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Is Chris Matthews a right wing crazy?
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It's great to see a more balance view. This board gets spammed a lot with anti-Obama bullsh*t about things that are nothing but speculation or heresay.
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It's great to see a more balance view. This board gets spammed a lot with anti-Obama bullsh*t about things that are nothing but speculation or heresay.
Is chris matthews a right wing crazy?
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Is chris matthews a right wing crazy?
I don't care for chris matthews. Do you?
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I don't care for chris matthews. Do you?
No, but its not just the typical haters like myself attacking bamas handling of this. Allowing the MB back in is a complete disaster only an islamist could like.
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No, but its not just the typical haters like myself attacking bamas handling of this. Allowing the MB back in is a complete disaster only an islamist could like.
Yawn. You're shtick is getting old. ::)
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Yawn. You're shtick is getting old. ::)
So is your kneepadding.
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Is chris matthews a right wing crazy?
no, but you are.
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no, but you are.
And your point is? I don't deny what I am or make excuses for i. You are a gimmick who can't keep the same name for more than 5 hours.
And by the way - why don't one of you bamabots please explain to me the great resonse we have had in this? to me, it seems like Dear Obamussolini has a different message every day, not to mention Biden, Hillary, Gibbs running around like chickens without heads themselves on this.
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And your point is? I don't deny what I am or make excuses for i. You are a gimmick who can't keep the same name for more than 5 hours.
And by the way - why don't one of you bamabots please explain to me the great resonse we have had in this? to me, it seems like Dear Obamussolini has a different message every day, not to mention Biden, Hillary, Gibbs running around like chickens without heads themselves on this.
I think Hillary is just trying to keep this shitboat afloat long enough for it not to have a negative impact on her running for Pres in the future. She might be too late for that.
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One can only imagine what she is thinking right now.
She could be making millions doing whatever, instead she has to flak for this incompetent boob she should have defeated in the primares had the MSM not covered up his past and present.
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So is your kneepadding.
bbbbbooooommmmmmm!
I criticize when it is warranted. I don't uphold a troll like attempt to post every single negative thing i can. But thanks for playing don't you have a sh*t ski to ride up the rivers of filth you call home?
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I criticize when it is warranted. I don't uphold a troll like attempt to post every single negative thing i can. But thanks for playing don't you have a sh*t ski to ride up the rivers of filth you call home?
Why so personal?
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Haha embarrasing performance by the conservative commentators
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Oh freakjing please.
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And your point is? I don't deny what I am or make excuses for i. You are a gimmick who can't keep the same name for more than 5 hours.
And by the way - why don't one of you bamabots please explain to me the great resonse we have had in this? to me, it seems like Dear Obamussolini has a different message every day, not to mention Biden, Hillary, Gibbs running around like chickens without heads themselves on this.
You're an idiot. Never cared for Obama, never will. You just seem completely unhinged and I'm having fun with it.
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Whatever. Those of actually care about these issues are horrified at what is going on as a result of the disaster you morons voted for.
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Whatever. Those of actually care about these issues are horrified at what is going on as a result of the disaster you morons voted for.
I didn't vote for him and I don't care for him. The only politician I would support is Bloomberg. It's funny to me that you think that if people are not borderline-deranged like you are they must be Obama supporters.
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What is that old phrase "if you are not outraged, you are not paying attention". ? ?
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At first he has no clue..now he's on TV every minute saying something...Barry shut the hell up. The ship has sailed...u blew it last year in Iran and your blowing it now. They even hinted that the gov will need to have some Muslim brotherhood representation. This is beyond the community organizers' ability.
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I didn't vote for him and I don't care for him. The only politician I would support is Bloomberg. It's funny to me that you think that if people are not borderline-deranged like you are they must be Obama supporters.
;D ;D ;D ;D Be careful , he's gonna start crying that you "insult" him.
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What communidt country did you flee from but are too scared to tell us again?
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What communidt country did you flee from but are too scared to tell us again?
Careful or "Danny" will go into his "I crawled under 2 miles of barbed-wire and carried all my food in my anus for 3 weeksand floated on a a mickey mouse pool toy for 20 miles of open ocean to escape the hellhole i am from" Whatever..... ::)
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Published on The New Republic (http://www.tnr.com)
For Young Women, a Horrifying Consequence of Mubarak’s Overthrow
Betwa Sharma October 29, 2011 | 12:00 am
Cairo—Ali, a 34-year-old Cairo businessman who asked that his real name not be used, is weighing whether or not to circumcise his 12-year-old daughter. Female circumcision, or female genital mutilation (FGM), as it also known, involves removing part or the entire clitoris. In more severe forms of the procedure, the labia minora is removed and the vaginal opening is stitched up. Ali’s wife has told him about her own experience; describing her story to me, he said, “It is her most terrible memory.” He has heard discussions on television of potential harm the procedure can cause, but he feels a responsibility to protect the chastity of his daughter until she is married. Three thousand years of tradition instruct him that circumcision is the best means to this end. And, in the post-Mubarak Egypt, there are fewer and fewer voices offering an alternative view. The decades-long movement to stop FGM has become a casualty of the power struggle in Egypt.
The campaign to end FGM in Egypt was fighting an uphill battle before the revolution. Although FGM was outlawed in 2007 after a 12-year-old girl died from the procedure, the practice is still widespread. Despite efforts to reduce it, the number of girls aged 15 to 17 who underwent FGM only dropped from 77 percent in 2005 to 74 percent in 2008, according to the 2008 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS). EDHS also showed that 91 percent of all women in Egypt between the ages of 15 and 49 have undergone FGM. The practice is common not only among Muslims, but also in the Christian community, which constitutes 10 percent of the Egyptian population. A sanitized version of FGM has gained increased prevalence in recent years, presenting additional challenges. In 1995, only 45 percent of all FGM operations were conducted by doctors; by 2008, the percentage had risen to 72 percent. A young woman working as a maid and living in Cairo, who asked to be referred to only as Ayesha, did not even know that FGM is illegal. Her mother had put her through the procedure, and she told me that she would do the same. (Experts have found that the practice is mostly perpetuated by mothers making decisions for their daughters.) “Unless someone can show me what is wrong with it I don’t think there is any reason to change,” she said.
Since the revolution, international support for this fight has significantly waned. Political instability has led to a 75 percent cut in Egypt’s FGM-related donor funds to the United Nations since January, according to Marta Agosti, the head of the anti-FGM program for the U.N.Changeover among government ministers has also slowed official work. The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, the government body charged with addressing the problem, was shuttered after the revolution, and there is concern among activists that the capacity of the Council will shrink in its new home under the Ministry of Health. Instability and a lack of funds have curtailed the day-to-day work of NGOs; less field work and fewer workshops are taking place, according to Agosti.
In addition to the general shrinking of U.N. and NGO funds and efforts, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood as one of the strongest political forces attempting to fill the void left by Mubarak’s departure presents potential obstacles to the campaign to end FGM. While the Muslim Brotherhood does not have an official position on FGM, the group has, in the past, opposed a complete ban on the practice. “Nothing in Islam forbids circumcision,” said Saad El Katani, the leader of the Brotherhood in parliament in 2008. Some members of the Brotherhood have argued that opposition to a complete ban does not indicate support of the practice, but they generally don’t speak out against it.
For instance, Manal Abul-Hassan, a female leader of the Muslim Brotherhood who plans to run for parliamentary elections in November, told me that FGMis “not halal (permissible) and it’s not a haram (forbidden).” She does not favor its complete ban and disagrees with the U.N. characterization of FGM as a human rights violation. (Many parents share Hassan’s view and reject the word “mutilation”—especially for procedures like removing the excess skin around the clitoris. Young women argue that certain kinds of circumcisions are no different from plastic surgery in the West.) Like others in the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan sees the campaign against FGM as stealth promotion by NGOs of a Western agenda. Activists fear that the more traditionalist elements in the group pose a threat to their work—that attitudes like the one expressed by Hassan might harden to condone the procedure.
In addition, activists are also fighting the shadow of Suzanne Mubarak, who, for all her husband’s transgressions, was a force behind the campaign to end FGM. As the former dictator’s wife,Mubarak gave speeches and organized conferences opposing the practice, making her one of the most recognizable faces in the international fight against FGM. She played a key role in getting Christian and Muslim religious leaders to forbid the procedure, which had a far greater impact than the legal ban. After declaring their position, the fatwa office in Cairo—the office of the Grand Mufti of Egypt—set up a hotline; several anecdotes emerged about women changing their decision to go ahead with the practice based on advice they received from this hotline. Activists assert that their efforts to eliminate FGM were well underway before Suzanne Mubarak demonstrated interest in the issue. “We didn’t wait for Madame Mubarak to talk about FGM,” Sidhom Magdi, head of the Egyptian Association for Comprehensive Development, told me. But they do not deny that her involvement gave the movement political momentum that it had previously lacked.
Now, however, anything attached to the Mubaraks’ legacy is, if not explicitly tainted, an easy target. Civil society groups characterize Mubarak’s efforts as self-promoting. “She was devoid of a feminist vision or a socialist vision,” said Nihad Abu Kumsan, a lawyer and head of the Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights. Hassan insists that FGM-related figures were exaggerated by the Egyptian government so that the former first lady could pocket international funds. “Suzanne Mubarak used these numbers to make money and steal money,” she told me. While most activists were not Mubarak supporters, the backlash troubles them. Agosti worries that Suzanne Mubarak’s previous involvement will “become an excuse to undo all the past work.”
For years, activists combating FGM in Egypt have described their fight as “painfully slow.” In the post-revolution Egypt, the process has become glacial. “We have no leader and we have no strategy,” said Kumsan. The U.N., aware of that the issue is a minefield, is also keeping a low profile for the time being. “We have to be very careful right now as we don’t want the issue to be captured by the ultra-orthodox,” said Agosti, expressing a fear that the U.N. will be characterized as an agency promoting the Western agenda or worse, Mubarak’s legacy.
Ali, the Cairo businessman, and his wife ultimately decided against FGM for their daughter. “We don’t want to change what God has created,” he told me. In making this decision, Ali is already among the minority of parents who reject FGM. This minority is in danger of shrinking further in the new Egypt.
Betwa Sharma is a New York-based journalist who covers human rights. Her work can be found at www.betwasharma.com.
Source URL: http://www.tnr.com/article/world/96555/egypt-genital-mutilation-fgm-muslim-brotherhood
Bump for the commie bitch and tampon blackass and his racist sidekick andreisacunt.
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This is wonderful!
Obama 2012- Because your daughter doesn't need her clitoris!