Posted in abuse, anger, attitude, Business, commitment, communication, compassion, crime, culture, death, divorce, domestic violence, Education, emotions, family, Fear, friendship, Honor, husband, Impact, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loss, love, marriage, media, mom, MONEY, mother, murder, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, protect, relationships, television, trauma, values, violence, tagged anti-Islamic, behaviors, beheaded, believe, bridges, community, culture, daughter, death, die, dishonor, divorce, domestic violence, family, friends, headlines, Honor, human rights, husband, judge, killed, killings, law, leaders, legally, neice, New York, news, owner, protect, sister, support, sympathy, television station, United States, violence, wife on February 19, 2009|
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Honor killings are used as a way to control behaviors typically in male dominated societies, often in the middle east. Usually, we hear about a daughter, a neice, a sister, mother, or a wife who has been murdered for violating a traditional role in their interaction with other males outside of their family. Unfortunately, this week honor killings are making news headlines because of a New York television owner’s death. It is being alleged that Aasiya Hassan was killed by her husband Muzzammil under the heading of an honor killing because of her desire for a divorce after some domestic violence issues, allegedly between husband and wife.
The Hassan’s started their television station in 2004; they did so because they wanted to combat any form of anti -Islamic sentiments that have been building since 911. They called their station Bridges TV. (more…)
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Posted in anger, Business, communication, confidence, culture, disaster, economy, emotions, failure, Fear, finances, Frustration, future, goals, government, home, Impact, Labor, leadership, life, loss, making money, MONEY, news, observations, opinion, politics, power, tagged bailouts, bankruptsy, banks, borrowing, Business, businesses, catastrophe, confidence, debt, Dow Jones, failure, Fear, financial, financial mess, future, generational theft, generations, government, homes, Impact, John McCain, leaders, leadership, lending, loaning, loans, mirrors, MONEY, Paul, personal lives, Peter, positive, President Obama, Presidential, Recession, stealing, taxpayers, treasurer on February 11, 2009|
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Ok, I dont understand this whole financial mess…I admit that. I am no financial genius. However, I do know that if you keep spending money that you dont have…you go deeper in debt. How in the heck is the government going to get money from people who dont have it to give? From taxpayers….correction…from taxpayers who have JOBS. What about all of those people who dont have JOBS or will soon be loosing their JOBS? The American family is in crisis. Many dont have jobs or they have to have more than one part time job to make ends meet. Some don’t even have homes because they have lost them to foreclosures. Some of their family members dont have jobs or can’t make enough to pay their bills. But when you are barely making it…you can’t help anyone else out in a meaningful way either. The Government financial recovery plan (mess) is mirroring our personal lives…they just dont know it yet! Still, some of the leaders are using fear to try to get people to put their stamp of approval on their plan of action; they are saying that this might not be the right answer…but we have to do something or else!
Obama’s treasury chief has announced that this country needs 2 trillion dollars to save the banks. This is on top of the bailouts that have so far shown little return on the investment for the average American citizen. Where is this whole thing going to end? Why not give the money to the citizens and let them dig themselves out of their own very deep holes first? That in turn might just have the added benefit of allowing them to pay off their loans and homes to those banks and businesses that made the bad loans in the first dang place!
We are being told that all of this lending and loaning may or may not work….that they might make mistakes. But that doing nothing would be a catastrophe. How do we know that? Maybe those businesses and banks should go under. After all….once this money is loaned to these businesses and banks…they are going to expect tax payers to go into debt once again with these banks and businesses to circulate the money. Who in their right mind is going to create an even bigger debt load on themselves with such uncertainty hanging over this country’s head?
After President Obama’s treasurer spoke the Dow Jones dropped 3.5%. This is traumatic news to everyone. Confidence is more than shaken….it has suffered severe trauma. We may never recover from this extreme mess as a nation. This isn’t some meaningless recession. We are bleeding money and we dont have the confidence in our leaders, our banks, our businesses to recover from it.
Former Presidential candidate, Senator John McCain calls this plan “generational theft”. He says we are stealing from future generations their hard earned dollars and laying on them debt of incredible proportions. He is right. Where will it end?
The Government thinks it is going to help everyone out by creating JOBS and bailing out banks and certain industry giants. Helloooooooooooo…is anybody home out there? How in the world are they going to do this? By hitting the taxpayers out even more than they have already. So far, no one has had a solution that has made a positive enough impact to change the direction of this massive financial failure! What makes them think that throwing more money into the mix is going to make things better? Can a government file bankruptsy…cause that is what it feels like is happening here…what is the old saying….borrowing from Peter to pay Paul?
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Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, Amazing, Beauty, Blogging, Celebration, celebrity, children, communication, culture, ecology, economy, Education, emotions, Faith, family, future, health, history, husband, Impact, life, news, opinion, Patriotism, tagged accomplishments, advocate for special needs, America, communicator, DC, democrats, direct, government spending, grass roots, leaders, Patriotism, politics, polls, Republican, Sarah Palin, speach, special needs, strength, televised, Vice President, Washington on September 4, 2008|
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Tonight, a totally moving and strong speach was given by Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for the Vice President of the United States. This woman i believe could very much be good for our country. She has given a message that the people of the United States have wanted to hear from their leaders…whether they be Republican or Democrats.
She is down home, grass roots…and very direct. She exhibits qualities that hit home with real people…who work hard for their money and struggle to keep it for their families. She believes in cutting down on government control. She encourages improving the living conditions for special needs children and their families. She promises that when elected…those families will have a friend in the highest offices of the land. She has a sense of humor and she knows how to use it. She asked what the difference was between soccer moms and a pit bull…she said soccer moms wear lipstick…she classifys herself as a soccer mom!
She illustrates the difficulties that the American middle class families face with job cuts and taxes that burden families; she declares that she and McCain will cut excess government spending. She has proudly underscored the strength of the hard working people in the country who do not live as the elite in Washinton DC.
It is powerful to see this speach take place. It will be interesting to see what happens in the polls now. Whether in the Vice President position or not…this woman is going to make a huge impact on America. She is proud of her son in the United States military, her daughters and her husband, as well as her son with Down’s Syndrome. I applaud her support of those with special needs. See related website on special needs: http://www.growingupspecial.com/
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