January 25, 2008

Women's REAL issues corner

Yeah, it's called - Halliburton discriminates at the workplace !!

All brought to you by that great democratic and socially just institution, the US State Department! Yeah, boyz and grrrrrrrrrrrlz - let's hear it one more time for that fantastic feminist, Ms. Condileeza Rice! who can't think more than about two minutes ahead!!

Why do you suppose these intelligent, oh so well educated neo cons, cannot see the down the road the CONSEQUENCES of their decision and decide on SOLUTIONS to the crap they leave strewn around on the carpet? Hmmm?? Got any GREAT ideas as to why that is?

I do not.

For some INEXPLICABLE reason, the US bloody State Department who has a Big Fat Budget and loadsa hired legal hands simply cannot construct some way of dealing with MERCENARIES, folks! Are they,, um .. our enemy combantants? Are they .. um .. colonial murderers .. um .. are they subject to the laws of ANY WHERE. My o my!

Maybe it's time to get some oversight? Maybe perhaps it's time to take this all to the ICC? Maybe a Special Prosecutor should be called in when there is sucha spineless CONgress? Eh, what?

Just maybe??

Maybe We The People should get out the word to all the single moms out there who just have NO IDEA of the trap they all in for trying to get all that LOVELY money to support their kids so that they can get more toyZ than .. you know, ah you know, doncha. Everyone's being HAD. Signing up to fight assymetric, logistical warfare ain't working out all that well, is it?

THEY ARE BANKRUPTING OUR FUTURE: and the women (and kidz) get denied adequate legal representation under the Reich!!

And Condi, lovely overeducated Condi, who plays a wicked piano at dinner paw-ties is helping right out. We the People are paying Ms. $3,000-per-pairra Shoes. Think we're getting our money's worth??

She's sacrificing the sisters while planning her School of Public Diplomacy to come.

Ain't you just glad to pay HER? Our own little southern aristocratic diplomat of diplomats with her own little version of Dizzeeknees ala Karen Hughes.

Gawd! What a horrible case of "spin" those two did for Dubya. America has Never Before Had Such a Case of Bad PR. Little did they expect that the Whole World is Watching.

Time to turf Condi OUT and put in Valerie Plame in her place. Pronto.

What say YOU? What say we all?

Think Ms. $3,000-per-pairra Shoes should be shown the door sometime within the next 360 days insteadda waiting around for her gettaway?? Think she should be given a real job? Like making shoes in a prison somewhere for the rest of her life?

FOR FRIGGIN SHAME CONDI!! FOR FRIGGIN SHAME!!!

We've already posted about it on this blog, give mercenaries a bit of search!!

The rule of law must be followed!! Otherwise, folks, it's fascism time!!

[Sorry about all the exclamation points. I can't help myself. Rant now over. Snap, lock and LOAD.]



Private military and security contractors like Blackwater and Halliburton could be getting away with murder - and rape and torture - in Iraq. Please help Amnesty International put an end to the culture of impunity for military and security contractors.
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Dear XXXXX,

Jamie Leigh Jones testifies before Congress about her alleged rape in Iraq by co-workers.

Help Amnesty end abuses by Blackwater, Halliburton, and other private contractors in Iraq.
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Imagine you're a security contractor dispatched to Iraq - a place where your greatest fear is being hit by a roadside bomb. But mere days after you arrive, you are gang raped by co-workers... and then pressured by company management to "get over it" or lose your job.

This is the story of 23-year-old American Jamie Leigh Jones, who recently recounted her personal horror in Iraq two years ago as an employee of KBR, Halliburton's former subsidiary, before a House subcommittee.

There are an estimated 180,000 private contractors working in Iraq, yet they seem to operate above the law both in Iraq and the U.S. This culture of impunity allows abuse and killings to thrive - with little recourse for the victims. Amnesty International is working to stop this - and we need your help to succeed.

It's been more than 4 years since the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Even though the Army's internal reports indicated contractor involvement in the abuses and the Department of Justice (DOJ) established a "Detainee Abuse Task Force" in 2004, it has not prosecuted a single contractor for abuses in Iraq to date. When pressed for answers, DOJ has simply said these cases remain "open" and that investigations are continuing.

Through our new "Counter Terror with Justice" campaign, Amnesty is working to reverse these injustices that further denigrate our nation's reputation around the world. All companies and contractors have an obligation to respect human rights at home and abroad. And the business community as a whole has a wider responsibility - moral and legal - to use its influence to promote respect for human rights.

With the stakes growing higher every day, we must move quickly to stop these egregious abuses in the "war on terror." Please consider making a gift today to help Amnesty to:
  • Pressure the Justice Department to expedite investigations and prosecute cases of clear human rights violations by contractors.
  • Pressure the Senate to pass a loophole-free version of the Security Contractor Accountability Act, a bill that would ensure that private military and security contractors are not above the law. A similar bill has already passed in the House, but we need your help to keep up the momentum!
  • Drive increased media and public attention to the U.S.'s illegal practices in the war on terror. Our protests on January 11th generated huge TV and print media coverage around the world!
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Thank you for your commitment to creating a more just and peaceful world.

Sincerely,

Larry Cox
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Amnesty International USA


See also: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977203863

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