My ordination sister, Kila, just founded The Foundation for the Advancement of Women in Religion. This foundation will offer scholarships, sponsorships and project funding for women who are working on religious issues (hint, hint Deana!). They are currently looking for members to join the organization to help get it off the ground. Their Board of Directors includes some impressive wimmin, including M. Macha Nightmare and Patricia Monaghan. Figured this group might want to click on over, take a look and maybe even join like I just did!
Category Archives: Politics
Demand Jon Stewart in San Diego
In San Diego?
Like Jon Stewart?
Want to see Jon Stewart in San Diego?
You know you want to 
bush to insurgents: “please stop bringing ‘em on”
From a Reuters story today:
President George W. Bush admitted on Thursday that his bellicose “bring ‘em on” taunt to Iraqi insurgents was a big mistake, as he and Prime Minister Tony Blair carefully avoided setting a timetable for removing troops from Iraq.
A mistake? Really? Ya think? Could there perhaps be other mistakes lurking in our president’s past?
further signs of empire
Faced with human rights scandals, trillion-dollar deficits, rampant corruption, and a rising death toll, our Senate finally decided to do something:
They declared English the national language of the United States. Or maybe the common language. Something like that.
Sigh. What exactly does this get anyone? Nothing. Then again, what harm could it do? Plenty, actually. From the amendment:
Unless otherwise offered or provided by law, no person has a right, entitlement, or claim to have the Government of the United States or any of its officials or representatives act, communicate, perform or provide services, or provide materials in any language other than English.
Which is all well and good until you realize that this opens the door to effectively deny non-English-speakers who are legitimately in the country any assistance when, say, facing the charge of, say, Driving While Brown. Perhaps I’m just being oversensitive, but I’ve learned that it’s never too early to oppose stupid policy.
Bush threatens to veto non-Iraq overspending
Because, you know, we can only manage one giant money pit at a time.
Updates from my previous posts, in case you’re still keeping score:
- Weapons of Mass Destruction found before invasion: 0
- Weapons of Mass Destruction declared by US before invasion: LOTS
- US Cost in dollars: 275,000,000,000
- US military deaths: 2,390
- Iraqi civilians killed: 34,500
- Weapons of Mass Destruction found after invasion: 0
- U.S. timeline to leave Iraq: NONE
- Generals calling for Rumsfeld’s resignation: 6