Comments for MOMocrats.com http://momocrats.com MOMocrats: The Revolution Begins at Home Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Dismal Science and How You Can Fix That by Cynematic http://momocrats.com/2012/02/11/the-dismal-science-and-how-you-can-fix-that/#comment-373 Cynematic Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:31:23 +0000 http://momocrats.com/?p=932#comment-373 A really eye-opening view of the field of economics is in Naomi Klein's _The Shock Doctrine_, where she talks about how right-wing economist Milton Friedman and the Chicago School helped wreck several Latin American economies with their "free market" advice to post-colonial nations. This made me understand why Harvard students were so right to #OccupyEconomics in the fall of 2011 -- maybe an eggheaded move but definitely a rebellion against free market fundamentalism and a misplaced faith in statistics/data. A really eye-opening view of the field of economics is in Naomi Klein’s _The Shock Doctrine_, where she talks about how right-wing economist Milton Friedman and the Chicago School helped wreck several Latin American economies with their “free market” advice to post-colonial nations. This made me understand why Harvard students were so right to #OccupyEconomics in the fall of 2011 — maybe an eggheaded move but definitely a rebellion against free market fundamentalism and a misplaced faith in statistics/data.

]]> Comment on 2012 MOMocrats™ Pre-Super Bowl Tailgate for Choice: You’re Invited! by Friday Round Up on Monday: Women See Red and Get Over the Pink | 9 Ways http://momocrats.com/2012/01/31/2012-momocrats-super-bowl-tailgate-for-choice-youre-invited-momocrats/#comment-314 Friday Round Up on Monday: Women See Red and Get Over the Pink | 9 Ways Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:05:56 +0000 http://momocrats.com/?p=534#comment-314 [...] http://momocrats.com/2012/01/31/2012-momocrats-super-bowl-tailgate-for-choice-youre-invited-momocrat... (Sorry, I missed the Superbowl, but this post still has great ideas you can use.) [...] [...] http://momocrats.com/2012/01/31/2012-momocrats-super-bowl-tailgate-for-choice-youre-invited-momocrat... (Sorry, I missed the Superbowl, but this post still has great ideas you can use.) [...]

]]> Comment on 2012 MOMocrats™ Pre-Super Bowl Tailgate for Choice: You’re Invited! by Sheribear http://momocrats.com/2012/01/31/2012-momocrats-super-bowl-tailgate-for-choice-youre-invited-momocrats/#comment-269 Sheribear Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:05:56 +0000 http://momocrats.com/?p=534#comment-269 Yay for pro-life. Let the innocent babies without a voice be given the rights they deserve! Yay for pro-life. Let the innocent babies without a voice be given the rights they deserve!

]]> Comment on 2012 MOMocrats™ Pre-Super Bowl Tailgate for Choice: You’re Invited! by Pink Ribbons: What Are They Tied To? http://momocrats.com/2012/01/31/2012-momocrats-super-bowl-tailgate-for-choice-youre-invited-momocrats/#comment-238 Pink Ribbons: What Are They Tied To? Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:05:24 +0000 http://momocrats.com/?p=534#comment-238 [...] Donate to Planned Parenthood [...] [...] Donate to Planned Parenthood [...]

]]> Comment on 2012 MOMocrats™ Pre-Super Bowl Tailgate for Choice: You’re Invited! by Susan G. Komen Foundation Also Stops Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research | Care2 Causes http://momocrats.com/2012/01/31/2012-momocrats-super-bowl-tailgate-for-choice-youre-invited-momocrats/#comment-232 Susan G. Komen Foundation Also Stops Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research | Care2 Causes Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:34:11 +0000 http://momocrats.com/?p=534#comment-232 [...] it’s because there won’t be any gory anti-stem cell research ad running during the Super Bowl this Sunday like Randall Terry’s anti-abortion ad. After all, Karen Handel has made it clear she and Terry share an agenda, and the Komen Foundation [...] [...] it’s because there won’t be any gory anti-stem cell research ad running during the Super Bowl this Sunday like Randall Terry’s anti-abortion ad. After all, Karen Handel has made it clear she and Terry share an agenda, and the Komen Foundation [...]

]]> Comment on On Susan G. Komen For the Cure: Pink ribbons and an opened can of worms by Pink: Infant Girls, Komen’s Marketing Machine and Gifts from God http://momocrats.com/2012/02/01/on-susan-g-komen-for-the-cure-pink-ribbons-and-an-opened-can-of-worms/#comment-223 Pink: Infant Girls, Komen’s Marketing Machine and Gifts from God Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:47:00 +0000 http://momocrats.com/?p=780#comment-223 [...] pinkwashing that comes along with it.Everyone from NPR and the New York Daily News to Jezebel and MOMocrats has a story covering the fact that Planned Parenthood has lost its funding from Susan G. Komen for [...] [...] pinkwashing that comes along with it.Everyone from NPR and the New York Daily News to Jezebel and MOMocrats has a story covering the fact that Planned Parenthood has lost its funding from Susan G. Komen for [...]

]]> Comment on 2012 MOMocrats™ Pre-Super Bowl Tailgate for Choice: You’re Invited! by Cynematic http://momocrats.com/2012/01/31/2012-momocrats-super-bowl-tailgate-for-choice-youre-invited-momocrats/#comment-189 Cynematic Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:41:58 +0000 http://momocrats.com/?p=534#comment-189 IlinaP, agree 100%. SO disappointing that Ladies Against Women exist. And men who feel compelled to intervene in one of the most important decisions a woman can make. IlinaP, agree 100%.

SO disappointing that Ladies Against Women exist.

And men who feel compelled to intervene in one of the most important decisions a woman can make.

]]> Comment on 2012 MOMocrats™ Pre-Super Bowl Tailgate for Choice: You’re Invited! by IlinaP http://momocrats.com/2012/01/31/2012-momocrats-super-bowl-tailgate-for-choice-youre-invited-momocrats/#comment-187 IlinaP Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:12:16 +0000 http://momocrats.com/?p=534#comment-187 I would love to live in a world where gender roles are reversed for just a day. It continues to amaze me that fellow women so vehemently oppose women's rights to sound healthcare practices. I would love to live in a world where gender roles are reversed for just a day. It continues to amaze me that fellow women so vehemently oppose women’s rights to sound healthcare practices.

]]> Comment on President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address — MOMocrats Live Chat Viewing Party by Chris Lines http://momocrats.com/2012/01/23/president-obamas-2012-state-of-the-union-address-momocrats-live-chat-viewing-party/#comment-102 Chris Lines Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:45:13 +0000 http://momocrats.com/?p=662#comment-102 There There

]]> Comment on President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address — MOMocrats Live Chat Viewing Party by Stefania http://momocrats.com/2012/01/23/president-obamas-2012-state-of-the-union-address-momocrats-live-chat-viewing-party/#comment-101 Stefania Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:33:49 +0000 http://momocrats.com/?p=662#comment-101 I will be there! I will be there!

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