Luncheon at Liberal Rapture

4 items on the agenda today.

1. Check out the map of women's suffrage before the passage of the 19th Amendment. Western states had the most liberal laws regarding voting rights for women. Interesting. And I renew my call for a national holiday to be added to the calender in august. Women's rights Day ought to be the third Monday in August to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment. (Tennessee ratified the Amendment on August 18, 1920, giving it the 36 needed for adoption.)

2. Hooray! The "soft" reopening of our merchandise store begins today. The featured items today - various Obama Fraud swag. One of the first - and still the best - riff on the annoying Obama "Hope" poster is a classic around here. Created by Deadenders owner Scott, this design is available on shirts, postcards, mugs, and more. You knew the truth all along....let the world know you knew. Click here to make a purchase. Between now and Sept. 30, 10% of all L.R.'s profits will go to the American Breast Cancer Foundation in celebration of survivor, Beverly, my step mother. More items will be rolling out in the days and weeks ahead.

make custom gifts at Zazzle

3. Why GM and Chrysler should not have been saved in a nutshell.

4. Joan makes it better:

Annie Wells - From An Arm's Length

Annie Wells in a survivor of breast cancer. She is a Pulitzer prize winning photojournalist. She is also a friend.

When she was diagnosed in 2002 she turned her photography skills inward. Taking pictures of herself and her breast throughout her treatment. This, in turn, became the genesis of a feature length documentary, From An Arm's Length, now in post production. On the film's site is a clip from the film - which looks like it will be inspiring, challenging, and honest. Much like Annie's photography.

Check it out. Pass the site around. Nearly all of us know someone who has dealt with breast cancer.

Lunch Break: Annie Wells - From An Arm's Length

Brief midday post to focus some attention of this documentary.

Annie Wells - From An Arm's Length:

L.A. Times photographer Annie Wells never saw herself as an artist-just a person with a camera and a need to understand. Yet her photographs tell such powerful stories that in 1997, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize... In 2002, Annie began work on a story she never thought about telling-her own. She was diagnosed with breast cancer-and found to have the BRCA2 gene that killed her mother and would eventually kill her sister. She bought a Nikon Coolpix digital camera because it could be held at arm's length and swiveled so she could photograph herself...

read the rest and watch the film when it is completed. I know someone involved and very much want this film seen...spread the word.