Overheard Starbuck

"Alright shelters for battered women are something and new laws and penalties for old crimes are useful for the police and politicians but where's universal health insurance for our kids? It's not even an issue for the press."
---"You're complaining that feminist organizations haven't brokered better deals for America's children?"
"Exactly...brokered."
---"You fight the battles you can win. They've revolutionized the laws on violence and job discrimination towards all women. They've changed centuries old behavior and corporate practices. 'Should and could' don't pay the baby-sitter Buster."