Texan, Eric Wallace on faith, family, texas, and more where that came from.
Saddam Hussein is supposed to be executed within 30 days. Now his Baath Party is threatening to retaliate against the U.S.
Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party threatened Wednesday to retaliate if the ousted Iraqi leader is executed, warning in an Internet posting it would target U.S. interests anywhere.
I imagine at Al-Qaeda might be willing to assist in the Baath response.
At Little Green Footballs I ran across: Cut From Different Cloth
Last month one of the local PBS affiliates broadcast a powerfully understated documentary on the state of women in Afghanistan, by Olga Shalygin and Kris Orloff, titled: Cut From Different Cloth: Burqas & Beliefs.
It follows a 27-year old American woman named Serena living with an Afghan family, as she comes to understand what it means to be a woman in a society where the Islamic autarchs reign. I have no idea what Olga and Kris’s politics are, but I highly recommend their film. In one memorable sequence, Serena goes on a shopping expedition with her friend Hasina dressed in a burqa, and ends up breaking down in tears.
Here’s an excerpt; this is Hasina’s brother, explaining his perspective on the proper behavior for women. Everyone’s laughing nervously, but the subtext is deadly serious. Women are killed when they violate these rules—often by their own families.
Often by brothers like Samim.
Then, I did a quick search with Google and found Islamic films spark discussion from a March 2006 screening at Texas A&M.
The film presented an incomplete view of women in Islam, said Fatima Al-Nammari, a graduate student from Jordan studying architecture.
“(It was) an ethnocentric perspective on the lives of chosen women in Afghanistan,” Al-Nammari said. “It could have been helpful in developing the women’s movement there, had it been approached differently.”
Looks like it may be worth watching. Thanks LGF!
I heard the tail end of Mike Gallagher’s segment with Tom DeLay this morning. Looks like he is going to make a come back via the blog and his Grassroots Action and Information Network (GAIN). Welcome to the blogosphere Tom. I wish more of our leaders were involved here.
In Tom’s own words:
In all honesty, I did not fully realize the impact or potential of the blogosphere until very recently, when Red State gave me the opportunity to post some of my observations in the wake of the recent midterm elections. The response I received was overwhelming, and I would like to again thank the fine people at that site.
This experience brought me to the immediate realization that I needed to become more directly involved in the blogosphere. TomDeLay.com is the product of our latest effort to find new ways to connect, unite and organize conservatives from all over America into a real grassroots political force.
Looking at the GAIN application (you might want to convert this to PDF format) I notice the requirements for two references who can vouch for one’s past in grassroots efforts. Are newcomers unwelcome in GAIN? The “impact and potential of the blogosphere” will bring many to want to get involved for the first time, only to be turned away. (Mr. DeLay, please correct me if I am wrong about GAIN membership.)
Think for a moment that the Chicago terror plot is a isolated incident? Think again says Michelle Malkin:
Talib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef wanted to blow up a mall in Chicago…
When will people start to wake up to the reality of today? Millions of muslims want to destroy America and conquer the world for Mohammed and place us all under sharia law.
Think I’m overreacting? I’m not. Just read the affadavit yourself. See pages 8 and 9 in particular.
Shareef prepared a martyr’s videotape in which he let the “enemies of Islam” know that “the time for jihad is now.” He added,
“This is a warning to those who disbelieve, that we are here for you, and I am ready to give my life…May Allah protect me on this mission we conduct.
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