year worldwide shows you’re true colors. Some may say that you’re supporting the killing of innocent babies, however Planned Parenthood does much more than abortions. They provide low cost birth control solutions, low cost OB/GYN services, family planning, sexual education, and services for teens, young women, rape victims, and women nationwide. The goods out weigh the bad when it comes to this subject.
Here is a little tip......
Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading sexual and reproductive health care provider and advocate. For 94 years, millions of women and men have turned to Planned Parenthood for vital sexual healthcare services, sex education, and sexuality information. Today, the work of Planned Parenthood is carried forward by more than 30,000 Staff members and volunteers. In 2008 (the latest year for which we have figures), Planned Parenthood provided more than five million people worldwide with the means to make responsible choices about their sexual and reproductive health.(Planned Parenthood Federation of America[PPFA®] is a founding member of International Planned Parenthood Federation, whose affiliates serve tens of millions more.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/fact_ppservices_2010-09-03.pdf
In 2008, PPFA-supported partners served 1,078,000 individuals in 11 developing countries with reproductive health care and education. In addition, we worked to raise awareness of international reproductive health and rights issues and mobilize support for responsible U.S. laws and policies. We created briefing sheets, talking points, and a wide variety of other advocacy materials, posted them online, and distributed them to Planned Parenthood affiliates and activists.

The following link will take you to local women in Athens, Ohio and how PPFA has changed their life...
http://www.athensnews.com/ohio/article-27377-local-women-testify-to-the-benefits-of-planned-parenthood.html

Here is an excerpt from the PPFA Rochester site....Notice ABORTION SERVICES is listed under the NOT COVERED SERVICES.

Who is eligible?
You must meet these requirements:
Male or female of childbearing age including teens and college students
New York State resident that meets satisfactory citizenship or immigration requirements
Eligible income level
Must be able to have children
What services are covered?
This program provides coverage for family planning-related health care including:
Most FDA approved birth control methods, devices, and supplies including birth control pills, condoms, the patch, Nuvaring, IUDs and the new method, Implanon
Emergency contraception and follow-up care – Plan B
Male and female sterilization
Preconception counseling, preventive screening and family planning options before pregnancy
The following services are also free when they are part of a family planning clinic visit. You MUST have these services as part of or follow up to a family planning visit or they will not be covered by the Family Planning Benefit Program.
Gynecological exams including clinical breast exam (mammography not included)
Pregnancy testing and counseling
Reproductive health information, education and counseling services related to pregnancy, sexually transmitted infection risk and family planning options
Screening, treatment and medications for sexually transmitted and genito-urinary infections
Screening for cervical cancer (Pap smears) and if needed, repeat Pap smears and colposcopies
Screening, diagnostic, lab testing and referrals to primary care providers for health conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes that affect contraceptive choice
HIV counseling and testing
What services are NOT covered?
Fertility treatments
Abortions
Problem-centered visits not originally diagnosed during a family planning visit
Services not related to family planning
Here is the link to the PPFA wikipedia link.....
"The origins of Planned Parenthood date to 1916 when Margaret Sanger, her sister and a friend opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. in Brooklyn, New York.[8] It resulted in her being jailed.[9] In 1938, the clinic was organized into the American Birth Control League, which became part of the only national birth control organization in the US until the 1960s, but the title was found too offensive and "against families" so the League began discussions for a new name.[10] By 1941, the organization was operating 222 centers and had served 49,000 clients.[11] By 1942 [4] the League had become part of what became the Planned Parenthood Federation of America."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood

Come on people! Look how far we've come. It's important to teach our children about responsibility, the importance of sexual education and the prevention of STD's, unwanted pregnancy, and healthcare. By continuing to support the decision of the Susan G Komen foundation you are sending a messaging stating that getting a breast screening is a privilege not a right. It is our right as a society on the brink of destruction to speak out against things like this. It’s not a privilege to ensure you’re healthy, it’s a right. And by education, prevention and action we can as a whole nation support our many men and women who have to suffer through cancer.

Now don’t get me wrong, what the Susan G Komen foundation has done thus far is indeed impressive, however.....its time they put down their political "talking stick" and stand up for what they were dedicated to doing. Breast cancer research and prevention. You can’t do that if you one day decide to fund low income screening and then surreptitiously decide to pull that. What does that say about the true nature of your "cause?"

I am asking everyone who reads this note to pass it on. If we can make the "I can has cheezburger" kitties viral, and the techno Viking video viral, we can sure enough pass this note on to our friends and social media outlets. I have for many years supported the Race for the Cure, however I will no longer support a foundation that refuses to do what it was originally created to do. Research and treatment of breast cancer for EVERYONE, not just those that can afford it.

Take a stand, let your voice be heard and pass this on!

Sugar in the Box

He loved her sweetly, never letting go
she pushed and shoved
demons from her past wont let her grow
he loves her gently, making her his world
she left him there his life unfurled

She was his sugar
she was his world
everything she said
was everything he did

On a lazy afternoon
he had come home too soon
to find his sugar on the floor
needle in her arm
darkness at their door

He cried over her asking lord why oh why
was his sugar gone, and he was left alone to cry
he sat there for a while
crying and begging
begging and pleading

Then the day came for him to say goodbye
he held that white rose
tears falling from his eyes
wondering why

With his sugar in a box,
his car packed
he left the dusty roads
never looking back.

Faded Glory

With the wind at her back
she moved east, picking up the road
as the miles blew past
faded as her tan she no long felt alone

She wore the smile of faded glory on her face
with new risks to take
and a breath of confidence
she kept going east
new dreams new faces
unfamiliar places and a place to start new

As the miles rolled by Johnny sang softly
showing her that walking the line was right
her memories of drugs, sex, and rock n roll
melted away as new ones began

She wore the smile of faded glory
the sun shining on her skin
with each new town the passed
she left the last one behind

faded glory of a hometown queen
faded glory of hazy dreams
faded glory of memories long gone
faded glory of lost and twisted dreams

with one last stretch she yawned lightly
her faded glory had gone completely
she was a new girl with a new world.

Unknown

Little boy is now a man
walking the line as best he can
no woman by his side
to share the secrets of the night
little boy lost in flight

Never knew if his daddy was a rolling stone
always left behind
always left alone
imagination as far as the stars
underneath his shirt were hidden scars

Struggled with the devils brew
Secrets kept hidden
nobody knew

He met her by accident
close enough to make two into one
with blinded love they left
in a space bound rocket ship

Hold on baby, dont let go
we dont have far to go
I wont leave you behind
just keep walking that line

Oh my....

What a chaotic, insidious week this has been! While it hasn't been bad its just been long, and forever ending. Good news....I have a job, I have 2 jobs. Bad news, well there isn't any.

I have been contemplating change in my life and while I thought I controlled my destiny the universe had a different plan. Move to PA? Possibly....move to NM? Possibly...NOPE! I am going to stay right here until the time is right for me to move where ever it is that I am supposed to move.

My son started school Thursday, and he went back to Jiu Jitsu. It was like watching a makeover! He was laughing, smiling and his energy changed. I think it will be good for him to go back and participate however small the participation is, it will teach him some respect and in the end do him some good to get his frustration out on the mat. How proud I am of him. I couldn't have been more blessed.

On to another topic, I have a few stories brewing in my skull that I am trying to make sense of. My stories always hit me at just the right time....but always leave quickly leaving me to figure them out. Way to go creativity! Thanks!

I know I said I would try to post everyday but I have had the desire (yes I am lazy thankyouverymuch) and I really haven't had anything too spectacular to report until today. I get to see my best friend who just came home from a 3.5 month deployment in Japan, I get to see another dear friend whom I've know since 98 and I think things are starting to turn around. But don't worry, I will keep one eye on the path in front of me and one eye on everything else. So for now I am going to nuzzle up to my sweet child, wait for the alarm to go off and get him off to school and his dads for the week. Happy Friday world! Thank you for being there when I needed you!

PS. ITS PRESEASON FOOTBALL....so that means the real McCoy is right around the corner and I CANT WAIT!

5 am comes too soon around these parts

5 am has come and gone, the remnants of the day before still linger, like a thick vapor reminding me of the past events. I am sitting here staring at the wall looking for some sort of inspiration, some sign flashing like the neon beer signs are the drive through liquor store, yet I see nothing. I rub my eyes, slowly shaking my head back and forth thinking that its the sleep deprivation that has me confused and turned around. But its not, in the end its my emotion that got me all ass backwards, looking for the key hole to unlock this door.

I remember a few years back that I once sat at the top of north mountain, watching the sunrise and remembering what the sunrise looked like at home. And I sat there in silence for the longest time and I couldn't remember. I couldn't remember what it smelled like in the spring, or how the coyotes sounded late at night.

Once again almost 11 years later, I am sitting here waiting, watching hoping for that sense of what once was. And then like a sack of potatoes it hits me. It never will be the same. And oddly I'm OK with that. I don't fear being alone, I am not afraid of dating and jumping through the hoops of impressing and pea-cocking to attract another mate.

I am afraid that the other person will forget about me. I don't want to be forgotten, OK well maybe I want people to forget the bad things I've done and the awful things I've said, but I don't want to be forgotten. Now maybe he will and maybe he wont. But like taking the trash out,  writing down how i feel helps me purge some of the clutter in my heart and brain. Until then then adventure continues....

If he misses me, then he does. If he doesnt then he doesnt. Ive got some pretty big plans and I dont want to be held down with the uncertainty of something I have no control over. I cant control what is and is not. I can only observe it from a distance, take notes and remember not to do that again. When its my turn to miss someone, I know I will let that person know, I will shout it to the sky, "Hey Fucker I MISS YOU! Hope youre well."

Breaking Daylight

The corridors of my mind flutter like flowers in the wind, ripping them from the ground, sending the petals floating through the red sky, on fire from the thousand lives lost in her beauty alone. Fate is not what is waiting for us around the corner but rather our own mind, endlessly wandering the empty streets of our soul looking for that one single flower growing through the cement waiting to be plucked gently and whisked away to be placed a jar on a shelf



This is the endless mind. The fruitful soul. The love a girl has for her boy and the adventures they find themselves on. With out the other they are just two flowers ripped from the earth to be cast upon the dirt without thought



Faith is not like fruit, it doesn't grow on trees, its nurtured and tendered. The same way our love has been raised. Slowly suffering the silent storms and bending but not breaking. When the leaves fall off, we know in spring they will grow back.



The backbone of our love is strong, held firm by thick roots that travel deep. There is always a beautiful sunset when you are with me.