[Vision2020] FW: An Appeal to Thinking Women

Fri Sep 12 17:50:45 PDT 2008

I received this from my daughter, Lisa, who is 44. . . the same age as Sarah Palin.

I usually don't share my personal e-mails on a public forum. . . however, I personally feel it is too important to ignore.  I've already sent it to my friends. . . and then I started thinking.  You are all my neighbors and many are friends. . .I should share it with all of you, not just a few. 

Ellen A. Roskovich

> From: lisaraymond99 at comcast.net> To: tesswordpro at juno.com; tracey.smbody at yahoo.com; tkojones13 at ca.rr.com; rmarkussen at tx.rr.com; mamw29 at hotmail.com; tldk at sbcglobal.net; rockthed at hotmail.com; teamjnm at pacbell.net; sroskovich at yahoo.com; gussie443 at hotmail.com; vickiprovost at comcast.net> Subject: Fw: An Appeal to Thinking Women> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:51:15 -0700> > It's a little long but good and very thought provoking.> Lisa> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Hunter" <hunterstrouble at comcast.net>> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:40 PM> Subject: Fwd: An Appeal to Thinking Women> > > My friends. Words to think by.> Susan> > Dear Girlfriends> >> > I have been up nights sick over this Palin situation. For goodness sakes, > > we are all being too nice. It is time to speak out and, yes, put out > > those claws and get as catty as we can possibly be. After all, it has > > become increasingly clear to me over the past week that this next > > election lies in our hands as women. As a united voice we have to make it > > clear that we cannot be pacified by putting any old crazy chick on the > > ticket. This woman is hell bent on destroying every personal freedom, > > social safety net, and environm> > ental protection that we have fought for and hold dear and we won’t stand > > for it. Below is an amazing piece written by the playwright and activist > > Eve Gensler. Please send it to every one you know— especially women. And > > if you have other ideas about how we, as a group of vocal, intelligent > > women can make our voice heard—please let me know.> >> > To you Sarah Palin, I say : “Hell No!!!!!”> >> > Daphne> >> >> > 'Drill, Drill, Drill' by playwright, Eve Ensler> >> >> > I am having Sarah Palin nightmares. I dreamt last night that she was a > > member of a club where they rode snowmobiles and wore the claws of > > drowned and starved polar bears around their necks. I have a particular > > thing for Polar Bears. Maybe it's their snowy whiteness or their bigness > > or the fact that they live in the arctic or that I have never seen one in > > person or touched one. Maybe it is the fact that they live so comfortably > > on ice. Whatever it is, I need the polar bears.> >> >> > I don't like raging at women. I am a Feminist and have spent my life > > trying to build community, help empower women and stop violence against > > them. It is hard to write about Sarah Palin. This is why the Sarah Palin > > choice was all the more insidious and cynical. The people who made this > > choice count on the goodness and solidarity of Feminists.> >> >> > But everything Sarah Palin believes in and practices is antithetical to > > Feminism which for me is part of one story -- connected to saving the > > earth, ending racism, empowering women, giving young girls options, > > opening our minds, deepening tolerance, and ending violence and war.> >> >> > I believe that the McCain/Palin ticket is one of the most dangerous > > choices of my lifetime, and should this country chose those candidates > > the fall-out may be so great, the destruction so vast in so many areas > > that America may never recover. But what is equally disturbing is the > > impact that duo would have on the rest of the world. Unfortunately, this > > is not a joke. In my lifetime I have seen the clownish, the inept, the > > bizarre be elected to the presidency with regularity.> >> >> > Sarah Palin does not believe in evolution. I take this as a metaphor. In > > her world and the world of Fundamentalists nothing changes or gets better > > or evolves. She does not believe in global warming. The melting of the > > arctic, the storms that are destroying our cities, the pollution and rise > > of cancers, are all part of God's plan. She is fighting to take the polar > > bears off the endangered species list. The earth, in Palin's view, is > > here to be taken and plundered. The wolves and the bears are here to be > > shot and plundered. The oil is here to be taken and plundered. Iraq is > > here to be taken and plundered. As she said herself of the Iraqi war, 'It > > was a task from God.'> >> >> > Sarah Palin does not believe in abortion. She does not believe women who > > are raped and incested and ripped open against their will should have a > > right to determine whether they have their rapist's baby or not.> > > She obviously does not believe in sex education or birth control. I > > imagine her daughter was practicing abstinence and we know how many > > babies that makes.> >> >> > Sarah Palin does not much believe in thinking. From what I gather she has > > tried to ban books from the library, has a tendency to dispense with > > people who think independently. She cannot tolerate an environment of > > ambiguity and difference. This is a woman who could and might very well > > be the next president of the United States. She would govern one of the > > most diverse populations on the earth.> >> >> > Sarah believes in guns. She has her own custom Austrian hunting rifle. > > She has been known to kill 40 caribou at a clip. She has shot hundreds of > > wolves from the air.> >> >> > Sarah believes in God. That is of course her right, her private right. > > But when God and guns come together in the public sector, when war is > > declared in God's name, when the rights of women are denied in his name, > > that is the end of separation of church and state and the undoing of > > everything America has ever tried to be.> >> >> > I write to my sisters. I write because I believe we hold this election in > > our hands. This vote is a vote that will determine the future not just of > > the U.S., but of the planet. It will determine whether we create policies > > to save the earth or make it forever uninhabitable for humans. It will > > determine whether we move towards dialogue and diplomacy in the world or > > whether we escalate violence through invasion, undermining and attack. It > > will determine whether we go for oil, strip mining, coal burning or > > invest our money in alternatives that will free us from dependency and > > destruction. It will determine if money gets spent on education and > > healthcare or whether we build more and more methods of killing. It will > > determine whether America is a free open tolerant society or a closed > > place of fear, fundamentalism and aggression.> >> >> > If the Polar Bears don't move you to go and do everything in your power > > to get Obama elected then consider the chant that filled the hall after > > Palin spoke at the RNC, 'Drill Drill Drill.' I think of teeth when I > > think of drills. I think of rape. I think of destruction. I think of > > domination. I think of military exercises that force mindless repetition, > > emptying the brain of analysis, doubt, ambiguity or dissent. I think of > > pain.> >> >> > Do we want a future of drilling? More holes in the ozone, in the floor of > > the sea, more holes in our thinking, in the trust between nations and > > peoples, more holes in the fabric of this precious thing we call life?> >> > >> > Daphne Miller, MD> >> > Associate Clinical Professor> >> > Department of Family and Community Medicine> >> > University of California San Francisco> >> >> >> > Private Family Practice> >> > 1286 Sanchez Street, Suite A> >> > San Francisco, CA 94114> >> > 415-642-0333 (phone)> >> > 415-642-6233 (fax)> > > 
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