BlogHer contributing editor Mata posted on this today - Is it a joke, or is it hatred disguised in Biblical language?

She quotes Frank Schaeffer who appeared on the Rachel Maddow show last night. Here is a video clip (you need to get about 50 seconds in)...



This is beyond disturbing, it's down right scary.

I'm interested in knowing what others in this community think about… Continue

Of course we don’t want our teenagers to “do it,” but when puberty hits, it’s on. The train is on the track. Hormones start raging and there is no stopping them. Crush number one begins with a shy smile on the way to their locker. Crush two hits with a whiff of the quarterback’s sweat after a football game. The giggles. The flutters. Our girls can’t stop thinking about the boys…and our boys can’t wait to feel up those girls. We can pretend it isn’t happening and ignore it, or we can confront it… Continue

I feel a need to post two poems I wrote about my nephew who died the day after Valentine's day last year, Feb. 15, 2009
The first poem addresses when we found out that Sean had been killed by an IED:

Don’t answer that door
A roadside bomb
DON’T ANSWER THAT DOOR
I’m sorry Ma’am
Improvised
There’s a message
Explosive
Call me back
Device
Sean was killed
How can that be?
In Iraq
Not Sean
What happened?
He was killed
WHAT HAPPENED?
IED

The second poem addresses the journey of our grief:

The Journe… Continue

The discussion about Health Care Reform is very interesting. While Medical Insurance can be a complicated issue, I see valid points on each side. When a person is in between jobs, they have to fund their own Short Term Insurance, self-employed people find it a challenge to obtain adequate coverage, and the under privileged have to depe… Continue

Ok readers, you can get up off the floor now.

I haven't suddenly lost my mind. But you know that I have to call them like I see them, even when it gets me into big trouble. So here goes.

In a recent interview with FoxNews on the topic of the tragedy at Ft. Hood, Ms Malkin stated:

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Click on the link below to walk through an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" style program to learn how H.R.3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, will affect you and your family. The House will be voting this weekend, so it's not too late to call and make your voice heard. Simply call the Capitol Hill switchboard at 202/224-3121 and ask for your representative's office. If your representative is a member of the Blue Dog Caucus, you especially need to call. Speak now or forever… Continue

Social media is changing the political landscape and has the potential to change the world. Today, instead of just a handful of elected officials debating the future of medical insurance or citizen insurance for all, we the people can voice our opinions too. And the politicians are paying attention. They are learnin… Continue

Three years ago my husband and I were very excited parents-to-be and when our son, Ethan, was born we received the shock of a lifetime. We found out that our new baby boy had a vascular tumor that covered most of his lower right leg that required chemotherapy. He started oral steroids at 6 weeks old and on my second day back to work after maternity leave, the doctors told us that his health had spiraled out of control so quickly that he would need to start chemotherapy immediately. He had to hav… Continue

Sakena Yacoobi is on a mission. Her goal is to bring education to Afghanistan, a country that has a 70 percent illiteracy rate. Her main focus is girls and women. She believes education can ameliorate the ravages of 35 years—and counting—of war. She speaks with an urgency that emanates from that core conviction. To “build a better future for Afghanistan,” she founded the Afghan Institute of Learning in 1995. “Empowerment” is… Continue

I have to say my skepticism about this new medium has now disappeared. Without it, one wonders if all this could have happened…Technology has not just made the world more dangerous; it has also enabled freedom to keep one small step in front of tyranny and lies. One thing you can do is use Twitter to fight the regime yourself. Help bring these fascist bastards down at the end of your modem. — Andrew Sullivan

A week ago, a G-20 protestor was arrested for using Twitter as a means to commun… Continue