My friend Ellouse sent this link to a very moving video to encourage people who may not attend a vigil tonight to honor the 2000 American soldiers who have given their lives in Iraq thus far. God/Goddess preserve us; it made me sob. It took me back to being a child in 1968 with a […]
Tucson Rape Victim Dened Emergency Contraception
My outrage is palpable! I am already depressed about the reality behind the symbolic actions in response to the 200th American serviceperson’s death in Iraq when I am confronted by another chilling headline that leads me to believe I really do live in a repressive state and culture. A young woman is forced to suffer […]
It is time for a Women's Rebellion — The Goddess told me so.
What George told the Palestinians that God told him: Abu Mazen, Palestinian Prime Minister, and Nabil Shaath, his Foreign Minister, describe their first meeting with President Bush in June 2003. Nabil Shaath says: “President Bush said to all of us: ‘I’m driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, “George, go and fight […]
World's Women Are Not Fooled By Bush Decoy
Karen Hughes, one of the now infamous and apparently unquestioningly loyal women in Bush’s inner circle, is getting a harsh dose of reality. As she travels around the world as a diplomatic envoy, she, and one presumes the Bush Cabal, is finding out that repeating a standard, well scripted text does not change reality and […]
Prision
Prision, originally uploaded by Arispg. I found this photo in association with a poem (by Arispg) about Guantanamo. Such an evocative photo. While the subject is deadly serious the photo captures attention in a way that adds a pause to anyone looking at the accompanying article. Cognitive dissonance… attractive (in the true sense of the […]
More Raging Grannies Hear The Call to Serve and are Arrested
Those Raging Grannies are at it again. Bless their hearts.18 Grandmothers Against the War, Raging Grannies and Gray Panthers were arrested at a Times Square recruiting office yesterday when they tried to enlist and sat down to wait for the recruiters to open the door. They chanted, “We insist. We Want to enlist!” A highly […]