is hell freezing over?

i'm on bill o'reilly's side here. glenn beck is rather frightening. oh, i wouldn't be frightened of him one on one. what i mean is, i'm afraid because he has a tv show and people actually WATCH AND LISTEN to him. how effed up is that? just listen to him here (yes, he really is saying if one is conservative, one is pushed so much to cover up their thoughts, they get driven over the edge and turn into mass murderers. yes, he really is. like i said, LISTEN:)

Beck: People ‘Pushed To The Wall’ By ‘Political Correctness’ May Turn Into Psycho Killers

On Tuesday, an Alabama man named Michael McLendon killed 10 people in a shooting spree before committing suicide in what has been called “the worst rampage in Alabama’s history.” Police are continuing to interview people who knew McLendon and his victims, but said today that “there’s probably never going to be a motive” found.

During a conversation with Bill O’Reilly on Fox News today, Glenn Beck offered up his own theory about McLendon. “First of all, this guy’s a psycho,” said Beck. Beck added that listening to the description of him, he was reminded of “the American people that feel disenfranchised right now” and “that feel like nobody’s hearing their voice.”

He then questioned whether these people who feel silenced by “political correctness” are likely to “turn into that guy” when “pushed to the wall”:

BECK: Yada yada yada. And every time they do speak out, they’re shut down by political correctness. How do you not have those people turn into that guy?

O’REILLY: Well, look, nobody, even if they’re frustrated, is going to hurt another human being unless they’re mentally ill. I think.

BECK: I think pushed to the wall, you don’t think people get pushed to the wall?

O’REILLY: Nah, I don’t believe in this snap thing. I think that that kind of violence is inside you and it’s a personality disorder.......................

this is NEVER gonna find it's way to

sesame street! (it's HILARIUS though)

wow and holy shite

(ht: dark roasted blend)

hackensack

John Coltrane - Stan Getz - Oscar Peterson / Hackensack
by Delta_Mike

(ht: bifurcated rivets)

keith, the statements were NOT 'almost'

insane. they WERE insane (period)
good thing i wasn't watching ari in person. i would have had to take my shoes off and TOSS THEM AT HIM

Olbermann: 'Absurd' Bush defender 'had to be stoned'
David Edwards and Rachel Oswald
Former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer’s Wednesday attempts to spin the Bush presidency on Iraq and the economy were met with nothing but derision and disdain by MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann who said Fleischer must have been ‘stoned’ to make such statements.

Appearing on Hardball with Chris Matthews earlier in the day, Fleischer defended former President Bush’s legacy, saying “I think Barack Obama should say ‘thank you’ every day that he inherited a world without Saddam Hussein in it.”

He added that as a result of the Bush tax cuts, the country got “55 straight months of job creation.”

Fleischer also attempted to propagate the now widely discredited neoconservative theory that Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden were allies and that Hussein had a hand in 9/11 by saying, “After Sept. 11, how could we take a chance that Saddam might not strike again.”

To all of these statements, Olbermann on his Wednesday night program Countdown responded with “Fleischer had to be stoned” and that recent attempts by Fleischer and other Bush aides to spin the presidency were “patently absurd” and “almost insane.”
...................

all three parts to the jon stewart

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 1

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things w/ Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 2

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things w/ Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 3

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things w/ Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

i've mentioned this before

i work for a fairly progressive company (in SOME areas). they've always been open to gay, lesbian, trans, etc. for as long as i've worked for them (a few years. i do have a TON of years under my belt but the company i work for bought the OTHER companies i worked for...so i haven't been working directly for them for all my time) they've had benefits for same sex partners. it's a european based company, perhaps that has something to do with it. i don't know. they're also big on being green AND volunteer work. i happen to love my job and the people i work with. i'm pretty lucky.


ANYWAY..................some people aren't so lucky in this way. i DO hope president obama changes that though

Obama Is on the Spot as Rulings Aid Gay Partners
By ROBERT PEAR
WASHINGTON — Just seven weeks into office, President Obama is being forced to confront one of the most sensitive social and political issues of the day: whether the government must provide health insurance benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.

In separate, strongly worded orders, two judges of the federal appeals court in California said that employees of their court were entitled to health benefits for their same-sex partners under the program that insures millions of federal workers.

But the federal Office of Personnel Management has instructed insurers not to provide the benefits ordered by the judges, citing a 1996 law, the Defense of Marriage Act. .....

you rock grrrl!

never thought about it this way

but larisa sure does have one hell of a good point here. think about it. she HAS to be right here (not that they're not terrorists. i'm not saying that)

We are being spoon-fed stupid again...

Can someone explain to me how 5 suspected members of Al Qaeda (although there is no question regarding KSM) suddenly got their own PR machine from inside Gitmo and at the hands of a military judge, not to mention getting a world stage through which to frighten Americans some more? And the media? Well, they are too well versed is stupid to ask any sensible questions:

"Five Guantanamo prisoners accused in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the U.S. staunchly defended their actions, calling the operation "blessed" and "great" and the accusations against them "badges of honor."

"You are the last nation that has the right to speak about civilians and killing civilians," the five said in a response this month to the U.S. government's war crimes charges...........................

..................

Okay, now someone explain the following to me:

1. How did 5 alleged Al Qaeda members come together to form this statement, given that they are being held each in isolation at Gitmo? Are they allowed to meet and discuss various topics, including their alleged joy at bombing the United States? Somehow I don't think so. We know that some of their own attorneys were not even aware of this filing or what it said. So was this done telepathically?..........

i never thought i'd have anything nice to say about

a frat. but i DO NOW! thanks alpha delta phi.



(ht: americablog)

you must read this

posted at george washington's blog

(please do read the WHOLE posting by clicking on the link below). i can't say any more. i'm spewing fire from my ears (because we let this go on for so long AND because he's, well ALL of them, are NOT being held accountable)

You Don't Know Dick

In February 2006, I chronicled some of then vice president Cheney's little-known shenanigans.

Given Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh's new revelation that the military ran an "Executive Assassination Ring" throughout the Bush years which reported directly to Cheney, I have reposted below - as context - my 2006 essay, called "All Roads Lead to Dick Cheney".

Most people know that Vice President Dick Cheney is former CEO of Halliburton, which makes billions of dollars a year from oil and primarily defense-related construction contracts (and that war and chaos increase Halliburton's profits, which in turn increase the value of Cheney's stock options). Most people also know that Cheney was secretary of Defense under George H. W. Bush.

Many people know that Cheney was a congressman from Wyoming. Some even know that he was one of the founders of the Project for a New American Century...................

dora the explorer in the hizzouse!

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Basic Cable Personality Clash Skirmish '09

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things With Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Economic Crisis

i don't know. sometimes these days i just feel GIDDY!

(thanks mr president)

listen and learn

congratulations cat (and family)!!!

since iron chef is one of my favorite food network shows: (and since i don't think the world is going to come to a steamin' halt if 'the gays' have children........... LOVE makes a family )

Lesbian Iron Chef Cat Cora Announces First Pregnancy

The first and only female Iron Chef on Food Network’s hit show,
Iron Chef America, Chef Cat Cora (www.catcoracooks.com) today announced she is 4-1/2 months pregnant with a boy.

For the 41 year old Cora, this is her first pregnancy and the fourth child for the Cora family.

Cat and her partner, Jennifer, have two sons plus Jennifer will deliver their third child, also a boy, in April.

“Jennifer and I are thrilled to go through the wonderful experience of pregnancy together. We started the in-vitro process 5 years ago,” said Cat who is due in July. “This has been a miracle for us and we’ll now have 4 beautiful children.”

Together for nearly ten years, the Cora’s share a unique family story in which both women have carried the other’s biological child..........

wow frank schaeffer sees the light!

he GETS it. and truer words could NOT be spoken. the real terrorists and threats to our country are the zealous right. when king george was our reigning king, i NEVER prayed for america to fail. i never wanted harm to come to him or our country. these cheezeballs DO want our country to fail and the rapture to come (where all jews will be destroyed might i add)

Open Letter to the Republican Traitors (From a Former Republican)

Frank Schaeffer

New York Times best-selling author

Dear Republican Leaders: The Republican Party has become the party dedicated to sabotaging the American future. Check out the sermon I just delivered about the Republican Party on CNN when being interviewed by D.L. Hughley -- and/or read on.

You Republicans are the arsonists who burned down our national home. You combined the failed ideologies of the Religious Right, so-called free market deregulation and the Neoconservative love of war to light a fire that has consumed America. Now you have the nerve to criticize the "architect" America just hired -- President Obama -- to rebuild from the ashes. You do nothing constructive, just try to hinder the one person willing and able to fix the mess you created..........

just so we know iraq still exists

and what we did not only to the iraqis but our OWN MEN AND WOMEN, i wanted to post this. remember too, their health care down the road is the responsibility of all of us as well (and no, i'm not complaining about that part. we OWE these heroes. but we also owe them not to knowingly put them in cancer causing conditions)

Pentagon knowingly exposed troops to cancer-causing chemicals, document shows
John Byrne

A newly leaked military document appears to show the Pentagon knowingly exposed US troops to toxic chemicals that cause cancer, while publicly downplaying the risks exposure might cause.

The document, written by an environmental engineering flight commander in December of 2006 and posted on Wikileaks (PDF) on Tuesday, details the risks posed to US troops in Iraq by burning garbage at a US airbase. It enumerates myriad risks posed by the practice and identifies various carcinogens released by incinerating waste in open-air pits.

Because of the difficulties in testing samples, investigators could not prove that chemicals exceeded military exposure guidelines. But a military document released last December found that chemicals routinely exceeded safe levels by twice to six times...........

i think this is real

i DO know it's the chuckmeister's birthday today! happy birthday chuckie! you and i are both a pisces. what got YOU all f**ked up and me so right? huh chucky?

is this where i FINALLY get to tell 'the other side', america-LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT (but i won't because i'm better than they are)

What the Huck? Chuck Norris' roundhouse kick to the gut of American democracy
-will bunch

That was fast. It was just one year ago that right-wing martial arts guru Chuck Norris was a sought-after "get" for the GOP presidential candidates like Mike Huckabee, who paraded the star of "Walker, Texas Ranger" around the nation after the anti-abortion actor endorsed him in the primaries.

But now it's 2009, Barack Obama is in the White House, and the inventor of chun kuk do is preaching the martial art of insurrection against the U.S. government. He also wants to run for -- and no, I'm not making this up -- "the president of Texas.":

The call by some right wing leaders for rebellion and for the military to refuse the commander in chief’s orders is joined by Chuck Norris who claims that thousands of right wing cell groups have organized and are ready for a second American Revolution. During an appearance on the Glen Beck radio show he promised that if things get any worse from his point of view he may “run for president of Texas.” The martial artist/actor/activist claims that Texas was never formally a part of the United States in the first place and that if rebellion is to come through secession Texas would lead the way.

Norris really comes close to crossing a line with this:

Norris claims that; “Thousands of cell groups will be united around the country in solidarity over the concerns for our nation.” The right wing cells will meet during a live telecast, "We Surround Them," on Friday March 13 at 5 p.m.

......................

cool history find of the day

this is pretty darn cool and they found it (the engraving) TODAY!!!

Hidden Message Found in Lincoln Pocket Watch
By Neely Tucker
Washington Post Staff Writer

For nearly 150 years, Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch has been rumored to carry a secret message, supposedly written by an Irish immigrant and watchmaker named Jonathan Dillon. Dillon, working in a D.C. watch repair shop in 1861, told family members that he -- by incredible happenstance -- had been repairing Lincoln's watch when news came that Fort Sumter had been attacked in South Carolina. It was the opening salvo of what became the Civil War. Dillon told his children (and, half a century later, a reporter for the New York Times) that he opened the watch's inner workings and scrawled his name, the date and a message for the ages: "The first gun is fired. Slavery is dead. Thank God we have a President who at least will try." He then closed it up and sent it back to the White House. Lincoln never knew of the message. Dillon died in 1907. ......



pic:
Abraham Lincoln's English gold watch. (Richard Strauss - Museum of American History)

check this out

and there are plenty of the illustrations in this article for you to peruse!


Why Did The New York Times Kill This Image of Henry Kissinger? (Not for His Naked Butt Cheeks!)
By Steve Brown, AlterNet.
The Kissinger image below (by David Levine) is one of 320 illustrations – by 142 of the world's most acclaimed contemporary artists – that The New York Times itself originally commissioned for its Op-Ed Pages, but then got cold feet about running, and eventually paid more than $1 million in “kill fees” to hide from public view (sometimes for as long as 38 years).

What didn't the Times want you to see?

Can you imagine illustrations so "blasphemous," so "politically embarrassing," so sexually "over the line" that The New York Times gladly paid a fortune just to protect your delicate eyes from being exposed to them?

You’ll find hundreds of such allegedly “not-fit-to-print” illustrations – together with the bizarre and often ludicrous reasons for suppressing them – in a sly and deliciously funny new book called All The Art That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t), by Jerelle Kraus, former Art Editor of the Times Op-Ed and Editorial Pages, who reluctantly quit her "dream job" at the Times after 13 years in order to publish it......

meghan mccain speaks

and she really does have something interesting to say

My Beef With Ann Coulter
by Meghan McCain
As the pundit begins a series of national debates this week, Meghan McCain says that having her as the face of the Republican Party is a recipe for disaster.

It is no secret that being a Republican isn’t the most hip political stance a person can take right now. President Obama has successfully established himself as the hippest politician around. You know you’re big when Katy Perry wears a dress with your face on it to host the MTV Europe Music Awards. To my fellow Republicans: I’m sorry, I wish I could be more positive about the current “hipness” of our party. But being a Republican is about as edgy as Donny Osmond. Granted, being “hip” is not a reason to join a political party, or a reason to agree with its ideals. But it is a way to get the attention of a generation—or, more specifically, my generation.............

............To make matters worse, certain individuals continue to perpetuate negative stereotypes about Republicans. Especially Republican women. Who do I feel is the biggest culprit? Ann Coulter. I straight up don’t understand this woman or her popularity. I find her offensive, radical, insulting, and confusing all at the same time. But no matter how much you or I disagree with her, the cult that follows Coulter cannot be denied..............

i've always said

i'm more afraid of the terror(ists) from within than without. there ARE terrorists here. born of america. why wasn't this man on someone's radar (before it was too late)? how can one by uranium over the internet from an AMERICAN company (depleted or not)?


Report: Slain US Nazi hated Obama, had parts for 'dirty bomb'
Stephen C. Webster
Claim: Depleted uranium purchased over the Internet from an American company
Trust fund millionaire James G. Cummings, an American Nazi sympathizer from Maine who was slain by his wife Amber in December, allegedly had the radioactive components necessary to construct a "dirty bomb," a newly released threat analysis report states.

The man, allegedly furious over the election of President Obama, purchased depleted uranium over the Internet from an American company.

"According to an FBI field intelligence report from the Washington Regional Threat and Analysis Center posted online by WikiLeaks, an organization that posts leaked documents, an investigation into the case revealed that radioactive materials were removed from Cummings’ home after his shooting death on Dec. 9," reported the Bangor Daily News.

"Amber (Cummings) indicated James was very upset with Barack Obama being elected President," reported the Washington Regional Threat and Analysis Center (PDF link). "She indicated James had been in contact with 'white supremacist group(s).' Amber also indicated James mixed chemicals in the kitchen sink at their residence and had mentioned 'dirty bombs.'"..............

(my previous posting on this)

dum de dume de dum de dum.....de de de

let's just see what our GOOD friends in saudi arabia are doing these days. why they're FUCKING sentencing a 75 YEAR OLD WOMAN TO RECEIVE 40 LASHES FOR 'MINGLING'. 75 years old mind you. she asked her (dead) husband's nephew to bring her some bread.

fuck them with a giant spoon (if i wasn't so delicate and genteel i would have said, with a giant dildo)

(jean val jean with a burnoose)

i don't care HOW much oil they have. i spit on them (all who think this is a fair and just sentence. )

Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to lashes
A 75-year-old widow in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 40 lashes and four months in jail for mingling with two young men who are not close relatives, drawing new criticism for the kingdom's ultraconservative religious police and judiciary.

By MAGGIE MICHAEL

Associated Press Writer
CAIRO —

A 75-year-old widow in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 40 lashes and four months in jail for mingling with two young men who are not close relatives, drawing new criticism for the kingdom's ultraconservative religious police and judiciary.

The woman's lawyer told The Associated Press on Monday that he would appeal the verdict against Khamisa Sawadi, who is Syrian but was married to a Saudi. The attorney, Abdel Rahman al-Lahem, said the verdict issued March 3 also demands that Sawadi be deported after serving her sentence.

He said his client, who is not serving her sentence yet, was not speaking with the media, and he declined to provide more details about the case. The newspaper Al-Watan said the woman met with the two 24-year-old men last April after she asked them to bring her five loaves of bread at her home in al-Chamil, a city north of the capital, Riyadh.

Al-Watan identified one man as Fahd al-Anzi, the nephew of Sawadi's late husband, and the other as his friend and business partner Hadiyan bin Zein. It said they were arrested by the religious police after delivering the bread. The men also were convicted and sentenced to lashes and prison..........

crushing pennies

is an independent film written and directed by (LOCAL) ryan casey. i think it's IMPORTANT to support local artists!

here's the facebook page for crushing pennies. why not become a fan?

it's finally available!

Sita Sings the Blues is finally free!
Posted by Cory Doctorow

After years of wrangling, Nina Paley's acclaimed, brilliant short film, Sita Sings the Blues is finally available as a free, open-licensed downloads. Paley spent a shocking amount of time and money fighting over the copyrights to the 1920s jazz music that is integral to the film (some have likened it to Betty Boop in Bollywood, which is catchy, but fails to capture the fantasticness of the film), Paley's finally secured a license that allows her to distribute the whole movie, for free, forever, under a remix-friendly license. .......

wonder if he was

dying to use the "n" word too

(not a fan of hunting of course, but this is an important story. there are people out there who are afraid. afraid of what i don't know. the color of a person's skin? their life partner? their religion? their ethnicity? are they afraid because they are gullible and believe what evilmongers like jabba the flush say? )

Liberals told to leave
An instructor for a hunter safety course orders Obama voters to get out of his class.

By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer

Thirteen-year-old Lane Dunkley just wanted to go hunting with his grandfather.

What he got was a lecture on politics.

Dunkley and his father, Daniel Reddy, who live in Tulsa, went to Broken Arrow on Tuesday night for a hunter safety course normally required to get an Oklahoma hunting license.

The class was a reward of sorts. Dunkley, who wants to go hunting with his grandfather, was told he could take the class only if he brought up his grades.

So he did — to a B-plus average.

But when father and son arrived at the lesson, the volunteer instructor, Kell Wolf, asked if any of the students voted for President Barack Obama.

Reddy, a transplanted Californian — and former Marine — raised his hand.

According to Reddy and others in the room, Wolf called Obama "the next thing to the Antichrist" and ordered Reddy and Dunkley from the room. When Reddy refused, Wolf said he would not teach "liberals" and would cancel the course if Reddy didn't leave.

So Reddy and Dunkley left, as did a few others........

(ht: americablog)

this is interesting

a bunch of people are blaming the democrats for our financial crisis right now. how silly is that? president obama has only been in office a month and a half for goddesses sake. no it's not the democrats (ALONE) and i'm not a fool, i know it's not just the republicans who caused this either. it's a COMBO of all greedy power hungry people. they're on BOTH or let's say ALL sides. we saw it coming, we did nothing to stop it until it was too late

How the Rules Were Rigged

By Josh Marshall

I'm sure the knowledgeable people already know this. But it turns out that one of the features of the 2005 Bankruptcy bill was to put derivative counter parties at the front of the line ahead of other creditors in bankruptcy proceedings. Actually, from what I can tell, they don't just go to the head of the line. They got to skip the line entirely. As the Financial Times noted last fall, "the 2005 changes made clear that certain derivatives and financial transactions were exempt from provisions in the bankruptcy code that freeze a failed company's assets until a court decides how to apportion them among creditors." As the article notes, ironically, this provision which Wall Street pushed for and got to protect investment banks actually ended up hastening the collapse of Lehman and Bear Stearns last year..........

this decision,

i like a GREAT DEAL.

it's very nice to have a president who believes the world is older than 6,000 years. who won't order scientists to lie about global warming who understands the needs and issues of women AND who wants to cure diseases and ills


Obama Aims to Shield Science From Politics
Memo to Accompany Stem Cell Action
By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
When President Obama lifts restrictions on funding for human embryonic stem cell research today, he will also issue a presidential memorandum aimed at insulating scientific decisions across the federal government from political influence, officials said yesterday.

"The president believes that it's particularly important to sign this memorandum so that we can put science and technology back at the heart of pursuing a broad range of national goals," Melody C. Barnes, director of Obama's Domestic Policy Council, told reporters during a telephone briefing yesterday. .........

is it april fool's day?

nope. and i think this is REAL

ok, here's the deal. customer service is VERY important to me. i also understand we all have an off day now and again. however, if someone is in a job where they deal with the public and they CONSISTENTLY ARE RUDE OR DON'T KNOW HOW TO INTERACT WITH CUSTOMERS, FIRE THEIR ASSES! how many people are waiting in line for a job? i'm sure of those, MOST know what manners are


Pa. Liquor Board Tries to Improve Workers' Manners
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania liquor store clerks need to be more bubbly when they're selling Champagne.

The state's Liquor Control Board is spending more than $173,000 to try to make workers friendlier and more well-mannered at the nearly 650 stores it operates. The board says it wants to make sure clerks are saying ''hello,'' ''thank you'' and ''come again'' to customers shopping for wine and spirits.

It has hired Pittsburgh-based consulting firm Solutions 21 to help coach store managers so they can instruct their clerks on issues such as how to greet customers and where to stand. Training begins this month......

this is how we bring

democracy (and freedom and liberty) to iraq AND IT'S WOMEN

Iraqi women 'lack basic services'
Women in Iraq still lack security and basic services, despite an overall drop in violence six years after the US-led invasion, aid agency Oxfam says.

Reporting on a survey of about 1,700 women in five provinces taken last year, Oxfam described their plight as a "silent emergency".

It suggested more than half the women had suffered from violence.

A quarter did not have daily access to water supplies, and more than three-quarters were not getting pensions.

Last month, Iraq's minister for women resigned, saying the government was not taking the plight of women seriously.

Oxfam said: "Iraqi women are suffering a silent emergency', trapped in a downward spiral of poverty, desperation and personal insecurity despite an overall decrease in violence in the country."

The survey, released to mark International Women's Day, suggested that more than 20% of widows had been victims of domestic violence. ...........

i couldn't get through the whole article

it was far too hard for me to stomach. yes, i'm that sensitive. but if you can handle stories where it's a woman's fault she gets beaten BECAUSE SHE HASN'T SUBMITTED ENOUGH TO HER HUSBAND, well then this is for you!

if you can handle stories about people who believe women are no more than baby making, cooking, cleaning and fuck toys, well then this article is for you (there is NO such thing as saying NO to your husband!)

(the article IS written from a point of view similar to mine. i still couldn't finish it though. it really WAS making me rage)

The Purpose-Driven Wife
Teaching women to submit to their husbands, for the love of Christ.
—By Kathryn Joyce
i first encounter "teacher and exhorter" Martha Peace at a Sunday-school hall on the campus of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro, an 8,000-person megachurch in this verdant Atlanta suburb. Spacious enough to host its own congregation, the hall is flanked by ebroidered banners bearing shields, birds, and crowns. The evening's emcee, Leanne, a peppy blonde with frosty blue eye shadow, says they represent the virtues of the nearly 120 women who came to see Peace speak as part of the church's "Women of Purpose" series. As daughters of the king of kings, Leanne explains, all Christian women wear crowns. But with that honor comes a mandate to apply their faith at home.

Peace is here to help. Over the past two decades, the 62-year-old Georgia native and former nurse has written five books on biblical womanhood, conservative Christianity's answer to the women's movement. Among them are The Excellent Wife, now a classic in this burgeoning niche, and Damsels in Distress, a set of biblical solutions to female problems ranging from pms to depression to "feminist tendencies." ............

............

good spousekeeping

Martha Peace on how to be the wife God intended

• On feminism: "Instead of dwelling on what I think I deserve, I should be thinking that I am to serve the Lord graciously, however He chooses."
• On widowhood: "Younger widows are to remarry rather than have idle time to gossip."
• On extramarital friendships: "Turn from wrong thinking about the other person to right thinking about God and your responsibility to honor and worship Him."
• On pms: "Lord, forgive me for maligning You. Instead, use me for your glory however you choose. If the pms symptoms have to continue, they'll just have to continue."
• On vanity: "Beauty is one of the ways the adulteress draws her prey...[but] it is all right to have some external adornment, because stripping oneself of all makeup and wearing only plain, drab clothing does not make a woman more pleasing to God.".....................

'are you guys the anti-christ authority'?

you bet they are! rachel maddow is way more kind than i ever could be. man do i love that woman

these men and people like them are scary. they're scary because people believe the shite and evil and filth they spew

she's baaaaaaaaaaaack (well she never went away)

i really don't get this. when that f**kwad king george took away our freedoms and our libertys this piece o' steamin' shite didn't say a word. now that a democrat (and i don't consider him as being too 'liberal' at all. he's made some mighty mighty conservative choices since being our president. sure, he's made some non conservative ones too. there's a mix going on. it's all fine by me SO LONG AS KING GEORGE'S REIGN IS OVER) is in office the country is going to hell in a handbasket (well it is but due to a BUNCH of things, democrats in power is NOT one of them. ) because we're on the road to socialism? no babe, we're NOT on the road to socialism. we're actually getting some of our freedoms back you stupid bio-tch you

this is something we ALL need

and dark roasted blend has put it in one place

(note: this guide is WICKED COMPREHENSIVE). this is an ABSOLUTE MUST for anyone interested in this genre. a MUST i tell you

here's a tiny bit of the description of it from the site itself:

...........Some notes about the structure and contents of this Guide:

We tried to include the full spectrum of genre writers: science fiction, fantasy, horror, young adult, paranormal romance (only highlights) and even slipstream "magic realism" authors. We arbitrarily drew the line at 1990, and only include writers who were active in the field and writing since that year (if a particular author stopped writing after 1990, he or she is not included, but can be checked out in our general Writer's Directory at DRB SF Site).

All pen names are listed inside the "Notes" field; for a complete list of SF&F pen names we refer you to this page..............

The Ultimate Guide to Modern Writers
of Science Fiction and Fantasy

(the guide itself is a link inside the link above. get to clickin'. YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY)