Hi ZL:  Thanks for chiming in and giving your ‘two’.  Hmm…you have brought up some interesting questions too -Wish I had all the answers.  I think it will definitely take some further discussions – which I will be happy to continue at another time. 

…Missed your call this afternoon- Yes, I have been working everyday getting ready for my new position to start. I am beat to say the least. Not sure why. I have worked much harder in my life but for some reason I am feeling it more now. I will call you on my next day off. Oh…and I’ll have Madaline check into Anonz for you. 

Hello Maddie:  Can you please give us a report on Anonz.  How is he doing?

To Dapne and all of the Gazan women:  Thank you Dapne for starting up a conversation and thank you to all of the women for answering Dapne by commenting through my blog these past few days. I have had much on my mind and most of it relates to the plight of the women on this planet. I do not know what is going to happen. And I am not sure what to do in order to help all of you. I am hopeful that Obama will start to weed us off foreign oil so that we are not dependent on it.  When foreign oil is no longer a commodity to the US, and we are no longer sending billions to the middle east, maybe then, when we are free from this dependency, we can do more for the women of the world. Maybe then Obama can focus on how to relieve the plight of so many sisters out there, that need change to happen NOW….to free all of you.  A plan that will help others such as myself to do something on a larger scale.    

Chuck: Not sure what to say to your comment. Wish you had said a bit more about ‘why’ you hate the competition.  I’m not saying all men will kill to get between a woman’s legs. But collectively as a male species, it’s the male that is prone to the fight, the male that creates the need for war, not the female. 

I wish that I had more to say about anything, but I feel like not saying much this morning. Peace out….

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I mentioned a few days ago that I could not understand why people do the things they do especially when logic seems to be missing in the equation of their actions. I also said that what may seem illogical actually makes perfect sense when you break it all down.  

When you think about it, humans are not much different than the rest of the animals that roam the planet. We are just more intelligent. Or are we?  I mean, we are the more evolved species but when it comes right down to it, our animal instinct rules. And that instinct is to do whatever it takes to ensure the survival of the species.

So how does a species ensure it’s survival?  Procreation.  Sex.  You can see the fight for survival everyday in animal species, and not surprisingly humans are no different. The men compete with each other in order to get the women. How? By showing off their plumage.  He who has the most attractive plumage will get the girl. Human plumage is our race (color), social status, wealth, etc. collectively.  

The basic animal instinct is to survive and survival is the force behind the motivation of men. And since sex is the only way for the species to procreate ensuring it’s survival, males will do whatever it takes to attract the females and carry on their race (white, black, asian, etc). 

And guess what? If he isn’t attractive enough to get the girl…if his plumage is not doing the job…like animals, he will resort to fighting.  And then, the stronger more powerful male will dominate over the lesser male regardless of his plumage. Wars are started because of this. And just as bad if not worse, males enslave their females for fear that if the females had the freedom to  choose, they would choose another with more attractive plumage. It all comes down to sex and who’s gonna get it. And out of that, racism is born: ‘My plumage is better than your plumage.’

So I’ll go back to my first question: Are we more intelligent? Hmm…Or are we just more evolved? Sex is good. It ensures the survival of our species, but  when ‘the little head over rules the big head’, which we have witnessed time and time again, that action alone lacks intelligence. Which means that we have many men in the world run by their dicks….the less intelligent choice. And if their dicks want sex ( what dick doesn’t? :), they will do whatever it takes (murder, war, enslavement, etc.) to get it. Let’s just enslave and kill that which births us; gives us life. Stupid huh? 

Yesterday I made a statement that ‘men use their brawn and women use their brains’.  When you look at our world, would you say I am far off in my assessment? 

So, I wake up this morning to more comments from the women on the *Gaza Strip, who are ordered by the men, to cry and weep and not show their true feelings. What we hear is not what these women want to tell. They are merely actors in a real life play. My heart goes out to them. I think of them daily. I will never know what they are enduring only through the stories that they tell here. I am torn…I want peace as they do…And…in the back of my mind I think about Madaline’s proposal. How I wish things could be different.  

*My huge apologies. I wrote this very early this morning and mis-named the area in my rush to get to work – my bad.  It is correct now. 

I must go now.  

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You know I usually address my readers in the order that they comment but this time I had to jump ahead to john. 

Dear John: 

You are a typical male and most likely a white one. Most men are all about themselves, while women are team players who think of others first. Women are the caretakers of this planet, not men. Women have the tendency to find the good in others even if they have to dig through the shit to find it. They search for the shining jewel that has yet to be carved out of the dull rock…the lotus flower that blossoms out of dung. 

So when women speak loudly as they have here, you should shut up and listen.  They have looked for the brilliance in their men  to shine, and after carving away layer after layer looking for the jewel they find that all they can uncover is a dull rock.  

These women aren’t bitching. (They aren’t asking you to take out the garbage…and so what if they are. Just do it and the ‘bitching’ will cease.) How narrow-minded you are that you see the plight of these women and their expression of their controlled lives as ‘bitching’.  I have no idea what these women endure on a daily basis. I can sympathize on one level but my empathy only goes as far as my own experiences, which are nothing compared to these women.  And, I highly doubt that any man could even come close to understanding. In fact I am sure that if the roles were reversed, you would never last one minute let alone a lifetime. I do know that men are babies and when they don’t get their way they throw a tantrum and the fight begins. War is started. Men use their brawn and women use their brains. It is as simple as that. 

So to answer your question, ‘Why is it always time to dump on the men?’ Because men keep taking the same action over and over again. And women are sick of it.  They want out. Yeah these women may be fed by their husbands – yeah ya got to feed them so they have the energy to wait hand and foot on their ‘masters’.  But don’t say that these men are protecting these women or dying for them – let’s be real here.  John, are you not listening to these stories?  These women have no support of their men masters – hell they get left in a room alone with another man and it is instant death – where is the protection? And if they’re going to war it certainly isn’t to protect their women and children. No, it is to ensure the continuation of their own kind.  It is to protect their rights that they have over their women so that they can continue to enslave them and use them as they see fit.  

So don’t give me this crap about all that you do for women. It’s BS. If you truly did care, if you truly did give a shit, you’d be making changes and supporting the women of this world instead of crying like a baby and feeling unappreciated. 

As far as anonz…Again, you are being so small minded. I do not need to back anonz. He needs no one in that arena.  But I do feel the need to play the other side and question ….look at the big picture and see past my own little world. Are you not looking at the big picture? Obviously not. 

You should be grateful that if it were not for him we would not know the truth about our government. We would still continue to believe  that they had the people’s best interest at heart. We would not know the extension of their greed. Yes, he has been a major player but if you were in his shoes what would you do differently? Would you turn it all down or would you gather up as much as you possibly could  – remember my question awhile back:  ‘If anyone could have all of the control who would it be?’ Maybe Anonz  says, ‘I want to be in control; I trust myself more than I trust anyone else to have the control. He knows these players that he is up against much better than we do. I’m not saying he is a saint – far from it, but what I am saying is that he is the only one  ‘spilling the beans’ and he continues to keep us informed even when his life is being threatened as it is today.  Is it not possible that he has bigger plans that we are just not privy to?  

As I said earlier, women look for the jewel beneath the dull surface. It is our nature to want to see the good. Anonz is shedding his layers and we are all hopeful that there is a brilliant jewel underneath. 

Goodbye John.

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Hello Chaghcharn:  You are so correct. I have wonderful close female relationships. It has been challenging lately only because of my circumstances,  but I know that I would never be betrayed by them in ways that you speak of. I can not imagine. The women in your country endure so much together yet you are really alone when you can not trust and confide in each other.  My hope is that we are on the road to change.

Bost, Tarin Kowt, Meymaneh, Kushka, Anjali: Thank you for writing in to Dapne, and sharing with us, ‘woman to woman’. The more that I an exposed to through stories that are written here, the more determined that I am to continue doing what I need to do to help. All I can promise is that whatever way I benefit by whatever comes my way in life will be passed on…women of this world will benefit too. 

Peace out…

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“Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.”

- George Eliot

I love this quote. I just keep reading it over and over. I love the way I feel when I read it, the sweet vision that comes to my mind and the words…they are ‘mellifluous’ to my ears as they roll off my tongue in one long thought.  (I don’t use the word ’mellifluous’ very often but this quote deserves the recognition.) I am drawn to long meaningful sentences, and I tend to write in long sentences myself.  They carry the thought on and on, as I am swept up and enveloped by the provoking images.

‘…with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.’ Do you see it? Can you feel it?

I know that is sounds cliché when I say these words give me a warm and fuzzy feeling….a feeling of coming home. But they do. Of course they might not feel that way if I did not experience what these words describe…and a person in my life that I shared this with. The feeling then might be one of longing…longing to have that mutual comfort with someone….longing for that feeling of coming home. 

Thankfully, I am not longing. I wish that I had discovered these wonderfully warm and expressive words that my girlfriend Cat, the one I mentioned the other day, sent me yesterday while wishing me a happy new year. I just had to share it with you because it fills my heart and it speaks so genuinely about the friendship that I am so blessed to have with her… and how I aspire to have these same mutual thoughts and feelings with others in my life.    

Readers: Does someone come to mind when you read this quote or are you longing for that someone?

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Hey ZL:  No worries. I didn’t need ‘back up’ but I appreciate you saying so. :) Ahh….words, they do get misconstrued in blogsville sometimes. Speaking of words (again) I love the name the ‘Starlight Room’ too. It evokes such pleasant memories; one being our wedding celebration. We always seem to have a good time there. The next time you come up we’ll go there – You would love Harry. 

So..someone was getting frisky on your butt – eh? What a thrill – maybe you should ‘got for it’. I know you prefer the man juice but no one says you have to ‘switch’. Why not  try something different and go in for a little taste? Yum.

Have a wild good time in Vegas – you should be seeing some ‘starlights’ there!

Hello Dafne: I have been watching the news and it is horrific what is happening. I was hoping that your woman to woman request would be fulfilled and we could all learn something from those that are involved in this never ending war between your two countries. I wish you peace today. 

Anonymous: Have some balls. If you are such a racist pig then why not let everyone know your name and call tag? Are you an ashamed or just a coward, only willing to spew such bigotry while hiding safely behind your anonymity? 

Bob: Bummer. I wish I had know about Larry King last night. Was it a worthwhile watch?  

Signing off…

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Oh I wish I never heard this song because it totally rubs me wrong and now like most songs I dislike, it is stuck on my mind.  This song, which spoofs veteran black activist Al Sharpton supposedly complaining that Obama is not a proper African American, has been circulating the net since last year when it appeared on the Rush Limbaugh radio show.  But has had a resurgence ever since Christmas when  Republican Chip Saltsman, campaigning to become chairman of the Republican National Committee, says he sent CDs of the song about president-elect Barack Obama, the first African American to win the White House, as a joke. 

Yeah some joke. The song is called ‘Barack The Magic Negro’, and if you haven’t guessed yet, spoofs the theme tune of a children’s movie,  ‘Puff The Magic Dragon’.  The song opens with “Barack the Magic Negro lives in DC.”  

The song goes: “The LA Times, they called him that ’cause he’s not authentic like me. Yeah, the guy from the LA paper said he makes guilty whites feel good. They’ll vote for him, and not for me ’cause he’s not from the hood.”

Oh, that is just bad taste. 

Opponents say that the ‘republican party is badly out of touch’. Using the rare word ‘negro’  supports that point. And they aren’t the only ones complaining about the distribution of the CD;  the majority of Saltsman’s political rivals are criticizing his actions as well. 

RNC Comittee Chairman Mike Duncan said in a Saturday statement, “The 2008 election was a wake-up call for Republicans to reach out and bring more people into our party. I am shocked and appalled that anyone would think this is appropriate, as it clearly does not move us in the right direction.” 

You got that right.  The song is racist and hateful and in my opinion totally inappropriate, no matter how it was intended.    

James Richardson, the RNC’s online communication manager for the 2008 election cycle, called Saltsman’s move “quite the revealing faux pas. And while I’m sure Saltsman doesn’t espouse racist sentiments, this will undoubtedly be spun as an angry, white Southerner stoking the flames of racial tensions after losing to a minority candidate.”  

Yeah…well we know publicly he may not, but behind closed doors, I am sure he is espousing plenty of racial remarks. 

The parody CD also which also includes the song, ‘We Hate The USA’, Wright Place, Wrong Pastor ‘ The Star Spanglish Banner’ and many more songs along with the controversial song was sent out as a Christmas gift to members of the RNC. Saltsman defends himself by saying that ‘it was just a joke.’ ‘It was meant to be light hearted.’  Uh huh…I don’t have the CD so I can’t comment on the other spoof songs but I did  listen to ‘Magic Negro’ , and I don’t think it’s funny.  If you ask me,  the song  ‘White Christmas’  was also on  Saltsman’s mind. Ah…true colors are hard to hide. 

Just in case you want to hear the entire version of the song, I posted it but beware, this is not a song that you want stuck in your mind. 

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Shir Khan:  Unfortunately I ask many questions of ‘why’ too because not much seems to make sense to me. The logic of ‘why’ people do the things they do is missing in the equation of their actions.  What we see as illogical actually makes perfect sense when you realize what it all boils down to.  And that is one thing: Sex. I plan on blogging about this soon so I won’t get into it here now.  I too am sorry about your sister, and the plight of many women in this world. We must not give up.

Coleena: Chastising anonz? Where did you get that idea?  I think you read me totally wrong. I understand why he is pissed off….I would be too if someone were trying to kill me. But you must know that a man such as anonz..well let me just say, I am sure this is not the first time his life has been threatened. I was only inquiring what brought on his rage because if you have been reading my blog for the past year you would notice one small detail in his comments: Anonz never looses his cool. His spew the other day was filled with passion and emotion, and definitely directed. My gut told me his rage was brought on by something much more than just his life being threatened. 

Gotta run. Peace out….

Oh…and have a safe and Happy New Year everyone! May today, tomorrow, and forevermore, bring an abundance of Peace & Love…Remember: Live it & Give it!

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