standardPresident Obama Signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

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President Obama entered office with higher expectations than any president in my lifetime and he continues to amaze everyone by surpassing them.  Today he signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.  Fair pay for women is a cause we have cared about deeply here at WWJV4 and I couldn’t be happier to see this law passed.  For more information I highly recommend checking out the National Womens Law Center’s Fair Pay page.

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This post reminds me that I need to clean up this blog and get back to work.  Even with most of the bums kicked out of Congress and a wonderful president there is so much work to do.

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standardMcCain on Roe vs. Wade

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Of course feminism and women’s rights are about a lot more than just Roe vs. Wade but its still important to remember why winning this election is important to the fundies.  Its video like this that makes we wonder how any liberal progressive could ever consider switching to McCain.  (h/t Feministing) [youtube width="500" height="394"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXNSa_xCpzk[/youtube] Oh [...]

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standardRSS Roundup 5-20-08

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Wow, lots to get to today so I won’t waste your time. I did have this dream about a new design and layout for my blog so don’t be surprised if you see something new very soon. Summer would say that I should make the design and use it for one of the many projects [...]

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standardRSS Roundup 5-16-08

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Good morning everyone. Its finally Friday! Sadly I’m still sick so all that means is that I will have the next two days to sleep. This may sound sad but right now that sounds like the best thing in the world. Even though I haven’t quite shaken this bug I feel a lot better and [...]

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standardAction Item: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

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I’m passing on to you all the contents of an action email I received from National Women’s Law Center.  Women in America are still paid dramatically less than their male counterparts earning a mere 77 cents on the dollar.  For minorities that difference is much greater.  The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act will go a [...]

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