BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

EVIL EVEN WEARS RELIGIOUS GARB OOPS! Another clergyman lies and gets caught. By a paternity test no less. A few months back I attended some conferences on domestic violence advocacy and educating certain population segments. One was about abuse in religious settings. Two speakers said something that rang very true to me. That many time those who abuse drugs or sex (the latter including those who manipulate people into relationships with false words or false premises) often use religion as either 1. a cover or 2. an poor attempt to TRY to self-correct before anyone finds out the truth. These people never confess and never admit to their wrongdoings. Oftimes they are sociopathic having no remorse or pity for their actions or their victims. In fact they seem THEMSELVES as the victims. And this applies to all religions, not just Christianity. This came up again when I heard ex-bad boy turned born-again Christian Stephen Baldwin interviewed last week. The interviewer even said that ...

LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE STEPPED IN IT... A LOT OF IT! Campaigning in 2000, Texas Gov. George W. Bush would repeatedly raise his right hand as if taking an oath and vow to "restore honor and integrity" to the White House. He pledged to usher in a new era of bipartisanship. The dual themes of honesty and bipartisanship struck a chord with many voters and helped propel Bush to the White House in one of the nation's closest-ever elections. Americans re-elected him in 2004 after he characterized himself as best suited to protect a nation at war. Now, with fewer than two years left of his second term, the Bush administration is embroiled in multiple scandals and ethics investigations. The war in Iraq still rages. Bush's approval ratings are hovering in the mid-30s. And Democratic-Republican relations have seldom been more rancorous. In the highest-profile current case, even some key Republicans are questioning the truthfulness and judgment of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in...

ALBERTO GONZALES' DOG ATE IT! Most mornings, after I pull myself out of bed, with just a few hours sleep and before the sun comes up, make lunches, get my kids ready and to their separate buses (do not get me started about the NYC school busing disaster) I run to get some coffee and come home to check my RSS reader. I am a news junkie. I have been for a long time. Yes, I know. I am a just a "wild woman"!! Hahahaha. This morning as I was cleaning up the constant chaos in my living room I put on C-SPAN. No, I have never watched the talk shows much and I have always hated soap operas. Ick. So much for suburban housewife-ry! But lo' and behold, there were the hearings starring Alberto Gonzales. More riveting television has to wait for the Sopranos final season! Yes, C-SPAN folks. Like I said, I am just a "wild woman." I couldn't tear myself away. I laughed, I cried, I screamed "YOU LIAR" at the top of my lungs! Baruch Hashem the neighbors ...