Monthly Archives: May 2011

Pauline’s Daily Tweets

  • Birthers, Racism, Barack Obama and Hank Aaron http://huff.to/ka0J2A #
  • @PurdueBball Congrats!!! #
  • The Ryan Plan for Medicaid – http://nyti.ms/kvEwju #
  • Kind of a lazy day, did my 1st actual blog post in who knows how long, going to do some reading….then maybe some work, not sure yet. =) #
  • The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries – http://nyti.ms/m55fWj #
  • Finally got Bill Clinton's autobiography done….tons of detail…..lol….need to figure out what I'm reading next. #
  • I have work I can be doing, but think I'm going to call my MI sister and check in on her. =) #
  • Dead Men Can't Vote But They Can Recall Democrats In Wisconsin http://bit.ly/mP2K5x #
  • How to Fix Our Flawed Election Coverage – The Atlantic http://t.co/F6t3EHf #
  • Activist African-American Women During the Civil War – http://nyti.ms/lzM9Mv #
  • Lara Logan breaks silence on Cairo assault : http://bit.ly/jtVFRn This is so scary. #
  • In Portland's heart, 2010 Census shows diversity dwindling | OregonLive.com http://t.co/Pb5L8VR =( #
  • POTUS: Our war is not against Islam. Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader – indeed he was a mass murderer of Muslims. #
  • @drewbrees Congrats! That is awesome. #
  • RT @drgrist Turns out sending some badass special ops guys into Pakistan is a more effective way of killing Bin Laden than invading Iraq #
  • Wow….I'm just sp stunned and happy, been crying, feeling so proud of our personnel and POTUS. #
  • Pres. Obama's speech as great! Makes it more powerful, that he wrote it himself. #
  • @jimformanKING5: 9/11 widow on my flight. In tears. Comforted by entire cabin. Life altering event to see. #
  • Times Square. http://t.co/bkvXR8w via @twitpic This is an awesome sight! #
  • Official @nytimes OB : Osama bin Laden Was the Most Wanted Face of Terrorism – http://nyti.ms/iW9IiS #
  • Hubby: Having a drink of Crown Royal Black to all my Brothers and Sisters who have served, still serve and who never came home. #USA #
  • RT @maddow: Finally someone with a snare drum has arrived! Now USA chants are syncopated! #
  • RT @billmaher: Somali pirates, Gaddafi's son, now bin Laden – do NOT fuck with Obama, he's Gangsta!! #
  • RT @AriBerman: Guy standing on lightpost on vecey st waving american flag. People signing America the beautiful (poorly) #
  • Hubby: Can someone tell them idiots to get out of the VERY small trees… Those trees are paid for by the people. #
  • @aterkel Can someone tell them idiots to get out of the VERY small trees… Those trees are paid for by the people. #
  • RT @goshrx: Canadian just slammed Fox/Geraldo live on Fox: "You guys worry abt whr ppl R born, but it's whr they die thats important." #
  • Well, I was planning on doing some emails and support, like normal on a Sunday evening, but got distracted from some reason. =) #
  • But it was an AWESOME distraction!!!!! The bastard is dead. =) #
  • RT @HuffingtonPost: Twitter says more than 4,000 tweets per second were sent during Obama's speech http://huff.to/iIzuh1 #
  • Milbloggers Hold Conference – http://nyti.ms/il7XHq #
  • President’s Vow Fulfilled – http://nyti.ms/jjMi36 #

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Caring About Human Issues

As you may have noticed, I do more tweeting then blogging now.  Much quicker on getting out my thoughts.  Yesterday I tweeted this link : The FBI’s Restrictive Definition Of Rape and stated that this needs to be changed.

I received a comment back asking “have you something to talk about you are pretty hardcore on abuse of woman?” I responded back “Nope, just a feminist and every single of one of my close friends have suffered abuse.”  The more I think about it, the more insulting and sexist their question was.

Why do I need to have “something” to talk about to address the issue about the abuse of women? If they actually read the article, it addresses the fact that rape of men are so, so poorly under reported and not even included.  These are issues that effect MEN and WOMEN, not just women.  It is a cycle that we must always work to break.

But then, their comment really had nothing to do with the article, since they didn’t read it, they really don’t see that comments/links I make are not just about women, they are about SOCIETY as a whole.  Why do so many think that women issues are not HUMAN issues, that it does not effect them?

Why can I not talk about it for the simple fact that I am a human and I care about the human condition and ridding the world of violence?  Why must I have story to give a damn?  I actually have had a very good life, especially compared to my friends.  But just because I had a good life doesn’t mean I shouldn’t care about others.  Doesn’t mean that I don’t want others to have what I had, every one deserves to have a good life.

My question to them should’ve been, why don’t you care about these issues? If more people cared and was aware the issues, the violence will go down as we develop programs to address it.

Education and awareness is always the key to changing things.  Which is why slaves where not allowed to learn how to read, it was illegal, why women weren’t allowed to be educated.  An educated person is someone to be reckoned with, you can not just use them, fool them and abuse them.

They also made this comment “They should report any abuse to the authorities or their brothers .I have 0.0 respect for men who abuse woman.”

Ok….good on the zero respect for the abusers and for people who have no actual experience dealing with DV situations….a common comment. Sexist on the brother comment, why must a female always need to get a family man’s protection?  Goes back to the history that women are nothing but property and chattel (which the GOP loves to treat us as).

But it really shows that they do not have any idea what an abuse victim goes through.  All the complex issues that they face, child care, job safety, having a job, lack of family support, the fact that they are re-victimized by the system and it fails them on a continuous basis.  Whether is from failure to enforcing a protective order, to not giving them, to abusers not giving a fig about a piece of paper, to blaming it on the victim.

After volunteering at a women’s shelter for many years, that simple statement that they made, doesn’t work.

More women, men and children are raped or killed by someone they know, not by the hyped up “strange danger”

How are these issues are just about women, when they effect all of us?  And why don’t you care about them?


Pauline’s Daily Tweets

  • I hate that the day I want to sleep in, I can't get comfortable to stay in bed…..blah. lol #
  • Trump, Birtherism, and Race-Baiting http://t.co/GIMMheg #
  • What America Means When It Asks For Your Papers http://t.co/MmqpPG8 #
  • Got my other blog working with my tweets, when it updated, it did 25days in one post…icks…just got done breaking it down. #
  • I guess I should start on contractor payroll prep…no stress, doesn't need to be done until the Mon since the 1st is a Sunday. #
  • Just took my 268th mugshot! http://www.dailymugshot.com/PACBPurdue96 #
  • Mayors To Washington: 'We Need Money' http://huff.to/lXNjrj #
  • The FBI's Restrictive Definition Of Rape http://huff.to/lvGohb This needs to be changed. #
  • A 'Radical' Plan To Cut Military Spending | http://t.co/GpozHfs #
  • An Artist Imagines The White House As It Once Was | http://t.co/NPae4R0 Kind of cool =) #
  • At DC's 'nerdprom,' Obama hurls barbs at possible GOP rivals – Sara Libby – POLITI.. http://politi.co/jNyVTz This was funny. #
  • I remembered it after the President already started. =( Waiting for the clips to get posted #
  • You have got to see the beginning to Obama's part….LOL #
  • Love this Garfield strip on @GoComics http://bit.ly/mP0szb ROFL #

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