OT-POLITCAL QUESTION

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I have a friend, who at 36, still votes based upon abortion rights.

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I have found that candidates who support abortion rights also support the issues I care about.

Sure, terrorism is important as are many other issues and the USA is going to have to do a lot of fence mending after the Bush reign of terror is over-- which I think will cut down on the terrorism threats.

I'm not a one issue voter an would not support someone just because they say the support BC funding.

The whole health care system is a mess and with people dying of heart disease and lung cancer at greater rates than BC, it all needs to be funded - we're no more important than any other population.

I'll vote for an intelligent candidate who seems to have ideas of how to manage the health care debacle and who would have the support to get something done.

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I have a friend, who at 36, still votes based upon abortion rights.

Erica

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I'm 47 and I, also, base my vote on "abortion rights." (I only quoted you because it seemed so negative...)

I think MANY people vote on the pro-choice/anti-choice (oops - that would be 'pro-life', but whose life???) issue.

Any way you look at it, though, this country is in a mess and the political 'system' is way out of whack and very out-dated. After all, it was founded many, many years ago when the "right to bear arms' was important!

As always, JMO.....

Jaybird
(a far left liberal if ya hadn't figured that out yet!)

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I'm 65, and I still base my votes on "abortion rights!"

Hey, it is We oldbies who got the right for women to control their bodies!

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Thanks Joan-- I'm too young to remember life before choice-- even though choice has been eroded over the past years. Are you familiar with JANE?

Let's shove over on the group W bench! Make room for more. I also remember illegal abortions. It's our job as oldsters to be sure that young women like pinkribbonamy know about the horrors of anti-choice. Talk about saving lives? How many would like to see their 14 year old daughter, their mother, their sister, their neighbor, their boss, their oncologist, etc etc etc die an awful death of sepsis and blood loss due to an illegal abortion. Yuck.

That said, back to the original question - I would like to see smart discussion of health care in general, more discussion of cancers and the diseases that cause even more deaths than cancer (like heart disease) or morbidity than cancer (like diabetes) discussed on a national scale. I'm not sure it would help be decide who to vote for for president (there's, honestly, never anyone GOOD to vote for) but more on a state basis it would influence my decision.

I'm registered as an independent. The only time I remember voting for a republican was a few years ago in Massachusetts when our democratic governor candidate was a horrid man whose name I can't remember! I voted for Weld just to vote against the other guy.

I posted this a few days ago, but decided to also include it here.

Chris Matthews and Lance Armstrong announced that at the end of August they will be hosting two sessiions, one with Republican presidential candidates and one with Democrats. The forums will be specific to the candidates ideas about fighting cancer.

Emelee, are you the beauty in red?(My guess, because of shorter hair.)I LOVE this picture!!

Honey why? Old ladies cant laugh?
heehee, I SAID I wear granny panties!
If you're looking at my avatar...our family doesnt get white-haired until very late in life.I WISH I had lovely white hair.It would go so well with my arthritis!

Hugs, j

{{{Amy}}}!! You're so welcome!
("Thanks Joan-- I'm too young to remember life before choice-- even though choice has been eroded over the past years. Are you familiar with JANE? ")

Choice has DEFINATELY eroded over the past years.And if certain nuts have their way, will become a thing of the past!

JANE, the magazine?I've seen it, but understand it is for women in their 20s
Even my younger daughter Jane is in her 40s now!
Why, Honey?What should I see?

No, Amy.I never knew about Jane!1It was trips to Mexico or Peurto Rico for my friends too.Or convoluted arrangements with kind gynos who gave "thereputic D&Cs", if women were REALLY lucky.
OR there was always the filthy room up the twisted stairs, and the coat hanger.

Sorry, Amy, if you thought I was talking down to you.You DEFINATELY dont look 43!!!


Gina my hair is really thick and USED to just have a wave at the ends.It grew fast.My avatar was taken on my 65 birthday, 3 years after.But since my hair's so thick, I can just take a scissor & cut it at will--it fills in too-short places!And I was constantly cutting at it, especially the back, to get it off my neck.For my birthday I actually got a prefessional haircut. couple inches off..

Finished chemo in April '04.By June 04 I'd tossed my little stretchy turbin-thing in favor of feeling the breeze on my scalp and through my hair.Which people said :"Hmmmmm.Did you get it cut a little too short?" about.
I could never, NEVER wear a wig!Living with this hair is like having a perpetual Poodle on your head!And a wig?Stuck to my scalp when I could just have a cotton cap and be feeling the air?No way!!
So..I really wasnt IN a big hurry for my hair to grow in.It did, certainly by 3-4 months, and horribly curly too.
Before I "blew up", I used to get it crew cut every summer.
Now, I must say, I'm not keen on chemo reminders...

Hint: I have 2 male friends who covered their thinning hair w/constant baseball caps.Coincidence that they both lost much more hair?
And I have 3 bc buddies who wore wigs.And their hair took forever to grow back.
It's my theory that hair needs air to grow.Since my family tree is all Russian, we are users of the Russian method of tugging baby's hair:"Grow!Grow!"
(I did not do this after chemo.But I didnt cover my head either.)Maybe I should tug my eyebrows...which never grew back in!

Emmee you are in pink? You and your mom are both so beautiful!!!And I love the dresses you're wearing!.
Your mom is the BC survivor then?Good for her!!!

Emelee--45, 65, what's the difference?Heehee!(It makes a BIG differenve to me!When I was 45 I had almost 50 lbs less, and had never considered bc as a potential threat.)

I loved your avatar picture, but this one is even greater!Thanks for brightening up the boards!
hugs, j

You're very sweet Joan