Democratic Candidate "Comes Out" to his Dad....

By Stephanie Burke

Carl Sciortino Jr. is a Massachusetts state representative who is running in the Democratic primary for the Congressional seat vacated by Edward J. Markey, who was elected to the Senate. The special election in the heavily Democratic district is set for Dec. 10, with the primary on Oct. 15. Sciortino is facing seven other Democratic candidates.

Sciortino is openly gay and “pokes fun” at that status in his new tongue -in -cheek ad campaign.  Personally I think the ad is adorable.  The ad includes his father, Carl Sciortino Sr., who his baffled at the fact his son is….a “Massachusetts Liberal!”

The ad has father and son going back and forth on views such as assault weapons and buffer zone laws.  However, the ad does show that even though they may not see eye to eye the love is still there! I think there is an amazing underlying message that families disagree but in the end, no matter what, there is love!

Take a look at the ad below and feel free to share your thoughts.

Trying to make sense of the Government Shutdown? Me too!

By Stephanie Burke

I am by no means a “political person”.  I don’t pretend to know everything about anything but I do try to stay “informed”, as best I can about what is going on in the world.  I do vote because, as a woman, I think it would be a travesty not to. I mean everyone should vote but especially woman who had people fight for them to have the right to vote! But anyway I digress, and that is another blog for another time. 

As of yesterday our government is “shutdown” and many federally funded parks and landmarks are closed.  In addition to that thousands of government employees have been furloughed and are not getting paid while the Republicans and Democrats fight this out.  I should mention however that those who came up with this genius idea of a shut down are still getting paid.  The higher ups that make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year are still pulling in the money but the average person who lives pay check to pay check will not be paid.  OK so it doesn’t take a genius to see that this is wrong on so many levels. 

Apparently this all started with “Obamacare”.  As of Oct. 1 “Obamacare” went into effect and people are now required to have health insurance.  However, “Obamacare” is hated by Republicans and they took the “We are taking our ball and going home” approach to dealing with it.  Yes ladies and gentlemen our elected leaders decided that they would get into a staring contest and hold thousand of American workers pay checks hostage while it played out. 

Again, I am not saying I’m an expert on politics by any means but this is how I see what is going on in the government right now:

1. The government shut down because the Republicans and Democrats couldn’t agree on how to fund “Obamacare”.
2. The Republicans are basically holding their breath like a child until they get what they want.
3. While they fight it out hundreds of thousands of people aren’t getting paid.
4. The people who called for the shutdown are still getting paid!
5. Most people don’t even realize that “Obamacare” and the “Affordable Care Act” are the same thing.