By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jan 4, 2010 in ABC News, Africa, Al Qaeda, Counterterrorism, Current Affairs, Death Threats, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Intelligence, Media Handling of Story, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Terrorism | 32 Comments
You may have heard recently about the Somali man who broke into Durch cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard, to kill him for his depiction of Mohammad in one of his cartoons. Fortunately, he was arrested, and is being charged with attempted murder. What you may NOT have heard was the connection between this same man and Hillary [...]
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.
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 21, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Death Threats, Domestic Terrorist, GLBT, Gender Bias, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John McCain, Media Bias, Sarah Palin | 32 Comments
That’s pretty much what Joe Biden did on The Ellen Show recently. Essentially, he AND Ellen laid the blame for all of the negative campaigning squarely on John McCain, as if Obama was running the most positive, loving campaign ever. Hell, Obama ran a very negative campaign against HILLARY (remember those “Harry and Louise” ads? [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 29, 2008 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, DNC, Death Threats, GLBT, Hillary Clinton, Keith Olbermann, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Women, Women and Children | 292 Comments
Last night, I was reading Curve Magazine (Vol.18,#6, July/August, 2008). In it was an article by noted Lesbian activist and writer, Victoria A. Brownworth, “Why Do They Hate Us? How the Media treats Hillary is indicative of how the world sees women: as second class citizens.” The title pretty much says it all. And what [...]
By Sugar on Apr 15, 2008 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Death Threats, Tavis Smiley | 149 Comments
I’ve been out of town visiting my family for the past several days, and it’s for the best that I haven’t had the energy to blog, because I needed to let the news about Tavis Smiley resigning from the Tom Joyner Morning Show truly soak in and marinate before I came here to vent. There [...]