Comments on: NQ First Responders: Ghosts Ships; White Men Can’t Represent; Muckraking doesn’t need the MSM; 12 year old dies in childbirth

By: AdrianS

AdrianS — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:13:09 +0000

Although I agree that 12-year-olds, children, should not be forced into marriages they do not want as youngsters. The U.N. has again dropped the ball-again. And, Obama kissing the hand of the Saudi king on a recent visit to Saudi Arabia is proof that the Muslim ideologies and culture, though repugnant at times, are alive and well thanks to oil. Polygamy is still big in SaudiLand. Older Arabs marrying young children is also in “their culture.”

But the 12 year old pregnant girl, I think, didn’t have to die. Haven’t they heard of Caesarean Sections? Three days of labor without medical intervention is tantamount to torture of that young child; possibly for political publicity gain.

By: lahana

lahana — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:28:00 +0000

Before we get too busy patting ourself on the back about not having 12 year old brides in America, please notice all the anti-abortion people who are only too happy to ensure that all those 11, 12 and 13 year olds who are pregnant carry their children to term. I am sorry — children should not be having children.
Oops…forgot to say great post! Looking forward to your next one.

By: lahana

lahana — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:16:28 +0000

By: Sassy

Sassy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:55:37 +0000

Hey, Tennessee politicians can play with the “major league” any day of the week!
We had about thirty put on trial for accepting bribes, many from Memphis and related to Harold Ford Jr.
We recently had a Republican who conspired with Democrats to appoint himself to House Speaker, once the Republicans finally had a one vote(his) margin.
Racism is rampant in the south you know!
South L.A., South Detroit, and all those other hillbillies!

By: Katmoon

Katmoon — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:09:18 +0000

http://www.campusprogress.org/

I am posting this site as it is related to, partially why we do not see more concern over the Acorn story. There is a large article bashing Beck, further down the page it is time to spend 5 minutes in awe and wonder of van jones. The connection is; campus progress is tweeted and broadcast daily to colleges, and students; and is parented by CAD which has offered van jones his old job back as a senior fellow. CAD spends a great deal of time in policy meetings with the president. Cad is ran by Daschle.

By: jbjd

jbjd — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:05:04 +0000

Infanticide by insemination. There ought to be a law.

By: jbjd

jbjd — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:59:10 +0000

Maybe instead of asking for a pony, you could ask for a ship.

By: Ferd Berfle

Ferd Berfle — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:28:48 +0000

You’re correct. There’s that pesky sense of entitlement, again, elizabethrc. I know of no law that requires any district to vote in a certain way for a certain candidate. I am left to wonder how anyone can logically defend the statement of Herenton.

If the color of this person was unknown and this statement were read to a test subject: “This seat was set aside for people who look like me”. What would that test subject think?

Look like me?
Set aside?

I am of the opinion that anyone with even a smattering of gray matter would conclude that this person is, if not indeed racist, terminally ethnocentric.

By: Katmoon

Katmoon — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:23:56 +0000

The Cohen story has a long history of upset here in Tennessee. There were arguments about Mr. Cohen being Jewish, and that was also sited as a problem, by the local constituency…ahemmm; this is more at a local paper and news level.

I read the story yesterday about the young teen dying, from childbirth and am heartsick; admitting I do not understand the who, what and how of this. I’m sorry, but you would have to beat me to death to take my daughter of 11 from me and give her in marriage to anyone. Fu$k cultural differences, my child is my child; my maternal instinct thus far has never been over-ridden by my own survival instinct.

By: Pennsylvania Caucasian

Pennsylvania Caucasian — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:44:40 +0000

I did scan Ani’s piece yesterday, I will take some time to revisit and read indepth.

By: Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy

Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:39:02 +0000

I don’t know if you saw Ani’s excellent post yesterday abt the work Hillary is doing, but this is exactly WHY what she is doing on behalf of women and children around the globe. As you so eloquently said, this was not news in the 9th century, but it sure as hell shouldn’t be happening in the 21st…

By: Pennsylvania Caucasian

Pennsylvania Caucasian — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:20:09 +0000

The story of the 12 year old girl who died while giving birth would not have been an anomaly – in the 9th century.

Mistreatment of women continues unabated in our own day

The other night I viewed a haunting documentary on the missing young women of Juarez, Mexico. The way the young women died was horrifying. And the perps have never been found or prosecuted, most likely due to collusion with law “enforcement” or the military. I read the piece about SecState HRC’s advocacy for the rights of women – worldwide. So much ground to cover, so little time.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:18:42 +0000

I work on a port, we unload steel from ships. It has been DEAD for months now with NO uptick on the horizon. Not because steel is being made here, they are all but gone. Just no steel coming in at all! No steel, no NOTHING is being built from oilfield, to buildings, to fences, etc. etc.

By: Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy

Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:17:34 +0000

Abt Cohen – you may recall that Bill Clinton helped him campaign in that district, which helped him to WIN that district. Then what did Cohen do in turn? Compared Hillary Clinton to Glenn Close’s character in “Fatal Attraction.” I am not kidding. It was deplorable. So now he is finding out what his back-stabbing of Clinton and standing with Obama means: absolutely nothing. Good luck with that, Cohen. There’s that KARMA thing again!

Great roundup, LisaB, though I am heartsick abt the 12 yr old girl. That is so disturbing on so many levels, isn’t it?

By: American Girl in Italy

American Girl in Italy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:03:32 +0000

good god, what a round up! those ships are eerie. the race story is maddening. the 12 year old story is horrific!

thank lisa for all this cheer! hahah JK! I hadn’t read any of these. UGH!

we’re screwed.