Open Letters

The Forgotten Continent

Is the world paying attention to what's happening in Guinea, Africa? 

"They were raping women publicly," opposition activist Mouctar Diallon said in an interview with French radio station RFI, adding that he had witnessed soldiers raping women with rifle butts during Monday's protests."

The Guinean Organization for Defense of Human Rights has reported over 157 people killed and more than 1,200 wounded. There has been no intervention to quell this uprising from the European Union or the USA, and France has suspended all military ties with Guinea. Why are these African countries forgotten? Recent history has shown the horrors of many wars throughout various African countries and it seems as if the world has once again turned a blind eye to what's going on. Rwanda's massacre wasn't long ago, regardless of the news report, Congo is far from stable and oh and let us not forget Darfur. 

Captain Moussa  Dadis Camara an army captain, seized power after the death of Guinea's long time leader  Lasana Conte last December, he promised democracy but has shown erratic behavior and very little power since. Announcing recently, that he intends to run for President has created these riots. He has little or no control over his military stating that " .....it's difficult to control soldiers when there was tension in the country"

Camara dude, you are the military and don't tell me that a woman who attends a protest ends up with a rifle in her vagina! Doesn't  this scream inhumane and outrageous to you? And I am left to believe that leaders within EU think this is ok too.

"The military is going into districts, looting goods and raping women," Mamadi Kaba, the head of the Guinean branch of the African Encounter for the Defence of Human Rights (RADDHO), told AFP......A doctor at a government hospital in Conakry said his wards looked like "a butchery"."

PEOPLE WE HAVE ANOTHER NEGLECTED AFRICAN COUNTRY ON OUR HANDS AND THIS WILL LATER CAUSE US EMBARRASSMENT AS THEY ALWAYS DO!

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Intergender Awareness

The moment the story aired about Caster Semenya, the South African athlete, I knew this was going to be an unfortunate mess for all involved. Let me just state, that I am amazed and disappointed at the IAAF, and the way they  humiliated Caster by publicly announcing their intentions of performing a gender test on her. Didn’t it occur to someone (anyone in that damn group) what these test meant and how the results could be emotionally devastating to the individual and her family?  How dumb could they be to subject someone to such public scrutiny?

 

I am almost certain that even though Caster exhibited masculine features they were no doubts in her and her family’s mind that she was indeed a female; after all she had female parts. Now that some results  are in, it turns out that she has internal testes and no ovaries, imagine the emotional confusion that she may be facing. How could they be so damn sensitive?

 

This isn’t uncommon as we would like to believe, we have all heard of hermaphrodites (the more PC term now is intersexuals or intergender depending on their medical complexity), it’s not a myth and there is nothing freakish about it; because it does happen!

 

A few years ago I joined a Mommy and Me class and befriended a wonderful woman. I knew that she had reproductive issues and her child was born to a surrogate. During one conversation she told me  both she and her husband went through a series of reproductive test only to find out that she had no ovaries (even though she produced eggs) and had abnormally high level of testosterone. She explained that she has never had a period and remembered being told by a doctor as teenager that she never  would. No one really explained it to her and she figured back then that "no menstruation " is OK with her, she was just as happy not to deal with this monthly issue. After finding out that she had eggs, they decided to harvest,  inseminate and use a surrogate to start a family. She told me about her emotional state during the process and what it meant and how she felt for 38 years prior to her daughter. I was so ecstatic at her happy ending story that I never gave it a second thought; until  Semenya story broke.  I remembered my friend’s story and was immediately outraged at how it was being handled. They made such a big deal out of it.

I am sure many fertility doctors can confirm that they deal with this as a reproductive issue more  than the IAAF would like us  to believe its a gender issue. Its  not until some women experience difficulty conceiving , that they find out about either chromosome issues or intergender issues. Without the voyeuristic eyes, an intersexual lives a regular life being who they want to be. Now Semenya has to deal with  a private issue under public scrutiny in addition to sorting out her feelings.  I only hope the best for her and may this bring the awareness to a condition that’s really not that uncommon.

Bee..have

A wise Latina woman knows not to let these fools to get under her skin

 

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Look at her face, behind that smile and calm measured tone, I hear  her voice saying behave chica, behave. These conservative boys are trying, yes indeed.

One by One

My guilty pleasure is The View. I watch because it's train wreck! There is Whoopi who occasionally stumps on Elisabeth(placed there stratigically to piss us off), Joy Behar is a clown and the other one serves no purpose. But every now an then, Barbara or Whoppi would step up to the plate and ask some tough questions. Today Glen Beck was the man of hour, watch as the first segment goes downhill. Beautiful!

At wits end

This is what happens when a frazzled mother has lost  it.

I completely understand her frustration. But whether you understand her actions or not, you can't help wondering about all sorts of peril her daughter could have encountered. The 10 year old girl was picked up by a stranger and given ice cream...(shyte,  that imagery made my hair stand on end). Fortunately this stranger was a good Samaritan and took the child to the police station.  I wouldn't be surprised if she used tossing them out the car as a  threat in the past and now she just followed through.

Didn't she know this was illegal? She is a lawyer for cry out loud. This good Samaritan also placed themselves in a precarious position. Just imagine if the police pulled them over and this missing distraught child was riding in their car with an ice cream cone in hand.

I'll this for the defense team.

Gosh Darn it....Because she can!

Quite frankly I am taken aback with the whole controversy of First Lady Obama right to bear arms. I too like Mrs. Obama, love to wear sleeveless dresses or tops. It is a subtly way of showing femininity without being overtly sexy. A simple, elegant contemporary look for a woman her age. I shop for my dresses primarily at Ann Taylor and generally their dresses and tops are of sleeveless form with a conservative neckline and hem.  There is nothing vulgar about it; it's quite acceptable and in fact she always manages to look classy.

 

Now her official picture below is causing quite a storm. It’s a basic black dress, with conservative neckline and hem is well below her knees. It is accessorize with simple pearls. What’s the big deal? Is it because it’s very flattering on her and the chattering class wants to hate her so badly, that they must criticize. Or are we a nation of sexual repressed that even the bare arms stir sexual emotions? What’s next will we require our First Lady to wear Burqua’s? They are so darn petty!

What's wrong with this picture?

 

Some thing about this story is not sitting well with me. I’m watching CBS’ Early Show interview that included Drew Petersen ex-girlfriend, her father and their attorney. I couldn’t determine if the girl was drugged or pissed. At one point the attorney Lisa Bloom asked her a question, confirming some facts and this young lady just hung her head and refused to answer. Whose side is she on?

 

What is the mental state of woman who thinks it’s ok to date, then move in with a man who is a suspect in the murder of one of his wives and the disappearance of another? What is it that Drew Petersen saying/doing that a woman would say “He is so refreshing, I really I like him, I see a future here, I am going to move in and see where this goes”? Are you kidding me, have you seen this dude, he is creepy at every level.

 

He also seems to have a penchant for young girls. This woman claimed that she has known him since she was 15 years old. He met his missing wife when she was also a teenager. Is there an investigation for possible statutory rape? I’m sure they wouldn’t have to look too hard to find something. I also question the apparent reluctance of the Bolingbrook, IL police department to do something. What the hell is going on here?

Awesome

Helloooooooo;

Superbowl 2009 was the best yet. I don't think I have ever watched a game that had me sitting on the edge of my seat like this one. The last two minutes had me in knots, but that's not what this post is about. I wanted to honorably mention Jennifer Hudson's rendition of the national anthem. She has raised the bar, I got goosebumps.

After all that she has been through last year, losing her mother, brother and nephew in such a violent way, she came out and stood there with such poise, looking as beautiful as ever and delivered the anthem the best I've heard to date.

I am now a fan!

Sex sells or maybe gives

What will make warlords and chieftains in the toughest neighborhood in Afghanistan sing like a bird? Viagra, it’s that simple. Apparently one of our CIA’s gave a 60 year old chieftain who had four younger wives a few of the blue pills and within days he was back giving him some crucial information on the Taliban and their activities and also a request for more of “those pills”.

As the article  notes the usual choice of cash and weapons for information isn’t always the best option, because weapons may fall into the wrong hands and cash and jewelry is too showy and may draw attention. But wouldn’t men with smiling faces and jolly dispositions also be a dead giveaway?

 

The CIA claims they “Think outside the box”, how about “Think inside the pants”

Let's think about it for a minute...

...I saw this video over at Screed a few weeks ago and I haven’t been able to shake it.

Here we have a bunch of people who are incapable following a logical thought through to its conclusion. Let’s play devil’s advocate here, we repeal Roe vs. Wade, and abortion is now illegal.  Let put some thought in the legality of it all.

• How much time should a woman serve if she has an abortion?
• Equally important how much time should the partner who got her pregnant serve? He aided and abetted. (Shares equal responsibility in creating the situation that ultimately resulted in a crime)
• If you find out that a friend and or family member had an abortion, what is your responsibility, turn them in? If not, are you accessory after the fact?
• Clinicians, yep guilty, accessory before the fact, as well as aided and abetted
• The person who assisted in taking her to and from the abortion, yep guilty too.

I could go on and show you how the hands of justice will reach far and wide, taking on a cancerous form. I wondered how many Pro-Lifer have given this much thought. According to the supporters on the video, this should be illegal because it’s killing a human being. However, the woman should be counseled and left to deal with her conscience and God. Why isn’t this woman serving a life sentence or sentence death? An abortion is usually performed a few weeks after the doctor confirms pregnancy. Which means that she had time to think and followed through anyway…premeditated right?

Now here is also another can of worms I’ll open and toss it far and wide. Why don’t we just release criminals currently serving term for killing a human being? Why don’t we just counsel them then let them go to deal with their conscience and God? Or are you saying that the life of a baby is worth less than someone who is older?  So if you kill someone older you go to jail, but a fetus you can just think about it. I can imagine the amount of criminals serving time now making that argument. 

So for crying out loud, before you grab a picket sign and start chanting….think!