President Bush said Tuesday that democracies only reach their potential when women are allowed to fully participate in society, singling out Iran, North Korea and Myanmar as nations that are suppressing women’s basic rights. “America will help women stand up for their freedom, no matter where they live,” Bush said at a White House celebration […]
Ah views are changing in Washington when it comes to Iraq. This is pointed out in this article by Reuters: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday there has always been a risk Iraq could slip into a civil war but he accused the news media of exaggerating the severity of the current situation. “I […]
E.J. Dionne Jr. has a very interesting piece in today’s Washington Post: It is now an ingrained journalistic habit: After a period of bad news for President Bush, media outlets invariably devote time and space to “balancing” stories that all say more or less: “Yes, the Republicans are in trouble, but the Democrats have no […]
While we got the administration denying any chance of Iraq heading towards a civil war, even the US envoy is warning of the threat of a “wider war”. From today’s L.A. Times: The top U.S. envoy to Iraq said Monday that the 2003 toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime had opened a “Pandora’s box” of volatile […]
Sometimes people have way too much time on their hands to mess with nursery rhymes that have been around for centuries. Next it will be Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs being changed to Snow Caucasion Female with Seven Vertically Challenged Friends. The ‘PC Brigade’ have caused another storm by rewriting a favourite nursery rhyme. They have changed Baa […]
More comments are being made on this topic, I just wish someone would say what is actually happening, millitary sourses are saying there is a plan, No 10 is saying no there’s not…. make your mind up guys, one of you has to be right, time for you to bang your heads together and come […]
Details from SKY NEWS The British hostage Norman Kember has appeared in a silent video released by his kidnappers. The video was made on February 28 – the deadline given by the kidnappers for western governments to meet their demands. The broadcast showed three Christian Peacemaker activists – it is not known where the fourth […]
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More possible jobs cuts look likely: BY ALEJANDRO BODIPO-MEMBA FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER The specter of a new Ma Bell-styled telephone monopoly could put Michigan jobs at risk now that AT&T Inc. has announced it will cut as many as 10,000 positions across the country if it buys BellSouth Corp. The proposed $67-billion deal that […]
Theres an interesyting debate opened up here in the UK (see report from Yahoo News below). It is over guidelines and proposed changes to the law regarding rape. The guidelines say that a man must get consent from a woman prior to having sex. This is due to the increase in cases where women have […]