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Rob Brezny's Free Will Astrology / December 9, 2008

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’ve got three related questions for you, Cancerian. 1. Are there any roles you play in which your selfish and unselfish tendencies overlap? 2. What situations allow you to be most completely yourself as you provide a fine service to others? 3. Which of your skills generate the most blessings and gifts? The next 12 months will be a favorable time for you to identify these roles, situations, and skills, and cultivate them to the max. You’ll have prime opportunities to express your special genius while doing good deeds.

Rob Brezny's Free Will Astrology: December 3, 2008

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Lame-duck U.S. President George Bush is mostly dreaming of his retirement these days, although he takes time out now and then to create executive orders that undo environmental protections. Barack Obama is planning hard for the monumental recovery he hopes to lead when he assumes the presidency, but his time won’t come until January 20. Meanwhile, all the things that have been falling apart under Bush’s watch are continuing to fall apart, only bigger and badder. Writes Josh Marshall in Talkingpointsmemo.com, “We’re paying mightily for having no captain at the helm at one of the most perilous points in our recent national history.” In regard to your own personal life, Cancerian, please avoid acting like America. Don’t wait for some formal deadline before you make your moves. Expedite the transition from the old order to the new with the force of a thousand ecstatic activists.

I think Rob Brezny is psychic.

Rob Brezny's Free Will Astrology: November 26, 2008

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Two of the best money-saving steps you can take, says TV’s mock pundit Stephen Colbert, are to stop filling your hot tub with champagne and stop lining your gerbil’s cage with hundred-dollar bills. I highly recommend that you brainstorm about initiating similar conservative and preservative actions, Cancerian. It’s time for you to get really serious about shedding wasteful habits, cutting out needless excesses, and culling trivial activities that impinge on the time and energy you have available for the really important things. This shouldn’t be a cause for demoralization, by the way. On the contrary, the more creative you are about setting limits, the more long-term blessings you’ll set in motion.

Message from Planned Parenthood.

seafolk:

missrose:

This is it. Today, the Bush administration is poised to issue a last-minute regulation that will impose harsh new restrictions on women’s access to reproductive health care any moment now. Will you help?
http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/hhsnov08_afw?source=hhsnov08_fb

The new rule is Bush’s parting gift to the anti-choice extremists who have supported him for the last eight years. The rule could allow health care organizations that receive federal funding to redefine abortion to include the most common forms of birth control — and then refuse to provide these basic services. For any health provider to intentionally withhold information about widely embraced health care options from a patient is absolutely unconscionable under any circumstances. The federal government has no business funding providers who do not abide by this most fundamental standard of care.

But that’s exactly what the Bush administration is proposing. More than 35,000 Planned Parenthood supporters have already signed our petition demanding that the Bush administration withdraw the proposed regulation. And just moments ago, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Patty Murray spoke out saying,

“In the final days of his administration, the president is again putting ideology first and attempting to roll back health care protections for women and families. This HHS rule will threaten patients’ rights, stand in the way of health care professionals, and restrict access to critical health care services for those who need them most. Senator Murray and I are standing up once again to the administration against this rule and will continue to fight for women’s reproductive rights.”

It’s so important to have prominent allies like Sen. Clinton and Sen. Murray speaking out, but we also need to continue to raise the voices of citizens everywhere

The Bush administration promised not to release any new regulations after November 1. Sneaking this regulation through at the last minute could have a devastating effect on countless individuals who rely on their health care providers to provide complete and accurate reproductive health information. Tell the Bush administration: Keep your word. Stop the attack on women’s health - http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/hhsnov08_afw?source=hhsnov08_fb

With the economy in such bad shape, more and more people are being locked out from receiving complete medical care. This is the worst possible time to undermine patients’ ability to access the comprehensive health care they so desperately need. This proposed rule will force women and families who already have limited health care access to pay a dreadful price for the administration’s anti-choice ideology. Please, tell President Bush: Keep your word. Stop the attack on women’s health - http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/hhsnov08_afw?source=hhsnov08_fb

Thank you so much for your help today on behalf of the millions of women, men, and teens served by more than 880 Planned Parenthood affiliate health centers all across the country

Rob Brezny's Free Will Astrology: November 19, 2008

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Activist and author Naomi Klein tells a story about the time she traveled to Australia at the request of Aboriginal elders. They wanted her to know about their struggle to prevent white people from dumping radioactive wastes on their land. Her hosts brought her to their precious wilderness, where they camped under the stars. They showed her “secret sources of fresh water, plants used for bush medicines, hidden eucalyptus-lined rivers where the kangaroos come to drink.” After three days, Klein grew restless. When were they going to get down to business and show her the despoiled places? “Before you can fight,” one elder told her, “you have to know what you are fighting for.” That’s good advice, Cancerian. I suggest you immerse yourself in the beauty you’ll be serving and stewarding in the future.