South Carolina Governor Stikes Again

Just last month Haley vetoed a bill that would give parents information on the side effects of HPV and how the vaccine could help.  Haley goes a step further this week vetoing half a million dollars slated for domestic violence and sexual assault prevention. You know, because that market is already just flooding with resources.

Haley explained these vetoes in the Department of Health and Environmental Control budget by writing, “Each of these lines attempts to serve a portion of our population for which we extend our sympathy and encouragement, but nevertheless, it is only a small portion of South Carolina’s chronically ill or abused. Overall, these special add-on lines distract from the agency’s broader mission of protecting South Carolina’s public health.”

Mind you, Gov. Haley is the same women who told the ladies of “The View,” while speaking about her opposition to health care reform, that “Women don’t care about contraception.” Yeah, she said that.

According to a statement from the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence And Assault, the vetoed funding is 37 percent of the budget for rape crisis centers in the state. In 2011, 15 sexual assault programs provided services — a 24-hour hotline, accompaniment to a hospital for a rape kit, counseling — to over 5,000 individuals. Prevention services included education for 50,000 youngsters from elementary school to college.

I hope the House will overturn these vetoes when they return to session.  More importantly I want to ask all of you to remember to vote. Women and other minorities are able to vote because of the sacrifices of many people who came before us. People voted to make Nikki Haley Governor of South Carolina.  Or did all the people who stayed home on election day make her Governor?  Something to think about,  isn’t it?

What Is the “Right” Kind of Princess Story?

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*Spoiler alert for the newly released Brave.

Last Friday, the kids and I went to see the newly released Pixar/Disney animated film, Brave. I wrote about the effect it had on me – a grown woman – in my post here. I loved the film! I loved how it portrayed the struggles often faced between mothers and daughters. I loved the strong-willed, strong-minded, strong-bodied young princess.

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My friend Jan at simplyjan blog wrote this after seeing the new movie Brave.  If  you enjoy her post, please be sure to look around and "LIKE" her blog!!  She has just recently started sharing her blog publicly and I know you will enjoy it.  I loved this post as a woman, a mother, and once upon at time princess.

Perplexing Potty Problems

Don’t you love alliterations?  This blog has neither  a surprise ending nor any deep spiritual meaning.  I am writing as a woman asking my fellow warriors in the battle of the sexes to join me a crusade of sorts.  I can’t do this alone.  I need your help.

I have used public restrooms for as long as I can remember.   Most public restrooms are designated as Men or Ladies.    I don’t go into the men’s restroom so I can’t comment on them.  Wait – I admit it.  I have been in the Men’s Room but we won’t talk about that right now.   I am only speaking about my experience in the restrooms set aside for women.   I keep running into the same problems. No, not the long lines although that is frustrating for sure.

My first concern is what I call “drippage.” Come on – you all know what I am talking about.   You don’t want to sit on the toilet seat.  I understand.  Naturally, you straddle the seat and let it rip.  Inevitably, a few drips hit the seat.  What frustrates me is that you don’t take just a second to wipe off the drips. I mean you are going to use some toilet paper. I try not to assume things but I feel fairly safe in that assumption.   You are going to wash your hands.

Why not  get a wad of toilet paper and wipe off the dang seat.  Then when I come in after you, I don’t have to clean the seat and wonder what kind of person does that sort of thing.

Most places don’t have those cool paper things for the seats any more.  They come out of a box on the wall. You need an engineering degree to get them on the seat correctly.  However, the paper things create yet another problem.

If someone does manage to figure out how to get it on the seat, they often leave it on the seat for the next woman to deal with before  she can go.  I often arrive in the stall ready to burst and I don’t want to spend time removing your tushy  protection.

What is equally disconcerting is walking into a stall and finding that the woman (or child–since all children use the ladies room) didn’t flush before they walked out.  I do understand some toilets are self-flushing and don’t work.  However, there is always a button you can push allowing manual flushing of the thing.

So, here is my simple plea.  Please join me in my crusade for all women.  We all have to go all the time.  We go in the mall, the bookstore, the grocery store, sporting events, and so on.  If we have to be any place longer than an hour, we will probably need to go.  So, how about taking just a moment and make another woman’s life a little brighter?  And don’t forget to wash your hands.  Come on – WE CAN DO IT!