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Violence, and Congressional Incivility
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1. Commentary
by our host Elaine B. Holtz: For
today's show I do not have a guest and will be talking
about Our Herstory is our Strength, play a few songs and
read a poem.
Today is also a special day, on December 6, 1944, my
sister Evelyn Diane Holtz was born. Happy Birthday baby
sister, wishing you a joyous day and healthy life. My
mother to be honest was happy that she was not born on
December 7th which was the day that the Japanese bombed
Pearl Harbor and it was the beginning of World War II
for the United States.
Just for
fun I thought I would find two women who were born on
the 6th of December to find out whose shoulders my
sister is standing on because of her birthday. See the
Herstory section below.
Tomorrow is December 7 the date of the day in 1941 that
the Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval
Base at Pearl Harbor External, Hawaii Territory, killing
more than 2,300 Americans.. I was only 1 ½ years old
when this happened, and I can only imagine how horrible
that day was, and the US declared war. What is even
sadder is because of that event the Internment of
Japanese Americans.
In the United
States during World War II, about 120,000 people of
Japanese ancestry, most of whom lived on the Pacific
Coast, were forcibly relocated, and incarcerated in
concentration camps in the western interior of the
country. Two-thirds of the internees were United States
citizens. These actions were ordered by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt shortly after Imperial Japan's
attack on Pearl Harbor. Although their families were
treated unjustly in this way, more than 33,000 Japanese
Americans served in the military with honor during the
war.” On December 18, 1944, a divided Supreme Court
ruled, in a 6-3 decision, that the detention was a
“military necessity” not based on race. Many still
believe it should not have happened. It is a dark mark
on our history,.
Shout out to the
National Organization of Women Sonoma County Chapter for
organizing a gathering in Sebastopol in support of a
women’s right to abortion/choice. On Wednesday December
1st hundreds of activists circled the Supreme Court in
Washington DC to support abortion justice organized by
the Women's March. December 1 was the day the court
began hearing arguments for Dobbs versus Jackson Women's
Health organization,
On December
1, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States will
hear argument in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
Organization, a case that has the potential to be one of
the most significant abortion rulings of this
generation.[1] The center of the dispute in Dobbs is a
law passed by the state of Mississippi in 2018 that bans
abortion after 15 weeks gestation, with a few limited
exceptions.[2].
The Mississippi law, titled the Gestational Age Act,
conflicts with the current standard recognized by courts
for state regulation of abortion. Since the 1992 Supreme
Court decision of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, courts[3]
have held it to be unconstitutional for a state to ban
abortions before the point in a pregnancy where the
child becomes “viable.”[4] As Mississippi’s 15-week ban
appears to be a blatant violation of the viability
standard, Dobbs presents a chance for the Court to wave
a white flag over one of the most polarizing and
contentious areas of constitutional law of the last
century.
The danger in this is that the court can decide in Dobbs
v Jackson to overturn Roe and Casey altogether. Such a
ruling could take on a variety of different forms,
ranging from recognition of a constitutional right to
life all the way to the Court’s removing itself from the
abortion business and sending the issue entirely back to
state legislatures.
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Back to the
Vigil. One of the best signs I saw expressed exactly how
I feel. Let’s take care of the children who are born.
Since we are talking about saving lives how about
stopping the killing of children in war zones, due to
lack of medical care or the dangers of guns. Four
children were killed by a fifteen-year-old boy. Another
sign I saw was, “I wish they would make the same noise
about gun control as they do around abortion. We all
need to let our representatives know how we feel about
this.
That song in our playlist,
Mr. Politician, by Ellen Bukstel is just as
timely today as when it was written. With all these
court cases and new legislation around abortion it is
still a mystery to me why there is so much emphasis on
“save the fetus,” you are killing a human being when we
are killing those born in so many ways i.e., cops
killing children, happened in our own community,
homelessness, inadequate nutrition because of economics,
many are without medical and dental care. Look at the
war zones how many children are dying, where are the
right to lifers when that happens. Feels like there is
so much emphasis on abortion in lieu of what I
mentioned. For me, well I am not for or against abortion
I am for a women’s right to choose and her privacy. Her
decisions and actions are none of my business.
How about gun control? My heart goes out to all those
parents who lost their four children in the horrible
shooting at Oxford High School. These beautiful young
children, the hope of the future, from good homes who
wanted them, gone because individuals who are supposed
to be governing and protecting are doing nothing around
gun control, I truly hope justice is served and all
parents learn a bit more responsible particularly around
guns. I know most are but even they need to check out
how it is being handled.
I am going to read a short poem I wrote in the late
sixty’s; it is part of a poem called, When Johnny
Comes March Home.
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
By Elaine B. Holtz
Hello, my dear son, I am so glad you are here.
For you I have waited almost a year,
You are so cute, so pink, and so perfect in every
way.
Oh, I am so happy, more than I can ever say.
Soon you will be walking, talking, running, doing a
million things.
Multiply all that plus the love you will bring.
Wait my dear one; my thoughts are not clear,
My heart is full of pain, my head racked with fear.
For I look to yesterday’s mothers and their sons --
DEAR GOD _ THEIR SONS ARE ALL CARRYING GUNS….
When Johnny comes marching home again, "Hurrah,
hurrah!"
The war will be behind him and so will his youth.
His gun will be behind him, as he wonders if he
fought for the truth.
Just yesterday Johnny was a small boy playing with
his friends and all their war toys.
“Bang, Bang, I’ll shoot them down dead,” ran through
those little boys’ heads.
But they were just pretending, never realizing one
day they would be grown men.
Their games would become real, a way of life.
Johnny and his friends would kill for what others
deemed right.
On the day Johnny learned Uncle Sam wanted him and
wanted him now,
He turned to his parents, to society and cried,
“I want to live, I’m scared to die, I might come
back a cripple, why must I go, why?
The entire world was shocked by this sudden
outburst,
“What do you mean?” all screamed and cried.
“The very nerve of you, how dare you ask why!”
But I must know, this life I am about to give is
mine.
“Look at him, your son how he whines,” came from his
father’s lips.
“Son, when I was your age I was proud to fight for
the Red, White and Blue, I knew it was something I
must do, I had no voice, back then no one had a
choice.”
Who did Johnny think he was, anyway, all of a sudden
he thinks he has something to say?
Always screaming you want to be free, free to be the
way you want to be.
It takes a lot of lives to secure democracy, even
though we throw in a little hypocrisy.
What does he know? The army will do him some good.
His father cried, “I can’t stand the way you let
your hair grow, always carrying on about how you are
never understood, they’ll show you a thing or two,
Son, the Army will make a man of you.”
Johnny thought to himself, “Make a man out of me? If
being a man means to be able to take orders and
kill, being a man, hey it is not for me.
I must be what I must be, I cannot live for you
society. Let the ones who want to go, go, and please
leave me alone.”
“I’m sorry, if you don’t listen, off to prison you
must go.”
“But I live in the United States of America; don’t I
have freedom of choice?
When Johnny comes marching home again, "Hurrah!
Hurrah!"
The war will be behind him and so will his youth
His gun will be behind him as he wonders if he
fought for the truth
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I am going to talk a bit about
Congressional Uncivility, suffered by Representative Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.
She goes by the name, Omar and is the first Somali
American and the first naturalized citizen of African
birth in the United States Congress, and the first woman
of color to represent Minnesota. She is also one of the
first two Muslim women (along with Rashida Tlaib) to
serve in Congress. She has been the target of several
death threats, harassment by political opponents, and
false and misleading claims by Donald Trump.
Last week, House Republican Lauren Boebert told what she
and her audience considered a very funny joke about
Representative Ilhan Omar. The premise of the joke is
that Muslims are terrorists. If you don’t think Muslims
are terrorists, you won’t enjoy the joke. Boebert and
her supporters cracked up. They also enjoyed her
describing Omar as a member of the “Jihad Squad.”
What has the Republican Party become?
December 6, 1815 (1884) – Jane
Swisshelm, suffragist, wrote articles for local papers
against slavery, for women’s rights, and against legal
inequities, led to close friendship with Mary Todd
Lincoln.
December 6, 1927 (2002) – Patsy
Mink, first Japanese American Congresswoman (D-HI),
wrote the Women’s Educational Equity Act, played a key
role in the enactment of Title IX, which was renamed
posthumously as the “Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal
Opportunity in Education Act”.
Herstory Events:
December 1, 1955 – Rosa Parks
refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white person;
her arrest sparks the modern civil rights movement in
the US.
December 5, 1935 – Mary McLeod
Bethune creates the National Council of Negro Women.
December 7, 1941 – Capt. Annie
Fox receives the first Purple Heart awarded to a woman
for her service while under attack at Pearl Harbor.
As a supplement to the History of individual women, I thought it
would be a good idea to remind us how far we have come
and some of the changes that were made giving women more
independence and a voice, therefore for the next few
months beginning November 1, 2021, this segment will include:
40 Basic Rights Women Did Not
Have Until The 1970s
The list is thanks to
HistoryCollection.com, which cites the sources:
Prior to the 1970s, females serving on a jury was
rare but not impossible. It did happen but it hardly
ever occurred before the 1970s... Many states didn’t
allow women to sit on a jury until 1973 when all 50
states made it a requirement that females were
allowed to participate.
20.
Likewise, They Couldn’t Serve on The Supreme Court.
The 1970s became a groundbreaking decade for women
in the legal field. During the 1970s, more law
schools started accepting women; they could serve on
juries and become lawyers. The legal industry began
to bloom with women interested in a legal career.
However, it wasn’t until 1981, when Sandra Day
O’Connor received a seat for the Supreme Court. She
held this position until 2006 when she retired.
Other than O’Connor, three other women have served
on the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan.
19.
Girlfriends Couldn’t Legally Live with TheirBoyfriends
Today many dating couples don’t think twice about
living together with each other before getting
married. However, this wasn’t the case around 50
years ago. During the 1970s, many states had laws
against living with your significant other before
marriage. It wasn’t until 2013 when all fifty states
adopted the law to allow couples to live together
without getting married first.
18.
Women Couldn’t Purchase Athletic Shoes
The history of women in sports is different from the
history of men in sports. While women usually
purchase at least one pair of athletic shoes today,
this was something women couldn’t buy until the end
of the 1970s and into the early 1980s. The biggest
reason for this was that women didn’t have a
considerable spot in the sports world until around
the 1970s. However, just because women didn’t have
athletic shoes designed for them didn’t mean they
didn’t buy the shoes. Instead of women’s shoes, they
had to purchase athletic shoes designed for men.
Sunday, December 12,
2021, 1 pm, SAGE Fundraiser: Circle Song with
Copperwoman, Arlene Francis Center, Santa Rosa.
Sonoma Independent - Public Interest Solutions and
Advocacy (Jonathan Greenberg, Independent Journalist);
SAGE and other campaigns:
www.sonomaindependent.org
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The 2021 Peace & Justice Center's Annual Awards
Online Ceremony of 11/13/2021 can be viewed online at the
Center's youtube channel:
https://youtu.be/cwoTmx6CjRE
The Opening and Closing Theme song
The Woman in Your Life is You is done with
permission of the Composer and Singer
Alix Dobkin
((August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) Alix Dobkin death was just
announced - Thank you for all you did for Lesbians to be recognized
and Women to be honored. May you rest in peace. See our Interview
with Alix Dobkin on
12/1/2014 at
and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 11/24/2021
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The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album
Living with Lavender Jane (2010 Women's Wax Works) -
www.alixdobkin.com
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life, in her own words, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lXhw0LKo-Q Washington Post. In this compilation of
interviews, speeches and poignant moments in her
life, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
reflects on her journey and career. Read more:
https://wapo.st/35V3EVH
Hey Mr. Politican, sung by Ellen Buckstel, from
the album
Daddy’s Little Girl (2008 Ellen Bukstel).
Up Where We Belong, sung by Buffy St. Marie,
from the album
Up Where We Belong (2013 Buffy St. Marie Under
Exclusive License to True North Records)
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