tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post2839896398781736867..comments2024-02-08T07:32:20.315-06:00Comments on Steve Bates - Yellow Doggerel Democratic Views: Medicaid, Or One Reason I'm Voting For Obama Instead Of PuntingSteve Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-48915452093034178792012-10-17T05:26:22.708-05:002012-10-17T05:26:22.708-05:00ellroon, I am glad to see you are angry about it.....ellroon, I am glad to see you are angry about it... it would be downright inhumane NOT to be angry about it. Yes, I recall your mentioning similar experiences with the elder care dilemma, and it's tough no matter which way you approach it. I'll never forget my father's attempt at home care for my mother: one day, Dad phoned me, almost in tears, and said, <b>"Steve, you can have one parent in an institution, or the other parent in an institution."</b> Of course he was referring to his role as caregiver, and the extreme nature of home care for a person with senile dementia. Past a certain stage of the disease, as you know too well, home care becomes impossible unless you are wealthy, have a huge resident medical staff, have a gigantic home to house them, and a budget to pay them.<br /><br />The other thing the Rmoneys of the world seem to be clueless about is this: home care for extremely ill parents (probably kids too) is a life-altering experience from which one never really recovers. My hair turned gray. My confidence in the rightness of the world, our nation, our health care system and every other damned thing I used to believe in, was shattered. People in our situations need affordable, reliable, assured quality health care. They do not need sermons from conservative jerks like Rmoney. Thank you for your kind sympathies; all these decades after the fact, they are still greatly appreciated.<br /><br />(BTW, please read my post from early Wednesday morning.)Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-10172500640194229472012-10-16T21:40:32.110-05:002012-10-16T21:40:32.110-05:00Hugs to you, Steve. I've dealt with both scena...Hugs to you, Steve. I've dealt with both scenarios: nursing home v home. Neither is easy and there is guilt on all sides.<br /><br />And you are so right, being able to control one's reproductive process is life changing, which is what the anti-women-birth control-abortion people dislike. Things were simpler when women died in back alleys and hung their heads in collective shame over being pregnant and unwed. Bring back the pretend tv style 50s!<br />ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-91932289107264678902012-10-16T07:55:31.428-05:002012-10-16T07:55:31.428-05:00Enfant, of course I can't speak from personal ...Enfant, of course I can't speak from personal experience, but among a wide variety of technical professional women I've known over the years, the absolute dividing line between the Republican and Democratic positions is... not abortion... but <b>contraception.</b> A typical woman programmer or software engineer in America has virtually no chance of pursuing a career comparable to a man's <b>if she does not have unfettered access to contraception,</b> and I mean unfettered... no government interference, no church interference, no interference from her husband (if any), none, period. Abortion is essential in its own role, but contraception is the <i>sine qua non</i> of a woman technical professional's career.<br /><br />For what it's worth, my very first contract job after I quit working for The Boss was a political database for the entity now known as Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast. It was a labor of love as surely as a source of income. PPGC has grown mightily since those days, and doubtless replaced the software I developed several times, but I still feel a real sense of accomplishment about that contract.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-62712533174269147762012-10-16T02:40:57.615-05:002012-10-16T02:40:57.615-05:00What Women Voters Want
http://www.newyorker.com/on...What Women Voters Want<br />http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/10/what-women-voters-want.htmlL'Enfant de la Haute Merhttp://inconue.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com