photo of Cris Cyborg photo credit: MMA Weekly

I was just doing my usual daily thing, watching the tv show "Cheaters," when I was actually shocked for the first time.  A cute woman had just seen video of her boyfriend cheating with her roommate; and was confronting them both.  All of a sudden, the man punched his girlfriend in the face!  She was layed out on the ground, face down, with her head near a puddle of blood.

The other night I was watching MMA on "Showtime" when a fight between a Japanases woman and transgendered Cris Cyborg aired.  Cyborg beat the woman into submission, and I was left wondering what television and sport had come to.  Cris Cyborg has no business putting his hands on real women in a violent manner.  It's not competition when he fights a lady, it's a televised crime!  Just because a man starts taking hormone shots doesn't make them lose their male bone structure.  On top of being a natural man, Cris Cyborg is a steroid user!  How can any legitimate sports sanctioning organization endorse men beating women under their banner?  And, how could any self respecting male athlete consider it competition to beat down a woman who is clearly no physical match for them.

What both of these stories illustrate is men trying to exert physical power over women through violence.  Neither the cheater on the tv show, nor Cris Cyborg, have any right to batter women!  No man does!  Men who beat women are essentially bullies who are really cowards in their hearts!  Only a coward would beat a woman!  Ladies, if a man beats you CALL THE POLICE!  PRESS CHARGES!  SAVE YOUR LIFE!

If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

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DEA Chief Chuck Rosenberg

Last week Acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg caused an uproar when he called medical marijuana a "A Joke."  This comment was a slap in the face to all medical marijuana patients, all who need and don't yet have access to medical marijuana, all who have worked for changes to drug laws, and to all those who have gone to jail for simply trying to "medicate." He went on to say of marijuana "It has never been shown to be safe or effective as a medicine!"  Not only is Mr. Rosenberg's thinking out of step with the majority of Americans -- but it's outright wrong!

In response to his false assertion that weed has no medicinal value, I offer up the classic book "Marihuana The Forbidden Medicine" by DR. Lester Grinspoon and DR. James Bakalar.  Not only does this piece of research discuss ailments that weed can be used to treat, IT'S ALSO WRITTEN BY DOCTORS!   There was also a meta-analysis of 79 medical marijuana studies involving over 6,000 patients published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) this year that found evidence to support the use of cannabinoids for the treatment of chronic pain and other conditions.  Research from doctors versus the uneducated personal opinion of an out-of-step government bureaucrat!

It's ok for a person to be wrong, but for that person to hold a wrong-headed mindset while filling a powerful legal postion makes that person dangerous!  His false ideas on marijuana could cost people their lives in the penal system!  Also, people have died because of the government's war on weed!  Send a clear message by signing this petition to see Chuck Rosenberg go.

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The main reason I voted for Barack Obama in 2008 was the fact that he promised to make health care available to the millions of Americans who were uninsured.  I have significant medical problems, and was precluded from getting health care due to pre-existing conditions.  Under Health Care "Reform" I was able to get coverage.  The main PRO of Obamacare was getting care to millions of suffering citizens.  This was a good thing, but now let's look at the Cons.

Many of the people taking advantage of Obamacare are poor and middle class -- thus cost is an issue.  Obamacare offers 3 levels of care:  Bronze, Silver and Gold.  The Bronze plans are relatively cheap, but offer garbage benefits and high out of pocket costs for the benefits to kick in.  The Gold level plans have the best benefits, but you basically have to be well off in order to afford them.  That leaves the poor and working class with the Silver plans.  The Silver plans have decent benefits, but they can be expensive too!  Then come the yearly increases!  I'm going into my third year on Obamacare.  After the first year there was an increase of over $100 per month to stay on the plan.  I chose a different plan for my second year -- after that year there was another monthly increase of over $100.  I'm going into my third year of Obamacare and I'm changing plans for the 3rd time!

When Obamacare was passed the President said that patients would be able to keep their doctors.  This isn't exactly true!  As I've explained, costs go up every year.  Consequently many of the sick are forced to choose new plans -- and this leads to changing doctors.  I'm lookiing for a different doctor right now for that very reason!

Yes Obamacare gives care to the sick, but how long will the sickly be able to afford it?  Obamacare made millions of Americans slaves to the greedy insurance companies.  If someone was really looking out for "The People," there would have price controls included in the law to prevent the financial rape of the poor and middle class by insurance companies.  This wasn't done!  Single-Payer was an option that wasn't passed.  The way Obamacare is now, the poor and middle class are eventually going to be priced out of having health care.  The only protections in the plan are for the health insurance companies -- people who don't sign up have to pay a $2000 fine.  This gives the greedy corporations a captive customer base -- a base that they can raise costs on year after year. 

I'm on a fixed income.  I get a very small cost of living increase every year.  This cost of living increase is eaten up every year by an increase in rent.  Where is the extra money to afford yearly raises in health care costs supposed to come from?  It would have been nice if the President and the Democratic Congressional majority at the time had written Obamacare to look out for the people first, but they didn't! Once again the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.  Isn't that the key to capitalism...

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