BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

by Johann Hari This is a column condemning cowardice – including my own. It begins with the story of a novel you cannot read. The Jewel of Medina was written by a journalist called Sherry Jones. It recounts the life of Aisha, a girl who was married off at the age of six to a 50-year-old man called Mohamed ibn Abdallah. On her wedding day, Aisha was playing on a see-saw outside her home. Inside, she was being betrothed. The first she knew of it was when she was banned from playing out in the street with the other children. When she was nine, she was taken to live with her husband, now 53. He had sex with her. When she was 14, she was accused of adultery with a man closer to her own age. Not long after, Mohamed decreed that his wives must cover their faces and bodies, even though no other women in Arabia did. You cannot read this story today – except in the Koran and the Hadith. The man Mohamed ibn Abdallah became known to Muslims as "the Prophet Mohamed", so our ability t...

If you search this blog for these words you will see them numerous times. They are words I tell to the abuse victims I coach, words I tell my children, my friends, and people I meet all the time: DO NOT BELIEVE SOMEONE'S WORDS -- WATCH THEIR ACTIONS!! And when it comes to Obambi -- his actions have undercut his lofty 'words' revealing the spinless coward beneath. The Audacity of Barack and the Duty of Super Delegates By Larry Johnson Let’s agree with Barack Obama on one thing–WORDS MATTER. Unfortunately, he does not believe in his own words. He cannot be trusted. He faced his version of “going to war” in Iraq and failed the test. Rather than stand tall on principle, Barack the coward, Barack the triangulator, Barack the panderer, said yes to immunity for telephone companies who cooperated with George Bush and shredded the Constitution. Barack no longer has the moral authority to say that Hillary Clinton lacked the judgment to be President because she voted to authorize Ge...

AN APPEAL FOR TRUTH The Cry of a Wolf By Monica Benderman We can say with little doubt that the attacks of September 11, 2001 were part of a greater conspiracy to strike fear in the hearts and minds of the American public; enough fear to set off a reaction of anger and rage which was destined to initiate a war we had no business fighting. We can say with little doubt that it was a group of terrorists who established the organization which planned and executed an attack on our country leaving over 3,000 American civilians dead, thousands more seriously injured and divided this country in ways we could not see coming. We can say with little doubt that the acts of terror continue, both on our soil and against American citizens now wearing our nation’s uniform in countries half a world away. We can say with little doubt that the acts of terror were like a universal fuse for the grand finale of a massive fireworks display, setting off a reactionary anger which began with sparks over a tiny ...

IN THE NAME OF GOD This marvelous post was sent to me and after reading it - I have to repost it here. But please, go visit Howling Wind's blog and take a look for yourself. Sometimes people get it RIGHT! Howling Wind sure did. IN THE NAME OF GOD In the world of mankind, is there anything more arrogant than someone who hurts another human being and claims to do so "In the name of God"? Is there anything more evil than invoking God as your reason for inflicting pain on a friend, loved one or yourself? This, my dear friends of God, is the crown jewel in life's fantasy realm and continuing saga of stupidity in a search for justification of ones own character and personality flaws. This is the ultimate sin! Do I direct this at the Islamic groups that stone women for being themselves? How about the polygamists who take teenage girls into the bedrooms of grown men? Perhaps my anger is directed at churches who reject gays. How about presidents who inflict wars or exorcists...