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Category Archives: Social Issues
Occupy Wall Street Gets Roots
After almost a month, Occupy Wall Street seems to have legs and is not going away. This video needs little introduction, as truth is shown by image — not just words or interpretations.
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Evangelical Protestant Men Make Great Dads
Mission Statement for “Concerned Women for American” — Beverly LeHaye, Founder:
CWA’s Mission Statement:
“The mission of CWA is to protect and promote Biblical values among all citizens – first through prayer, then education, and finally by influencing our society – thereby reversing the decline in moral values in our nation.”
Beverly LeHaye, wife of Tim LeHaye, co-author of the Apocalyptic “Left Behind” book series
I could not resist including an article from the Concerned Women For America website. I accessed the site to check out the "Barbie Doll causes Gender Confusion" wondering what might be the confusion -- the breasts, tight butt or the thin legs -- all male visions of the perfect female. But I found this, and wanted to share! You will note that Concerned Women for America was begun by Beverly LeHaye The bad news is, this is not a joke. These people are serious.
By the way, the active banner on Concerned Women for America today reads, “A + for Alito”
And the first 2005 Top Evangelical Women is the female director of the Ministerial Alliance in Midland, Texas — George W. Bush’s home town. My own Methodist preacher father helped to found that chapter of the Ministerial Alliance in the early 1950′s. How it must have changed over the years. Or maybe not.
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Open Letter to the Bush Women Following Hurricane Katrina
Bush Women Misplace their Public Relations Staff
Where were Tom Delay’s comportment classes just when we needed them?
Following the devastating Hurricane in New Orleans and the disastrously slow response by her husband’s administration, Laura Bush finally held a press conference in a squeeky clean refugee center in the city which was . . . the only word that comes to mind is CHARMING! Laura showed her genuine gentle side, smiling so sincerely when talking about her visit with one mother who had lost her daughter, another daughter who had lost her mother, and how both expressed how “glad” they were to find refuge in the Cajundome. Nothing like a warm cot, a port-a-potty and a lot of company to get the grief process started right off without delay! But the death and danger would come later, when Laura was no longer there. When things got filthy and forgotten, and when the cameras were gone. When will we care as much for the conditions of the poor and homeless when we are not in the spotlight?
Laura’s awkward assessment of those still stranded in New Orleans, the fact that they are mostly poor and black. “That is just the way it is… The poorer people are usually in the neighborhoods that are the lowest or the…most vulnerable… And that is just always what happens.” Oh, dear Laura. Let us be comforted that what has always been, will always be. How enduring. As long as the “them” is not “us.”
One tiny flaw revealed the detachment that was characterized by the interview with Laura. She mispronounced the name of the hurricane not once, but twice during the two minute CSPAN interview. The storm was named KaTRINA, not KaRINA. The most violent hurricane in modern history to hit the coast, and Laura Bush could not nail the name. But the media was gentle to her and did not replay the interview incessantly. But then, “that’s just the way it is.” Karina, Katrina. Whatever.
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Comportment in Texas
The Peace and Justice buses rolled out of Camp Casey, Crawford, Tx. on their way to Washington, D. C. They stop along the way to rally the people, and rally they are!
However, while Cindy Sheehan ended her vigil and rally in Austin, Tx. attended by 2,000 supporters, she set out to meet with Tom DeLay, who declined, citing that she did not “comport” herself well enough for him to fit her into his very full schedule. I spent a week with her, and I also completed endless comportment classes in Texas when I was a pre-teen/teen,and I have some serious questions for Tom Delay.
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