Posted in Children, Feminism, Human Rights, Humanism, Indigenous, Justice, LGBT, Politics, War, tagged Aryan Nations, Community, John Day, Racism on February 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
John Day, Oregon had their first of two, town hall meetings, this morning, over the Aryan Nations intent to begin a compound in their town. If you weren’t able to see the live feed, but can watch video on your computer, click the UStream link HERE.
A second meeting will be held tonight. Check HERE for info.
Posted in Feminism, Human Rights, Humanism, Indigenous, Justice, Politics, War, tagged Aryan Nations, Hwy 395, John Day, OR, Racism on February 25, 2010| 2 Comments »
Prisons, asylums, pedophiles, crooks, other felons who have completed “rehabilitation” (Whatever that might mean these days.) halfway houses, shelters: proximity to all these can change a home’s value.
I have a home. I have thought about what it might mean if someone with a criminal past takes up residence nearby. Call me a bleeding heart liberal, but confronted with the idea of these folks next door, I am undisturbed. People who have completed their sentence should be entitled to reenter the public stream. If I learned that some of these folks were still more dangerous than my other neighbors, I would become alert, but I would jump to the arguments of improper rehabilitation, inadequate understanding of the nature of human behavior, like that in pedophiles, poverty, pain, inadequate upbringing and subsequent failure of personal accountability. However, under the existing law they were entitled to try and begin anew. Rather, existing law should be rewritten to better address failures of rehabilitation, and rehabilitation, itself, should be changed.
I have great difficulty however, with the idea of a group of people moving into my neighborhood who are unrepentantly dedicated to the twin propositions of hatred and separatism. Since I choose to embrace the diversity of humanity, and I am a woman, I am a co-habitator and enemy of such groups; worthy therefore, of shooting, or maybe worse, since the bullet may have more value than me. It’s a personal conundrum, that the price of diversity means enmity, and that I would choose restriction for those who would shoot me as some form of first amendment rights, but have not yet done so. This is how I feel, and I am unable to reconcile it.
Consider then, Oregon, one of my favorite places, the home of relatives, and my husband’s childhood. Now, it is true that Eastern and Southern Oregon tends to the more conservative side. There are, as well, there are other rightist themes about. WorldNetDaily is alive and well in Roseburg. As a nest for right wing rabid bats, certain areas have found themselves over the years to be dripping in guano. Yet, it is no small thing when an Idaho Chapter of the Aryan Nations announces their intent to locate to John Day, Oregon.
From the perspective of a Californian, I also don’t like the idea that in a national emergency, Highway 395, the main backdoor road riding the spine of California and dipping into Reno, could be subject to the bottleneck of survivalist separatist antics of a racist group like the Aryan Nations. It smacks of the bad side of the TV series “Jericho”.
So though I have avoided it, finally today, I joined Facebook. HERE is why.
Don’t let this happen, John Day!!! John Day is too beautiful a place to drip in guano.
Posted in 51 Percent, Feminism, Politics, women, tagged Abu Dhabi, AIG, Bailout, Bigotry, Citibank, Dubai, Dylan Thomas, Ft Hood, Grand Canyon, Palin, Racism, Uranium on November 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »
I haven’t achieved old age yet, nor am I a man. However, Dylan Thomas’s villanelle seems the appropriate beginning to the week. It’s a reminder to us humans, with a ways to go, that time is short and we better get busy, or prepare for the angst we are sure to have at the end.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Although I am wary of pronouncements that suggest Palin just needs the right support team, Black Agenda has the correct view about her status:
Freedom Rider: President Sarah Palin
Posted Tue, 11/24/2009 – 20:30 by Margaret Kimberley
[By BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Smug Democrats love to imagine they are a species apart from Sarah Palin, the “pit bull with lipstick.” However, U.S. political history teaches us never to overestimate the intelligence of the American electorate, or trust a Democrat – many of whom were Republicans not very long ago….]
http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/freedom-rider-president-sarah-palin
One of the good things that has resulted from putting Democrats back in charge, is to give some breathing room in the fight over national resources. The three-year moratorium instituted in July was a start. However, as the article below demonstrates, the real work is only beginning:
Keeping Uranium out of the Grand Canyon
Marty Durlin | Nov 23, 2009 12:53 PM
[Are 21- year-old documents adequate to approve reopening a uranium mine about 15 miles north of the Grand Canyon? The Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Grand Canyon Trust say no, and they’re suing the Bureau of Land Management for giving the go-ahead, claiming the agency is violating multiple federal laws by using the decades-old environmental assessment to approve the uranium mine….
http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/keeping-uranium-out-of-the-grand-canyon
I find this news fascinating. Just think, Citibank is now 36% USA government owned, and more than 26% foreign owned, a large chunk by Abu Dhabi and Singapore. And who was it that wanted to buy our port management businesses just a little while ago? Oh yeah. Then six months later who bought it from them and got bailed out? Oh yeah. Then who teams up together? Oh yeah.
After Dubai World debt panic, UAE guarantees all bank deposits
The United Arab Emirates central bank guaranteed all deposits in the banking system Sunday, seeking to calm markets made nervous by Dubai World’s debt payment crisis. Asian markets rose Monday on the news.
[DUBAI, UAE – The United Arab Emirates’ central bank sought to reassure investors rattled by the debt woes of the politically-connected conglomerate Dubai World on Sunday with an announcement that it was backing all deposits in locally owned and foreign banks.
Asian markets were cheered by the news, rising more than 3 percent on Monday after falling by between 3 and 5 percent last Friday, though UAE stock markets fell by up to 8 percent on Monday on concerns over a deepening local recession….]
Fanning the flames of bigotry even when we are afraid or angry is wrong. The results demean all of us. Does anything more need to be said about this?
Muslim Soldiers See ‘Teachable Moment’ in Ft. Hood
Attacks From Right Raise Pressure on Soldiers After Ft. Hood Shooting
By SPENCER ACKERMAN 11/26/09 6:00 AM
[Jamal Baadani was driving home from work outside Washington on November 5 when a friend called to tell him a gunman had shot up the Army base at Fort Hood, Texas. It didn’t take long for Baadani to learn that the suspect, Nidal Malik Hasan, was an Arab-American, a Muslim, and a member of the U.S. military. In other words, nothing like him and everything like him, all at once…]
http://washingtonindependent.com/68976/muslim-soldiers-see-teachable-moment-in-ft-hood
Posted in 51 Percent, Feminism, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Politics, PUMA PAC, The New Agenda, women, tagged Boston, Cinco de Mayo, Franco-Mexican War, Hate, Jay Severin, Michael Savage, Racism on May 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »
What Quaker Dave said HERE. If you live in the Boston Area follow his links and make some calls.
Read what Wiki says about Cinco de Mayo HERE, and the Franco-Mexican War HERE.
While we’re at it, let’s celebrate today’s British success in the REPULSION of the hatemongers. These guys have had far too much influence for too long.
I am beyond fed up the with the illness and idiocy of Weiner’s “Savagery” as a main radio program.
Posted in Children, Feminism, Politics, PUMA PAC, tagged 16 days, CWGL, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Monica Carrillo, Peru, puma, Racism, The Denver Group, Women's Rights on December 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Each year the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers highlights sixteen women, men and organizations that standout in the fight against gender violence. Representing December 7th, is: (more…)
Posted in Politics, tagged Anti Semitism, Clinton, Conservative, Corsi, Dean, Democrat, Feminism, Freeper, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Obama, PUMA PAC, Racism, The Denver Group on September 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »
PUMAS YES! JEROME CORSI NO!
“Just the place for a Snark” the Bellman Cried,
as he landed his crew with care;
Supporting each man on top of the tide
By a finger entwined in his hair.
The Hunting of the Snark- Lewis Carroll
Recently on BlogTalk Radio My-Two-Cents, the subject of Jerome Corsi came up again. So here is my view: Jerome Corsi is a right winged rabid bat bigoted sexist hatemonger that should be netted and succumb to his disease before he infects anyone else.
The longer you let a rabid bat feed, the more he infects. THEREFORE, DO NOT BUY HIS BOOK! DO NOT SUPPORT THE INFECTION OF FUTURE GENERATIONS! I’m not saying don’t read it. It’s always good to know the enemy. Just go to the library, or borrow it from one of those who succumbed and didn’t know his history. I know that I am probably giving the Free Republic a jolly just because they think this kind of thing is good advertisement. Here goes anyway. (more…)
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