Monday, October 24, 2011

Apparently Domestic Terrorism isn't News.

Very interesting short story that apparently isn't even a story.
A chemical bomb in a Gatorade bottle was thrown into the Occupy Maine's kitchen tent. Thank God no one was hurt although it had a great potential to hurt someone really badly. The article points out that had this been a tea party activity that there would have been a media frenzy.  Apparently if the 1% is being attacked, there is a news story and of course if the alleged perpetrator was a Muslim (we know how big a story that would be.)  But since it is just the 99% being attacked and probably by a 1%er, we don't need to know that there was a terrorist attack.


Daily Kos: Occupy Wall Street: Domestic terrorism in Maine ... media is silent

Monday, October 17, 2011

United States is more economically unequal a society than either Tunisia or Egypt

Here [in the USA] the critical issue is economic inequity. According to the C.I.A.’s own ranking of countries by income inequality, the United States is more unequal a society than either Tunisia or Egypt. 
During the Bush administration, the wealthiest were just getting wealthier and the middle class was doing okay and it seems to me were thinking that they would follow the wealthy and that the economy could not go down. I would hear people talking about a housing bubble - was it? could it all crash?

How could it not? Anyway now people are gathering and demanding changes. I agree but we must remember that whether or not we at this moment are doing well or not - inequality is inequality!!!  Setting up the government to help only some is not right whether we think we can be on the beneficial side or not.

Republican: 'smaller government and more individual control' so while the rest of us are struggling to maintain our basic needs the elite can control the "small" government and structure it to benefit the wealthy that are the only ones with enough money and time to participate.
Three factoids underscore that inequality:

America’s ‘Primal Scream’ - NYTimes.com

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Israel a Democracy? Democracy means Equality for ALL, right?

Look at the Photo Below - What do you think is going on?

"This is the village of Al Arakib, a Bedouin village in the north Negev. These Israeli soldiers have just helped to demolish her home as they have done FIVE times since July!
Everyone in this photo is Israeli - EVERYONE!  
But why would they do that,  she is an Israeli citizen, too.


Important points from Israel 'declares war on its people' - Al Jazeera English by Mya Guarnieri:
The government claims that Al Arakib was abandoned and, as such, belongs to the state. According to the state, these people must be removed to make way for a forest to be planted by the Jewish National Fund.
Villagers, some of whom hold Ottoman-era deeds to the property, say that the Israeli army asked them to leave temporarily in 1951. Believing they would be able to move back, they left. It was then, they say, that the state declared Al Arakib abandoned and expropriated it.
But the Bedouin maintained a connection to the earth. They continued to cultivate the village land, harvesting olives, pomegranates, and other produce. And more than a decade ago, they rooted themselves in Al Arakib once again, building houses and families.
Just days before the village was destroyed for the first time, Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, declared that "an international campaign is being waged against the definition of Israel as a Jewish state .... in the Negev, for example, if it becomes a region without a Jewish majority". Netanyahu added that such a change would be "a real threat" to the Jewish state.
Israeli activists like Amit Ramon agree.  Ramon says he feels a responsibility to stand against any injustice the government commits in his name. He has been with the village since the beginning and witnessed the first demolition, when some 1,500 police came to evacuate the 300 residents.  "They came with power like they thought the citizens would open war against them," Ramon says.  The police forcibly removed the villagers, who resisted non-violently. And then they destroyed Al Arakib.  "They ruined all the houses, they tore out the trees, they knocked over all the water tanks. There were hen cages. They ruined everything."   Ramon pauses and looks at the ground. He seems to be struggling to come to terms with the memory. "It was the end of July. It's hot here, people need to drink water. They need to drink water," he says, "and [the police] spilled all the water. They broke [the tanks] so it's impossible to use them."
Read full article: Israel 'declares war on its people'

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Freedom of Speech for all? Equality in America? Watch video it is less than 5 minutes.

Two Groups of People, Two Israeli Speakers,
Both interrupted, Only one group is Prosecuted:

WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WALKING AWAY FREE AND 
JAIL THEN PROSECUTION?????



Can you spot the difference? - YouTube

Sectarian Violence in Egypt or is it the Temporary Government?

Summary of Video:
After their church was burned down, Coptic Christians took to the streets. The military was very brutal - shooting w/ live ammunition, tanks running over demonstrators, and horrible beatings. The Egyptian TV showed that the Christians were the aggressors. Response of the Egyptians: another demonstration with Christians and Muslims joining together in the streets chanting: "Muslims Christians are One!!!" It seems the temporary gov. may be trying the same tactics that Mubarak used by trying to get Egyptian to fight Egyptian... and now the people are trying to keep this from happening.


More at The Real News

Egyptians Chant "Muslims Christians Are One" as Military Viciously Attacks Protest

Friday, October 7, 2011

Top 10 Reasons Herman Cain is NOT the right Person for PRESIDENT

 Now, as Cain enters the Republican top tier, it’s worth taking a look back at the former CEO’s policy positions. During his nine months on the campaign trail, Cain has repeatedly shown a lack of understanding on foreign policy matters, a lack of empathy for immigrants and poorer Americans, and a lack of respect for religious liberty.
ThinkProgress has put together the top 10 hits from Cain’s presidential bid:
(1) PLEDGED THAT HE “WILL NOT” APPOINT MUSLIMS IN HIS ADMINISTRATION

(2) TOLD THINKPROGRESS, “I DON’T THINK THE CURRENT MINIMUM WAGE IS NECESSARY”

(3) CONFUSED BY BASIC CONCEPT OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS
(4) IMMIGRATION PLAN INVOLVES A “GREAT WALL OF CHINA” AND A “MOAT [WITH] ALLIGATORS”
(5) BELIEVES “WE ALREADY RECOGNIZE” THE GOVERNMENT OF TAIWAN

(6) WANTS TO PUT DIRTY ENERGY CEOS IN CHARGE OF EPA REGULATIONS

(7) BELIEVES IRAQ SHOULD PAY U.S. BACK FOR INVADING THEIR COUNTRY

(8) TRIED TO HIDE HIS GAY TREASURER

(9) SAYS HE WOULD SUPPORT A NATIONAL PHOTO ID LAW

(10) BELIEVES THAT AMERICANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO BAN MOSQUES
ThinkProgress intern Karl Singer contributed to this report.


Read more details:  Top 10 Things Herman Cain Doesn’t Want You To Know About Him | ThinkProgress

Friday, September 30, 2011

Mosque Kicked Out Suspected Terrorist Because Of His Radical Views And Support Of Al-Qaeda | ThinkProgress

As this article states: Muslims are playing a vital role in protecting our country. I hear some people that keep saying where are the moderate Muslims they are silent and condone violence. We are living our lives and working with our children and communities. We are tired of defending our religion and many of us refuse to defend it anymore. We are hard working Americans that enjoy our freedoms and want a better world for our children - PERIOD.

Mosque Kicked Out Suspected Terrorist Because Of His Radical Views And Support Of Al-Qaeda | ThinkProgress

Thursday, September 29, 2011

What Animal is used to destroy houses, destroy trees that are over 100 years old, terrify big and small children, cause thousands to cry, and remove a Population of People one house, one family, and one heart at a time?



THE ANSWER: CATERPILLAR
 An armored Caterpillar D9R Bulldozer used by the Israeli Occupation Forces.
I wonder how many lives and households this dozer has tried to destroy? It was a Caterpillar Bulldozer like this that ran over Peace Activist - Rachel Corrie. (Read about her short life and what she did on the internet and see below in the video what she believed in at a very young age - She is one of my role models!!!)

RACHEL CORRIE'S PARENTS ARE AGAINST caterpillar 
RECEIVING AN AWARD AND $25,000 
FROM THE National Building Museum.

 

What can you do?  Write to Chase W. Rynd, Executive Director, crynd@nbm.org and politely tell her that the National Building Museum should rescind the Turner Prize from Caterpillar.  They are receiving the award and $25,000!!! 
For what?  DESTRUCTION not construction is how they have affected millions of lives.  


Rachel Corrie was a wonderful person and not because of the way she died under a Caterpillar but how she lived her life and the values she held from the time she was a very young girl. May God grant her a special place in Paradise and may she inspire all of us to do more good in this world. Ameen.