Category: Human Rights
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 5, 2009 in Civil Liberties, Current Affairs, Gay Rights, Human Rights, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department | 40 Comments
Election 2009 has come and gone with some major changes: VA and NJ have gone Red. Turns out, the races weren’t even all that close. Much is being discussed and debated about the meaning behind these wins by the GOP. I will leave that, and the NY 23 Owens win to the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 18, 2009 in Andrew Sullivan, Bamboozling, Bill Clinton, Bloggers, Campaign promises, Civil Liberties & Rights, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, Hoodwinking, Human Rights, John McCain, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Rev. James Meeks | 30 Comments
Well, Obama is pandering to the GLBT community again. He gave a speech to the Human RIghts Campaign Friday, October 9th. Personally, I think he was trying to ward off the big-ass march planned against him in DC byt the GLBT community. It didn’t work, I might add. Seems some folks [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 13, 2009 in Abuse, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Bush administration, Campaign promises, Current Affairs, Flip Flopping, Foreign Affairs, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Human Rights, Obama's Broken Promises, Pakistan, Pandering, President Barack Obama, Sara in Italy, UN Human Rights Council, Women and Children | 23 Comments
Dr. Sima Samar. Now, some of you may know who she is already. For those who do not, or for those who are want to learn more, this is for you. (H/t to my aunt for sending me a mini biography on her, and to American Girl in Italy for mentioning her [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 17, 2009 in Abuse, Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Feminism, Gender Bias, Human Rights, Misogyny, Sexism, Soldiers/Veterans | 139 Comments
I know, not the kind of headline one might expect from me, to put it mildly. This is a quote from the following article, What women’s lib? 70 Percent Of Americans Think Women Should Take Spouse’s Name After Marriage. Say whaaa??
The results of this article came out the other day, though one [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 13, 2009 in Abuse, Africa, Crime, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Misogyny, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Women and Children | 27 Comments
Secretary Clinton does it again. Stands up for women, that is. Here is a brief clip of her speaking in the Democratic Republic of Congo as she continues on her trip through Africa:
As she has done for so many years, Hillary Clinton speaks out for, and stands with, women and children, calling out [...]
By Pat Racimora on Jul 14, 2009 in 9/11, Civil Liberties & Rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Hate Speech, Human Rights, Soldiers/Veterans, Terrorism | 56 Comments
Are extremists infiltrating our own military to the point of inadvertently training terrorists who will attack us in the future? It turns out that at least 40 persons who list their occupation as “military” are profiled on the Internet forum New Saxon, a Facebook-like site operated by the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement.
Is this a [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 29, 2009 in Civil Liberties & Rights, Dept. of Justice (Obama), GLBT, Gay Rights, Human Rights | 34 Comments
I had planned on doing something completely different today - something snarky about John Edwards and Mark Sanford (maybe a video of “Your Cheatin’ Heart” or something), but then I saw this article:
“Gays, Lesbians Rally Over Bar Raid in Fort Worth”
About 18 hours after officers with the Fort Worth Police Department and agents with the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 19, 2009 in Abuse, Chelsea Clinton, Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs, Freedom of Speech, Gender Bias, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Media Bias, Media, Television, Misogyny, President Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Sexism, Women, Women and Children | 79 Comments
(bumped up in light of Olive Garden no longer running ads on CBS “Late Show” with late night comic David Letterman.)
But all women, in my humble opinion. That is what David Letterman did with his sexist comments regarding Governor Palin and her daughter (and it doesn’t matter if he meant the OLDER one - [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 15, 2009 in Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Citizenship, Civil Liberties & Rights, Civil Rights, Current Affairs, GLBT, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Illegal Aliens, Immigration Reform, Mexico, Obama's Broken Promises, Texas | 20 Comments
You know, it being GLBT Pride Month and all, as Obama the Backstabber declared the other day - copying Hillary Clinton, ONCE AGAIN, after she acknowledged the 40th Anniversary of Stonewall (”Cheney Two, Obama Nothing, Clinton - a Thousand,” and “In Recognition of LGBT Pride Month“), the posts keep writing themselves. We already have [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 15, 2009 in Current Affairs, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, Women and Children | 51 Comments
Well, those of us who have been following Secretary Clinton’s career know that she is a hard worker, who goes about doing the work that needs doing without the glare of the lights and cameras. I heard about this story from a friend of mine who lives in the same neck of the woods [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 12, 2009 in Abortion, Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Crime, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Economy, Fox News, GLBT, Gay Rights, Harry Reid, Human Rights, Media, Muslim, Obama's Broken Promises, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Terrorism, Women | 29 Comments
(bumped up from yesterday)
As some of you know, my mother suffered a stroke recently. I am currently in my home town spending time with her and getting her house in order. As a result, I rushed a recent post on “DADT” I wrote in order to get to the nursing center in a timely [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 6, 2009 in Abuse, Africa, Bamboozling, Crime, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Larry Johnson, Messiah, President Barack Obama, South Carolina, SusanUnPC, Women, World News | 31 Comments
I was reading my local paper and came across an article that disturbed me greatly, for a number of reasons, which will become clear beginning with the title of the article: “Ex-Teacher Gets 5 Years For Sex With Teen.” My first thought was, “5 years? FIVE? That’s it? For having sex [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 1, 2009 in Benjamin Netanyahu, Current Affairs, Egypt, Human Rights, Israel, Palestinians, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Women | 20 Comments
Not too long ago, you may recall, I was on a cruise in the Mediterranean. One of our stops was in Egypt, and we spent the night in Cairo (the ship docked in Alexandria). We had a wonderful tour guide, a young woman named Rasha, seen above. Despite never having left Egypt, [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 29, 2009 in California, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, Hate Speech, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights | 46 Comments
The other day, I wrote a post about Proposition 8 being upheld by the California Supreme Court. In response to that post, faithful reader, SFIndie, made this comment, which I want to share with you here. She does, in fact, live in San Francisco, and knows whereof she speaks. Anyway, I thought [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 27, 2009 in California, Civil Liberties & Rights, Florida, GLBT, Gay Rights, Human Rights, Michigan, South Carolina | 15 Comments
By now, you may have heard that the CA Supreme Court voted 6 -1 to uphold Proposition 8, which bans same sex marriage. The caveat is that those who got married under the law are still legally married. You can click HERE to read more about it. Below is a video of [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 22, 2009 in Bamboozling, Current Affairs, GLBT, Gay Rights, Human Rights, Obama's Broken Promises, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department | 140 Comments
Who is a woman of her word. I know, that is a bit unusual in the political realm, at least given the example set by the president whom she serves (eeww, yuck, still have a hard time saying that). My good friend, Ani, at No Quarter tipped me off to this story. [...]
By SusanUnPC on May 20, 2009 in Campaign promises, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Flip Flopping, Hoodwinking, Human Rights, Obama's Broken Promises | 66 Comments
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I don’t know how anyone can watch the above video and not be both sickened and infuriated. It’s bad enough that, every day for 18 years, this man had to live a lie and keep a secret — that dishonesty and subterfuge are [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 20, 2009 in Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Civil Liberties & Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, Human Rights, Obama's Broken Promises | 25 Comments
Once again, Obama has found a way to NOT let the buck stop with him - he is proving to be quite adept at finding a way to not take a stand on stands he has previously taken. I know - it makes my head hurt, too, but that’s the reality of it. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 17, 2009 in AIDS, Abuse, Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Misogyny, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Cabinet, US Senate, Women and Children | 7 Comments
I seem to be on a roll with the Prison and Freedom thing, so I will just continue. Roxanna Saberi is not the only political prisoner currently, by far. And thank heavens she has since been released. One has been imprisoned for years now, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Aung San [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Mar 10, 2009 in Afghanistan, Death Threats, Foreign Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Iraq, Misogyny, Muslim, Presumptuous Nominee, Sexism, Soldiers/Veterans, Women | 15 Comments
On International Women’s Day, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan addressed women in his country:
With every step forward that women in Afghanistan take, violent incidents highlight the fact many still struggle for basic human rights eight years after the ouster of the conservative Taliban regime.
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By Sarah Palin (Release date: November 17. 2009)
