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New York Times - “The youth,” as foot soldiers of Zimbabwe’s ruling party are often called, broke the legs of an 11-month-old baby when they were looking for his father, an opposition organizer.
Mandela speaks on Mugabe failure - BBC News
Posted by FA Editors at 8:19 PM PDT
When I first heard about the Gloucester, Massachusetts high school girls who made a pact to become pregnant and to raise their children together, I wasn’t surprised by the media reaction to this Time story. Some reporters pulled a knee-jerk response that called for more birth control and sex education. The reaction from other writers is to criticize the previous reactions and to call for more discipline, a stronger sense of responsibility, and no public funds used to support any of the girls. As one article stated bluntly, “They made their ‘choice,’ and they can live with the consequences.”
My initial reaction to the Time story was, “It takes a village.” While a few friends thought my reaction was funny, I didn’t intend it as a joke. In fact, this pact reminded me of my time spent in a little town in Colorado, where I belonged to a group of families that took this philosophy seriously. Kids were dropped off at one family’s house, sometimes for days at a time while their parents went to Denver or off to some remote mountain top. In exchange, the host parents felt free to leave their children with other families to go off for a few days. The kids felt at home in over a dozen residences in that town. And, they knew that love - as well as discipline - was the same across the board. No manipulation allowed!
So, when I read the Time article and the subsequent media fallout, I wondered what prompted these seventeen teens to initiate this pact. Where they trying to build community? Or, was this decision a result of delusional and immature thinking? The teens and their parents decline to be interviewed. Instead, psychologists, school officials and other authority figures feel obligated to express their reasons for the pact. The high school clinic nurse, Kim Daly, stated that, “This is a community that is very much struggling…Some probably see this as something to do…Having a baby gives them an identity.” And, from the same story, Superintendent Christopher Farmer told the Gloucester School Committee that, “This is a community problem.”
But, what is this community like, and what, exactly, is the problem?
Posted by Linda at 3:47 AM PDT
The recent attacks initiated by McCain and the GOP on Obama and his wife represent the exact reason why we want someone different in the highest office of this country. We are sick - literally sick - of the hatred engendered in these political races…energy spent on attacks rather than on issues is the OLD regime. We want logic, sanity, rational thought, intelligence and the ability to be flexible in times of peace and war. McCain has represented the antithesis to all those attributes. Here are two examples of attacks initiated just recently (go ahead and follow the links - this is a free country, last we heard):
The “Unconditional” meeting ploy: At no time did Obama state that he’d meet with hostile leaders under unconditional circumstances. If so, please inform. What we dislike about this ad is that McCain is seeking funds through his blatant attack, a tactic that reminds us of televangelists who prey on emotions - especially fear.
Planned attacks on Michelle Obama: Go ahead, GOP - give it your best shot. Attacking a woman, after all, will endear you to so many people. When Barack comes to her defense, it will just make him appear stronger and the GOP will take on a lovely misogynistic veneer.
Obama has begun a Website that addresses and counters these attacks on his integrity and on his family. This is a brilliant move, as it appears that many people are willing to believe blatantly hateful remarks rather than to demand that both parties address the issues that affect THEIR VOTERS. The more we hear about these attacks, the more we know that the GOP will not address those issues any more than they have over the past eight years.
BTW - Linda believes that many of the so-called “Hillary supporters” who are now backing McCain are - in reality - GOP in sheep’s clothing. How can we believe that they were Hillary supporters previous to this? Any proof?
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