Has Eminem found a way to exploit Rihanna's experiences?
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
The Best Defense is.....
For all the lack of hoopla out there you might have easily missed the story of Allee Bautsch, a twenty-five year old campaign aide to Governor Jindal and her boyfriend, Joe Brown being beaten outside a Republican fundraiser on Friday, April 9. Maybe it got my attention because I have a twenty-five year old daughter. The story is very well covered at The Hayride. Link in Bubba Post by BJ@freeusnow. I don't seem to be able to publish links.
Hayride offers up this quote as the story was picked up by Yahoo
" Of course, even if Bautsch and Brown's recollection is correct and the attackers did come from the group protesting the event, they can't know for sure what their motives were.Their account of the non-political nature of the verbal assault matches the one Brown gave police and the homophobic, misogynistic nature of the insults would be unusual coming from the kind of person one might expect to protest a Republican fundraiser."
My first thought on hearing about this led me to fear it was a racial incident as the MSM has been telling anyone who will listen that Tea Party People are not only all Republican but racists to boot. It has made me think back to my September '08 adventure into Obama's website and his link to The Black Snob where I found this picture of the other first black president.
Then I started thinking of Bill Clinton's need to remind us about it being a right- winger that blew up the federal building in Oklahoma. We have also heard about Sarah Palin's perceived attempts to incite violence by 'targeting' certain Democrats in 2010. Again I was reminded of my visit to Obama's website and this picture.
And we all know how the Democrats are the only party that treats women with respect. You'll never guess where I found this picture.
While there seems little doubt that the attack had a political motive I find reading the original police report informative.(Link in Hayride article)
"As they neared the intersection, Mr. Brown stated he heard subjects state such things as, "Little blonde bitch," "You're a f-----g faggot," and You think you're f-----g special."
Political? Probably under the circumstances. Misogynistic and homophobic? No doubt. Hate speech? No. It would be hate speech if Mr. Brown was gay and received a broken nose and jaw and a concussion. It would be hate speech if Ms. Bautsch had been called a little black bitch and not a blonde one and then had her leg stomped on and broken in 4 places. Could "You think you're something special" have anything to do with the "blame the rich for everything" mentality that is being used to push for wealth re-distribution?
I have little doubt that this crime was perpetrated by those at the protest. Democratic protesters of a better ilk that were duped into this need to come forward. Those who might object to the methods used by Obama to advance his candidacy need to speak up.
Those that were only too happy to see Obama take advantage of sexism, racism and misogyny if that's what it took to win, need to stop thinking of themselves as the 'good' ones. You and the instigator-in-chief gave these guys permission. No, Yahoo it is not at all unusual.
Hayride offers up this quote as the story was picked up by Yahoo
" Of course, even if Bautsch and Brown's recollection is correct and the attackers did come from the group protesting the event, they can't know for sure what their motives were.Their account of the non-political nature of the verbal assault matches the one Brown gave police and the homophobic, misogynistic nature of the insults would be unusual coming from the kind of person one might expect to protest a Republican fundraiser."
My first thought on hearing about this led me to fear it was a racial incident as the MSM has been telling anyone who will listen that Tea Party People are not only all Republican but racists to boot. It has made me think back to my September '08 adventure into Obama's website and his link to The Black Snob where I found this picture of the other first black president.
Then I started thinking of Bill Clinton's need to remind us about it being a right- winger that blew up the federal building in Oklahoma. We have also heard about Sarah Palin's perceived attempts to incite violence by 'targeting' certain Democrats in 2010. Again I was reminded of my visit to Obama's website and this picture.
And we all know how the Democrats are the only party that treats women with respect. You'll never guess where I found this picture.
While there seems little doubt that the attack had a political motive I find reading the original police report informative.(Link in Hayride article)
"As they neared the intersection, Mr. Brown stated he heard subjects state such things as, "Little blonde bitch," "You're a f-----g faggot," and You think you're f-----g special."
Political? Probably under the circumstances. Misogynistic and homophobic? No doubt. Hate speech? No. It would be hate speech if Mr. Brown was gay and received a broken nose and jaw and a concussion. It would be hate speech if Ms. Bautsch had been called a little black bitch and not a blonde one and then had her leg stomped on and broken in 4 places. Could "You think you're something special" have anything to do with the "blame the rich for everything" mentality that is being used to push for wealth re-distribution?
I have little doubt that this crime was perpetrated by those at the protest. Democratic protesters of a better ilk that were duped into this need to come forward. Those who might object to the methods used by Obama to advance his candidacy need to speak up.
Those that were only too happy to see Obama take advantage of sexism, racism and misogyny if that's what it took to win, need to stop thinking of themselves as the 'good' ones. You and the instigator-in-chief gave these guys permission. No, Yahoo it is not at all unusual.
Women's Rights Not Worth Mentioning?
NEWS From Yesterday's Washington Post
The undaunted Dorothy Height
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
UPON HER DEATH Tuesday, Dorothy I. Height was hailed a hero, the grande dame of the civil rights movement, an icon. She was all of those things. Yet somehow words fail to capture what was so remarkable about this woman who fought for so long, and with such tenacity, dignity and resolve, for racial justice and gender equality. Because she lived such a full life, an entire generation grew up knowing her without fully understanding the entrenched unfairness she fought against and helped to lessen. To appreciate Dorothy Height is to understand the slights she endured and the obstacles she encountered both as an African American and as a woman, and how they only spurred her life-long campaign for justice.
Ms. Height died at the age of 98 on Tuesday morning at Howard University Hospital. President Obama eulogized her as "the godmother of the Civil Rights Movement and a hero to so many Americans." Her activism dates to the 1930s, and she played an influential, if largely unsung role, in the civil rights movement that transformed America in the 1950s and 1960s. Even though she presided over the National Council of Negro Women, a group she would head for 40 years until 1997, Ms. Height and her work often went unnoticed and unpraised. She was seated on the platform with Martin Luther King Jr. when he delivered his "I have a dream speech" at the Lincoln Memorial, but she would later express dismay that no one gave voice to women's rights.
Such experiences enabled her to see the injustices against women and African Americans as part of the same set of American problems that needed to be addressed jointly, and not as separate -- or even conflicting -- concerns. And, just as she had to fight against being marginalized in the civil rights movement because of her gender, so she had to push back against being marginalized in the feminist movement because of her race. She did so not with anger or bitterness but with determined grace. She spoke of this during a book signing at the Library of Congress in 2004: "I have been in the proximity of, and threatened by, the Klan; I have been called everything people of color are called; I have been denied admission because of a quota. I've had all of that, but I've also learned that getting bitter is not the way
Ms. Height never gave up the fight. Even as her age advanced, she continued to advocate for black families, preach self-reliance and despair over the lack of voting rights for the District. Recently, when she thought a worthy tennis program for children was threatened, she put her prestige on the line. Just as words can't fully capture her, so they fail to describe the void left by her death.
The undaunted Dorothy Height
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
UPON HER DEATH Tuesday, Dorothy I. Height was hailed a hero, the grande dame of the civil rights movement, an icon. She was all of those things. Yet somehow words fail to capture what was so remarkable about this woman who fought for so long, and with such tenacity, dignity and resolve, for racial justice and gender equality. Because she lived such a full life, an entire generation grew up knowing her without fully understanding the entrenched unfairness she fought against and helped to lessen. To appreciate Dorothy Height is to understand the slights she endured and the obstacles she encountered both as an African American and as a woman, and how they only spurred her life-long campaign for justice.
Ms. Height died at the age of 98 on Tuesday morning at Howard University Hospital. President Obama eulogized her as "the godmother of the Civil Rights Movement and a hero to so many Americans." Her activism dates to the 1930s, and she played an influential, if largely unsung role, in the civil rights movement that transformed America in the 1950s and 1960s. Even though she presided over the National Council of Negro Women, a group she would head for 40 years until 1997, Ms. Height and her work often went unnoticed and unpraised. She was seated on the platform with Martin Luther King Jr. when he delivered his "I have a dream speech" at the Lincoln Memorial, but she would later express dismay that no one gave voice to women's rights.
Such experiences enabled her to see the injustices against women and African Americans as part of the same set of American problems that needed to be addressed jointly, and not as separate -- or even conflicting -- concerns. And, just as she had to fight against being marginalized in the civil rights movement because of her gender, so she had to push back against being marginalized in the feminist movement because of her race. She did so not with anger or bitterness but with determined grace. She spoke of this during a book signing at the Library of Congress in 2004: "I have been in the proximity of, and threatened by, the Klan; I have been called everything people of color are called; I have been denied admission because of a quota. I've had all of that, but I've also learned that getting bitter is not the way
Ms. Height never gave up the fight. Even as her age advanced, she continued to advocate for black families, preach self-reliance and despair over the lack of voting rights for the District. Recently, when she thought a worthy tennis program for children was threatened, she put her prestige on the line. Just as words can't fully capture her, so they fail to describe the void left by her death.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Why a Woman Might Lie in Court
An update on Aasiya Zubair Hassan from No Quarter:
I find this especially disturbing because this story minus the beheading is not unlike that of a young woman that went to school with one of my daughters. She was college educated and non-Muslim. Who knows what would have happened if her parents were not made aware of her strange behavior because a friend of hers cared enough to get and stay involved.
http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2010/03/16/how-does-this-happen-in-the-us/#more-43109
I find this especially disturbing because this story minus the beheading is not unlike that of a young woman that went to school with one of my daughters. She was college educated and non-Muslim. Who knows what would have happened if her parents were not made aware of her strange behavior because a friend of hers cared enough to get and stay involved.
http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2010/03/16/how-does-this-happen-in-the-us/#more-43109
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Don't Get Fooled Again
Obama reloads his message. I guess dismissing the Tea Party movement as an irrational Republican mob didn't work, so now we have the Coffee Party, a supposedly Independent movement founded to bring civility to political discussions.
It appears the only grass in this "grass roots" movement is in their bongs.
Not to hold a grudge or anything but aren't these the same ones who were hired by Obama to be as nasty as possible on our blogs. Isn't this the man who planted a little girls to ask a question at his New Hampshire health care town hall? Isn't this the man whose hired thugs intimidated people at the caucuses?
http://wewillnotbesilenced2008.com/.
Isn't it through Obama's website that we saw the Sarah Palin is a cunt tee-shirt?
Here is it founder, Annabel Park an activist film-maker speaking about Obama during the primaries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIxIRdDdvZA
Ms. Behaved
It appears the only grass in this "grass roots" movement is in their bongs.
Not to hold a grudge or anything but aren't these the same ones who were hired by Obama to be as nasty as possible on our blogs. Isn't this the man who planted a little girls to ask a question at his New Hampshire health care town hall? Isn't this the man whose hired thugs intimidated people at the caucuses?
http://wewillnotbesilenced2008.com/.
Isn't it through Obama's website that we saw the Sarah Palin is a cunt tee-shirt?
Here is it founder, Annabel Park an activist film-maker speaking about Obama during the primaries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIxIRdDdvZA
Ms. Behaved
Monday, January 18, 2010
Women's Rights are Human Rights
Quotes of Martin Luther King Jr. as they might apply to women, the forgotten ones in the March for Civil Rights (my words in bold)
A right delayed is a right denied.
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes (women) in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
(S)He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. (S)He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin (or their genitals), but by the content of their character.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching (beating and raping) me, and I think that's pretty important.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
We must learn to live together as brothers (sisters) or perish together as fools.
A right delayed is a right denied.
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes (women) in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
(S)He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. (S)He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin (or their genitals), but by the content of their character.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching (beating and raping) me, and I think that's pretty important.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
We must learn to live together as brothers (sisters) or perish together as fools.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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