I AT THE END OF MY GRIEVING

It's been tough, the grieving, but I have come to the end of the process with the conclusion that "it will not happen in my lifetime".

First there was denial, it just is not happening.  I was young, real young.

Next came anger, it's not fair, it is just not fair, stop, stop, stop.

Along came bargaining, I will support your cause, please support mine.

Depression hit in a wave, down, down, down. CRASH! BOTTOM!

And now, acceptance.

When Don Imus was castrated for referring to girls on a college basketball team as "nappy headed hoes", I was encouraged.  People came out and insisted he be fired.  Respect was demanded from him.
Now I realize that they were not upset about the "whores" comment, it was the "nappy headed" comment.

If Alex Castellano, of CNN, had called Barack Obama a nigger, the streets would have filled with protesters and Mr Castellano would have been fired.  When Castellano called Hillary Clinton a "bitch"on cable network, CNN,, he was not fired, he did not have to apologize, he is still on CNN. 

When Cafferty, again of CNN, read the most vile emails regarding Hillary Clinton, he just laughed and Blitzer just laughed.  They would not read ANYTHING BAD about Obama.

If Randy Roads (not correct spelling I know) called Michelle Obama a whore, we all would laugh.  Just don't call her "nappy headed". 

Double standard? You bet your sweet ass there is.



Yes, we have made great strides.

In 1964 my sister separated from her abusive husband.  He was not happy.  He broke into our home when he knew all were gone except my sister.  He held a 22 rifle to their baby's head and raped my sister.  After he left my sister called the police.  He was not arrested, in those days husbands could not be prosecuted for rape, after all, it was a wifely duty.  Today, he would be arrested, so progress? yes.  Enough? Hell fire NO!

But I have come, kicking and screaming, crying and fighting to the conclustion, women will NEVER get the respect they so rightfully deserve in my lifetime.

Women have no one to blame but themselves.  They have not only allowed the abuse to continue, but they have been the abusers as well.  The National Organization of Women is not fighting for the rights of women, they only fight for abortion, not choice.  They have become a wing of the Democratic Party.  Where have all the feminists gone?

Yes, the Lilly Ledbetter bill was passed and signed by President Obama, but did women protest the company that jipped Lilly out of her equal pay?  Did women boycott Firestone to teach them a lesson?  Where was NOW? Where have all the feminists gone?



But will women get respect or equal pay?


Not in my lifetime.

So here I am "STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU".

Buy Me a Senate Seat, Uncle Teddy

So Caroline Kennedy wants to be the Senator for New York.  Uncle Teddy will buy it for her I am quite sure and democracy lives on.

Ms Kennedy wants to be appointed to office, she has stated that she would not run for office like ordinary people, let's face it, she is "royalty", right?  She has a birth right to be appointed, right?  We appoint leaders,right?  Does that really sound like a democracy?

If you think selling a senate seat only happens in Chicago, think again.  Call Governor Patterson and ask what he is getting in return for anointing Ms Kennedy to that seat.  Or wait until he runs for office and check out who gives him money for his campaign.

So here I am "STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU".

Politics and Religion

Some people who worked to get Barack Obama elected are now upset with him about Rick Warren.  Why?  Apparently Mr. Warren equates gays marrying with pedophilia or animal marriage.

Mr. Obama wants Mr. Warren to give the the opening prayer at his swearing in ceremony.  Mr. Obama's answer to the objections are that we can disagree but not be disagreeable. 

Would Mr. Obama and his ardent supporters still the same if Mr. Warren spoke out against inter-racial marriage?

Would it surprise some of you to know that a short time ago, inter-racial marriage was illegal? Some thought that inter-racial marriage would equate to animal marrying.



I have no objection to inter-racial or gay marriage.


So here I am "STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU".