No difference?

[ProSense]

A Republican in Ohio:

Surrounded By Men, Ohio Governor Signs Stringent Abortion Restrictions Into Law

By Tara Culp-Ressler

Flanked by a group of other male officials, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) signed a contentious two-year budget bill into law on Sunday evening. The governor vetoed 22 amendments to HB 59 before approving it, but he left intact several provisions that will severely limit women’s reproductive access.

The new budget, which takes effect on Monday, includes at least five new anti-abortion provisions. HB 59 will defund Planned Parenthood clinics, reallocate family planning funding to right-wing “crisis pregnancy centers,” strip funding from rape crisis centers that give their clients any information about abortion services, impose harsh restrictions on abortion clinics that will force many of them to shut down, and require doctors to give women seeking abortion information about the presence of a “fetal heartbeat.”

Taken together, the budget amendments ensure that Ohio now has some of the most stringent abortion laws in the nation.

In a press release, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards blasted Kasich’s decision to approve HB 59?s abortion-related amendments. “Like Governor Perry in Texas, politicians in Ohio knew they couldn’t pass these unpopular measures if they played by the rules — that’s why they tried to bury these provisions in the pages of a must-pass state budget,” Richards pointed out in a statement, referring to the legislators in Texas who continue attempting to push through abortion restrictions during a special session. “If they thought no one was looking, Ohioans proved they were wrong. Texas lit a fuse.”

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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/07/01/2237701/ohio-budget-signed-into-law/

A Democrat in Texas:

Wendy Davis is ready for next round of abortion fight

by Joan McCarter

The Texas legislature is back for a second special session dedicated just to lady parts, making it really special. Gov. Rick Perry and Texas Republicans hope to ram through the severe abortion restrictions that Sen. Wendy Davis, her fellow Democrats and a dedicated crowd of Texans, shut down last week.

Davis is ready to take on the fight again.

Davis, who gained national attention after she filibustered for more than 10 hours to block the measure, said Sunday that she and other opponents are prepared to fight the bill again.

"I just refuse to say I believe it will happen," she said on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday. "I'm an eternal optimist. I believe in people; I believe in the power of democracy. And I'm going to fight with every fiber I have to keep it from passing."

Senate Republicans are going to pull out every trick in the book to try to stop Davis this time.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/01/1220308/-Wendy-Davis-is-ready-for-next-round-of-abortion-nbsp-fight

No difference?

Cecile Richards Delivers Wendy Davis' Good News In Texas... With Ann Smiling Down (Video)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023100052

[ProSense]

1. Kick! n/t

[galileoreloaded]

2. well there IS one difference....

i wasn't stupid enough to vote for a republican. I WAS stupid enough to vote for Obama. twice.

meh, live and learn.

[ProSense]

3. "I WAS stupid enough to vote for Obama. twice."

Honesty is refreshing.

[galileoreloaded]

4. oh im always honest :) nt

[emulatorloo]

5. Everytime I think about what might have been I weep

Palin would have been an AMAZING President!

[galileoreloaded]

7. because thats what i said!! except it wasn't. lot of wharrgarbl in a ProSense thread. ima fan! nt

[emulatorloo]

10. Admit it, you know she would have taken McCain out in a couple months

Just having fun, galileoreloaded. No need to get all DU Attack Dog on me. Save that for your real time friends.

In the meantime lets have another beer on a beautiful summer day

[galileoreloaded]

13. lol. sorry. this place is a real cockfight sometimes! lol.. nt

[emulatorloo]

16. Getting kinda old isn't it

Seems like everyone of us me included have gone off the deep end lately

[galileoreloaded]

19. gotta start somewhere :) nt

[Hekate]

14. Just think: we could have had The Madness of John McCain in the Oval Office!

Then, silence.

Until the word-salad began with President Palin's first speech.

Awesome.

[okaawhatever]

6. You might want to edit the title. Now that we have so many trolls from the gop and rand paul website

I seldom read stories that have short statements like yours as I've found they are just a way to get clicks for their anti-Obama, anti-government crap. If you put something about the nature of the post it may help. I clicked on this because it had your name as the author. We need to focus back on what's going on that most democrats are supporting. Thanks for the info

[galileoreloaded]

9. in case you havent noticed

not a lot of democrats are pro-Obama these days. a few Democrats are though.

its a cruel world.

[okaawhatever]

11. The data doesn't agree with you. nt

[emulatorloo]

12. It is a mistake to confuse the DU bubble w the real-world

[Hekate]

15. DU isn't the real world

[Logical]

17. Ahhh, whining about the DU! n-t

[Scurrilous]

8. K & R

[Zoeisright]

18. Fuckin' A.

Take that, all you idiots who say there's no difference.

[ProSense]

20. Kick! n/t

[HughBeaumont]

21. Different on social agenda, definitely.

Repubs still live in the 1950s and believe in values paraded on fictional television shows from that era; when white men ran everything, everyone else knew their place and women just cooked and cleaned and belched out their babies. Time has marched on, and they're nailing their feet to the ground.

"No Difference" comes from corporate infestation (and their rotted pile of Trapitalism) of all three parties that have any kind of funding. Social issues only matter to the 1% in the sense that the hoi polloi fight over them, forever. It's a great way of keeping their eye off the ball . . . and off their legal crimes.

It's all connected, really. Wealth inequality is a product of the wealthy not being taxed enough. The wealthy have their mitts everywhere, especially in the lobbying scam. Wealth = Influence. They underpay and fire their workers while stressing profit and productivity . . . low taxes allow them to get away with profit-taking while not having to do that pesky "hiring" thing.

When the wealthy aren't taxed, the few monies the government DOES get are those allocated to the things the wealthy want - military, corporate porkfare and more money for their sect. Due to the influence money has, that's less money going to education, less money going to infrastructure, less money going to hospitals and less money going to the environment. Less educated people means less educated and more apathetic voting.

Did you know that David Koch, with one-thousandth of one percent of his wealth, could buy a $310,000 home, in cash, and in four hours, will have made that money back? When someone is so wealthy that they could buy five McMansions a day and it wouldn't make dent ONE in their personal wealth, there's seriously something wrong. The problem becomes further exacerbated when you realize that David Koch has a brother who is just as wealthy. Since they laid off workers in their industries and pocketed the profit, one cannot even say those mean greenstacks are doing America any good.

Ohio's shite governor is the product of this very systemic disease, as was Bush 43 . . . dominionist white financially sound males put and kept in power by the money of other dominionist white wealthy males. If they could supercede the voting process (kind of like they did in 2000, only more blatant), they would.