Kelly green ribbons symbolize a non-profit founded by 3 women to raise money to help schoolchildren in Afghanistan.
Rebuilding Afghanistan Foundation They raised $35,000 and built a school in Wardak, Afghanistan. Go read about it - they want you.
posted 10:05 pm at Green Consciousness
The following report is from the TEP (TN Equality Project) lobbyist:
The Senate passed the anti-Marriage Resolution tonight 29-3. Those voting against were; Haynes, Cohen and FORD. PLEASE send these gentlemen a note of thanks…whether we are in their districts are not.
Sen.joe.Haynes@legislature.state.tn.us
Sen.steve.cohen@legislature.state.tn.us
Sen.john.ford@legislature.state.tn.us
Cohen had filed one amendment that called for specific exclusion of civil unions in the resolution. The amendment failed 7-23. Those supporting the amendment were: Chism, Cohen, Haynes, Crowe or Cooper ( I am not sure about this one), Ford, Henry and Crutchfield.
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The marriage ban still must get through another House committee before going for the final vote. Stay tuned.
posted 10:02 pm at Tennessee Guerilla Women
From Mother Jones magazine, direct quotes from the $170 million-a-year abstinence-only "health" curricula (they'd be funny if they weren't so unbelievably frightening):
"Hold up a beautiful rose. Talk about the petals and how they add color and fragrance to the rose. Hand the rose to a student, telling that student to pull off a petal and pass it on to another student who also pulls off a petal. Continue passing the rose around until there are no more petals. At the end, hold up te rose. Ask: Of what value is the rose now? ... The rose represents someone who participates in casual sex." -- Choosing the Best PATH
"No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart." -- A.C. Green's Game Plan
"The first player spins the culinder, points the gun to his/her head, and pulls the trigger. He/she has only a one in six chance of being killed. But if one continues to perform this act, the chamber with the bullet will ultimately fall into position, and the game ends as one of the players dies. Relying on condoms is like playing Russian roulette." --Me, My World, My Future
"Watch what you wear, if you don't aim to please, don't aim to tease." --Sex Respect
"Infertility, isolation, jealousy, poverty, heartbreak, substance abuse, AIDS, pregnancy, cervical cancer, genital herpes, unstable long-term commitments, depression, embarassment, meaningless wedding, sexual violence, personal disappointment, suicide, feelings of being used, loss of honesty, loneliness, loss of personal goals, distrust of others, plevic inflammatory disease, loss of reputation, fear of pregnancy, disappointed parents, loss of self-esteem, leaving high school before graduation... ALL of them can be eliminated by being abstinent until marriage." --Choosing the Best PATH
So, to recap:
-All the "petals" will fall of your "rose" if you pass your "flower" around to to many people (still kinda confused on this metaphor... but the bottom line is that if you do it too much, you will be of no "value.")
-Safer sex = heartbreak. Sex without a condom, on the other hand, has no negative consequences.
-Condoms have a 1 in 6 chance of killing you, kind of like a gun.
-Quit dressing like such a hooker!
-Infertility is a punishment for being a slut. Good girls are able to have lots of babies.
-You will not feel isolated or lonely or sad if simply abstain from normal human behavior until you get married (and then you probably shouldn't enjoy it too much).
-You will never have a broken heart if you don't have sex.
-You will never use drugs if you don't have sex.
-It is not possible to contract HIV/AIDS through any means other than premarital sex.
-Cervical cancer is for whores.
-Marriage cures herpes
-Abstinence makes you super committed
-Depressed people are total sluts.
-Ditto for people who are embarassed.
-Your wedding has no meaning if you are sexually active.
-Only sluts get raped.
-The key to never being disappointed ever? Lock the chastity belt!
-Suicidal people try to kill themselves because they are total whores.
-You will graduate high school no matter what, as long as you don't give someone your little flower
-Virgins have awesome self-esteem
-People who have sex deserve bad reputations
-Not doin' it will fix everything bad in life.
posted 8:22 pm at Third Wave Agenda
I read World Net Daily and other conservative sites largely for the laugh factor, and every once in a while it pays off richly. Witness the following letters to the editor:
I now see the pattern. There are activist homosexuals. There are homosexuals who are regular people.
The activists want the world and their secular religion to be rewritten to their standards. I admit it: I am afraid of the activist homosexuals. I am afraid of what they are doing with my tax money, to schools, media, television and in the courts. They want to be treated fairly, but they act with disdain and give discredit to the cause they promote.
Other homosexuals, while I disagree with their lifestyle and think it sinful, I do not believe it is my job to judge them unless they ask for information.
My family had a middle-aged male homosexual couple move in next door. We greeted them like neighbors. We exchanged gardening and cooking ideas. They never described what went on in their bedroom. We never discussed what went on in ours. I was never afraid for my children.
What is happening to this country that we love? In the meantime, I raise my children in a private Christian school and avoid "Postcards from Buster" and all other attempts at indoctrination.
I keep seeing Bush kiss men on television and you know the old saying about smoke and fire. In the South, we shake men's hands, but we don't play smoochie with them and we consider men who do to be a little odd to say the least.
Should I start referring to him as Georgie Boy? Guess I'll just wait for his "outing."
Hilarious.
posted 8:09 pm at Third Wave Agenda
Patti Davis asks many good question
here
and refers us to this wonerful site
ROAR What a beautiful site and what a right on message.
From Patti Davis:
...There are questions that need to be answered. I would like to know if Fish and Game officials even have tranquilizer guns. And does it really take 15 minutes for a tranquilizer to take effect? How do we explain then the footage that we see in documentaries about wild animals? Time lapse photography? Wouldn’t an already disoriented animal be stunned enough by the tranquilizer dart that it probably would not bolt and run?
There is only one heartening aspect to this sad story. People haven’t forgotten. They haven’t just gone on with their lives and pushed away the image of this majestic wild animal being shot dead by men with high-powered rifles. They have come out with candles, banners and photographs. They have summoned the news cameras and made statements for everyone to hear. Letters and e-mails are being sent to Sacramento.
Thank you PattiDavis
A MUST SEE – Watch the Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom on Sunday on Animal Planet. It will be the story of a lioness that adopts an orphaned antelope. Check your local listings for time and channel. ------- A MUST SEE – - - -
posted 4:13 pm at Green Consciousness
The Feminist Majority Foundation
linked to me! Oh sure, they linked to about 100 other blogs too, but I'm still very happy. And it's a great resource for feminist musings.
posted 3:59 pm at Third Wave Agenda
This piece in the Guardian has recently annoyed me; clearly I’m behind with the times calling myself Ms., and it conveys my secret lust for women. (Not so secret, but hey). It’s the usual bollocks about how taking the title is just a bit of a silly affectation. Or something like that. See, I found it hard to get past the first paragraph after this;
When I was 14, and still had the emotional capacity to become prostrate with rage at injustices, both real and imagined, I swore I would always be a Ms.
People who grow out of becoming angry at injustices are the problem. I hope to God I never end up like that, and if that makes me immature I don’t give a fuck.
posted 3:34 pm at volsunga
http://www.activistchat.com/blogiran/movabletype/
archives/2005/02/european_firms.html
Interesting article and video clip from NBC's investigative unit.
Disturbing on a number of levels, including the fact that the company
Finmeccanica which recently won a contract to build
a new version of the presidential helicopter is one of
several companies trying to sell similar technology to the Mullahs.
John Pike, director of the nonprofit organization GlobalSecurity.org, said that
"I think that the Europeans would sell their grandmothers to the Iranians if they thought they could make a buck."
Is it really wise for the Bush Administration to be handing the job of solving the Mullah-Nuke-Tyranny-Dictatorship problem over to the EU and Russia?_______________________________________________
FreeIran mailing list
FreeIran@activistchat.com
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/freeiran
posted 2:26 pm at Green Consciousness
Whoever said life was easier after grad school lied! For the last month I have been averaging 2-3 hours of sleep a night. Not too terribly strange for me I know. But this time around I can't force myself to go to sleep. This is not a choice. I am up damned near every morning until sunrise and then back up by 9 or so.
On a good note, Friday night I did crash at 5 (a.m.) and awaken on Saturday to Lisa's face like 2 inches from mine and it went a little like this:
S: WHAT???
L: I was checking to see if you were breathing.
S: WHAT??? WHY???
L: You've been asleep for a reeeeallllly long time.
S: WTF?
L: Do you know what time it is?
S: Nope, unfortunately there are no clocks in my dreams! (Yep, that is irritation)
L: It's 5 o'clock
S: AND?
L: in the the evening.
S: Oh, SHIT!
Yep, I obviously crashed (and I am extremely cranky when I first wake up). But that didn't last long. This morning I went to sleep at 6 and was back up before 10. It's a vicious cycle. I feel like everything is suffering. It would be different if I was getting tons of work done, but I ain't. I drink tons of coffee early in the day just to be able to function and then stare at the TV, the game console, or my knitting in the evening because I don't want to drink enough caffeine to remain lucid.
Is it thoughts of tenure review? Jesus, I hope not. I don't go up until next year and I would hate to think that it could get worse!
More than you ever wanted to know about me, right?
posted 1:41 pm at Dr. B.'s Blog - This Is What a Feminist Looks Like