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Aldon Hynes News: State Rep Candidate Endorsed by DFA

Democracy for America Endorses Aldon Hynes for Connecticut General Assembly (CT-114)

Burlington, VT – Today, Democracy for America (DFA), endorsed Aldon Hynes for Connecticut’s General Assembly (CT-114).  Hynes, a DFA member and activist, currently works for a community health center and understands the needs of the 114^th Assembly District.     

"Aldon is as committed as anyone that I know to providing all Connecticut residents with affordable healthcare,” said Jim Dean, Chair of DFA. “He’s seen firsthand what our community needs are and understands why the insurance industry is bleeding us to death – literally.  Connecticut needs someone like Aldon fighting for the uninsured, fighting for middle class values, and keeping Hartford’s politicians transparent.”

"I am thrilled that Democracy for America has endorsed my campaign for State Assembly.  My wife and I have been involved with DFA since its inception.  In these days when secretive billionaires are contributing millions to sway our elections, the kind of grassroots campaigning DFA supports is more important than ever." 

Link to this statement can be found on democracyforamerica.com: http://bit.ly/QI13hm

Democracy for America was founded by Governor Howard Dean,  former candidate for President and then Chairman of the Democratic Party. The Chairman, Jim Dean, is his brother. Governor Dean often appears on television talkshows and DFA is a powerful voice in progressive politics.

Read more about Aldon Hynes here and Click here for an article in the Orange Patch from this Spring.

What the articles don't say (but *I will*) is that Themis Klarides, Aldon's opponent, is a former associate of WWE sex-and-violence peddler Linda McMahon and her record in Hartford invludes voting AGAINST raising the minimum wage, AGAINST prohibiting discrimination based on Gender Identity, AGAINST Paid Sick Leave, AGAINST the Healthcare Partnership and Sustinet. For Fairness Sake: She got a good score from NARAL in 2000, but has not been endorsed since then.

Women use contraception because it allows them to better care for themselves and their families, complete their education and achieve economic security

New evidence confirms what most people already believe: Women use contraception because it allows them to better care for themselves and their families, complete their education and achieve economic security, according to "Reasons for Using Contraception: Perspectives of U.S. Women Seeking Care at Specialized Family Planning Clinics," by Jennifer Frost and Laura Lindberg of the Guttmacher Institute. "Women value the ability to plan their childbearing, and view doing so as critical to being able to achieve their life goals," says study author Laura Lindberg. "They need continued access to a wide range of contraceptives so they can plan their families and determine when they are ready to have children." Few studies in the United States have asked women directly why they use contraception and what benefits they expect or have achieved from its use. To fill this gap, the authors surveyed 2,094 women receiving services at 22 family planning clinics nationwide. The majority of participants reported that contraception has had a significant impact on their lives, allowing them to take better care of themselves or their families (63%), support themselves financially (56%), complete their education (51%), or keep or get a job (50%). When asked why they are seeking contraceptive services now, women expressed concerns about the consequences of an unintended pregnancy on their families' and their own lives. The single most frequently cited reason for using contraception was that women could not afford to take care of a baby at that time (65%). Nearly one in four women reported that they or their partners were unemployed, which was a very important reason for their contraceptive use. Among women with children, nearly all reported that their desire to care for their current children was a reason for contraceptive use. Many women reported interrelated reasons for using contraception, suggesting that the complexities of women's lives influence their decision to use contraception and their choice of method. Other reasons for using contraception, reported by a majority of respondents, include not being ready to have children (63%), feeling that using birth control gives them better control over their lives (60%) and wanting to wait until their lives are more stable to have a baby (60%). These findings point to the critical role of contraception in the lives of women and their families, and further documents the value of ensuring women's continued and increased access to a full range of contraceptive services and methods. "Notably, the reasons women give for using contraception are similar to the reasons they give for seeking an abortion," according to Lawrence B. Finer, author of a previous Guttmacher study on that topic. "This means we should see access to abortion in the broader context of women's lives and their efforts to avoid unplanned childbearing, in light of its potential consequences for them and their families."

Real Women - not Actresses

Women speak out about Linda McMayhem:


These are not actresses. For Reals.

Linda McMahon - The Truth is Still True

From 2010:

We Love Cinema - another Free Screening!

      The Stein Family: 
The Making of Modern Art 

A film by Elizabeth Lennard

 

 What:     Connecticut Debut of “The Stein Family” (Documentary,53 minutes)
Directed by Elizabeth Lennard, Paris-based American filmmaker and artist, “The Stein Family” shows how the members of the American expat clan amassed their formidable art collections.

Of Note: The Director will Attend.

Where:     Yale University
Linsly-Chittenden Hall  – Room 101
63 High St., New Haven, CT

When:      Tuesday, Sept 25th
7 pm

 This documentary about Gertrude Stein and her siblings is being screened by Yale Professor of  American Studies, Film Studies and Theater Studies Charles Musser

The Bees Knees: Free Movie in Bridgeport

Milford bee-meister
Ralph Harrison

will be doing a beekeeping program 

at the Bridgeport Library, Broad St. Bridgeport, CT.
Saturday, Sept. 22 at 1 pm 

 

Following his presentation (which is always great!) there will be a showing of the film
"Vanishing of the Bees"
with a question and answer period and

 

oh boy!

honey tasting

 

Bee there!