here is my fire

MOBILE TIME: New York Civil Liberties Union rally against Pataki’s potential veto against emergency contraception, Thurs Aug 4, 5 pm, Third ave bt 40/41 in front of dude’s office.
I mean, really, FILE UNDER WHAT THE Fing CRAP: In a conservative-appeasing, “I want to run for prez” complete 180 on past stance, Gov Pataki announced that he is vetoing the bill that would make the morning after pill—not an abortion, btw, but a dose of hormones— available without a prescription. On the level: If Pataki had ever actually spent 9 hours up in the Planned Parenthood lobby on open-hours day, waiting for his name to come up on the overloaded patient list and possibly missing work because of it, just so he could have the mandatory seven-minute counseling/’scrip session, then spend the next 12 hours power-pill-popping while trying not to barf–if Pataki had actually done this, which is currently what most women (especially those w/out health insurance) endure for the morning-after pill–I MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY CONSIDER HIS VETO INFANTILISING AND PUKE-RAGEOUS.
This, of course, corresponds to my personal party line that EVERYONE who ever runs for office and/or makes vast governmental decisions about what happens to a woman’s body (Mitt Romney I am talking to you, too), should be made to spend just one day in the open-hours line at Planned Parenthood. Call it sensitivity training.