U.S. 'Thumbs Its Nose' at Rights, Amnesty Says - New York Times

U.S. 'Thumbs Its Nose' at Rights, Amnesty Says - New York Times

Ya' know, when things like this are written in The New York Times, it's time to sit up and take notice. Whether this entire artice is true or not, is not the point. What IS the point, however, is that we all know that part of it IS true. Part of it, at least, IS factual; and one thing is for sure, NONE of it is what this country stands for.

The White House might "dismiss the accusations as ridiculous and unfounded" all they want, but the truth is that the people that are dismissing them have not BEEN to the prisons and have NOT seen what is going on. They have no way of knowing what they are talking about. Which, by the way, is, I believe, the proper M.O. for a government official. As long as you don;t know what you are talking about but can sound convincing enough saying anything to the contrary, you are preceeved as being "in the know." That's what is so great about this country; it has the greatest politicians money can buy. Isn't that what used to be said about La. politicians? Well, the rest of the country took a lesson from the good ole boys down in da bayou. They went and got themselves bought as well, it looks like to me.

This story is sickening, mostly because we all know it's true. We ALL know that no matter what this country does to show the public how compassionate we are, as long as this administration is in Washington, we are nothing more than a country full of Saddam Huessians. Simply because we are not going into private homes and yanking citizens out and beating them in the streets.....yet, means nothing. Only that they haven't figured out how to get away with it yet. But let this lunatic stay in office much longer and he'll figure it out. He's already figured out how to censor the news in his favor. However, it's gotten him NOWHERE. The rest of the world has known for a long time what he is and his own country, who should have been the first to know, is slowly catching on. I am so ashamed of myself for ever being a supporter of this hate monger in the start. But, he pulled the wool over my eyes with his talk of "family values" and "morals" HA! What a joke he is!

I only pray that the Democrats can produce a viable candidate for President and quit pushing that idiot woman...or should I say thieving woman and find a REAL candidate so that we can FINALLY have someone on the White House who DESERVES to be there. Let's face it, Hillary has already taken everything she wants from there and the thngs she had to give back, that she stole when she left, are going to be nailed down if she's ever allowed back in. No, I'm talking a REAL candidate. Someone who is willing to stand up for the little guy and not line their own pockets and not make the American People look like idiots by telling them that God has talked to them. If God told George that He wanted him to be president, then He told me that He wanted me to be First Lady, so how come I am not living it up in the White House?? I guess God only speaks to the really moral folks, huh? LOL Right...and I'm a chineese midwife too, folks.

Just read the article, then feel your embarrassment. We are the laughing stock of the world and we know why, too. Will somebody clue George in? PLEASE.

Finally, Something Smart Said in Legislature Session

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I just read this column by Molly Ivins, found at the above web-site. It was posted in the comments section at Rosie's blog. The Texas representative, Senfronia Thompson, from Houston is apparently one very smart woman. She is evidently interested in GOVERNMENT, something the Texas legislature is obviously NOT, according to the post in question. To put it bluntly; the crap that the Texas Legislature is wasting their time on is sinful and there should be a LAW PASSED on this kind of time wasting garbage. I cannot believe the things this government has done in the name of morals and so called family values. It makes me sick. The next 3 and one half years cannot pass quickly enough for me so that this pitiful excuse for a "moral family man" gets his high and mighty ass out of the White House! George Bush is a joke and is making a mockery out of "family values." I am sick and tired of him walking around thinking he is so much better than everybody else and passing judgement on others and then having the unmittigated gall to tell the American public that he reads the Bible!? He might read it but reading and understanding are two entirely different things!

I pray that someone has the good sense to make damn sure he sees Ms. Thompson's comments and also that someone has the good sense to PUBLICALLY applaud this woman for her efforts. The idiots in the Texas legislature paid her no attention because they passed their hate-ridden bill. How dispicable! So they are proud of themselves for destroying homes, breaking up families and tearing apart peoples lives, all in the name of "family values." Whoopee for them. I hope some of their own familes are caught up in the cross fire one day so that they can know how it feels to be hurt by their own legislation. One day all of this will come back and bite each one of them in the ass.

And George actually thinks he is doing God's work. Who told him that God needed help is what I would like to know? And we, as American people with brains in our heads, elected a man who said publically that God spoke to him? If it were anyone else we would have put him in the funny farm! I think old George is still hitting the sauce and had a vision one night where he got Satan confussed with the Lord.

Read this post, folks, then tell me if we are not in serious trouble as a nation with this lunatic in office. At one time I thought he was the lesser of the two evils. Oh how wrong and stupid I was. The other evil would have at least let me live in my own home and drive my own car! This greed factory thinks my less then $1000 a month is TOO much money to raise a kid on!! But he's going to fix that, he's going to take away paert of my disability pay. The medical profession is allowed to cripple me and the government is allowed to force me to live in poverty. What a country, huh? Oh yeah, what a country.

More of My Life With Arachnoiditis

One thing I can say about having this disease is that it has given me the opportunity to meet people that I would have not had the opportunity to otherwise meet. It has given me a new Mom that I dearly love, a companion to share my life with, and a whole group a friends around the world who offer me an endless supply of love and support daily. So, as hard as this disease is to endure, in a lot of ways, I have to be thankful for it, because otherwise I would not have met these wonderful people or had them become a part of my life.

I would also not have had the opportunity recently to go to Washingto, DC as a representative of our group, ARACH_FRIENDS, to attend the National Spinal Cord Association Summit on Spinal Cord Injury/Diseases, along with my living companion, Nancy. We were in Washington for 4 days and had the time of our lives. Our nations capitol is a place that I never dreamed that I would ever see and I am thrilled that I have had that opportunity. I am also extremely happy that we were able to speak out about this awful disease to all different kinds of people. We talked to doctors, professional people, people with SCI's, care takers, CEO's and other industry leaders. It was an awesome experience for both of us and I am so very proud of the work we accomplished. We may not have gotten the exposure for Arachnoiditis that we had hoped for, but we are definitly on our way, and that is more than we had hoped for.

So, to repeat myself from the beginning of this post, as hard as it is to live daily with this disease, I am thankful for it. It has afforded me many opportunities that I would not otherwise have had and for that I am truly blessed.