Flap Your Lips Friday
Posted by Michelle Moquin on September 17th, 2010
Well I’m delighted that there was quite a response to my write yesterday because as I reread it last night I thought, “Michelle, you were all over the place.” I’m quite sure I didn’t articulate myself quite like I had imagined and thought I did, but it seems that those that could write in got my drift. So I am pleased. Speaking of…
Steve: Thanks for the kudos. In light of the above paragraph, stating that my write was the best commentary you have read on my blog in 2 years, threw me. Although I am not sure what I said that hasn’t been said on my blog before, and most likely better said by others and not by moi, whatever words written that opened your eyes this time, I’m glad they were opened. Perhaps Kelly is reading and will give you a second chance.
Ahou: I agree with you 100% that women shouldn’t support the men in Iran when they treat their women as second class, less than animals, and keep them as sexual slaves.
When Madaline, was in Iran she made a deal with some of the men that she would help them. The caveat was only if they would help fight for the women to give them equal rights. If not, she would not assist them. Why would she? Helping the men, when they had no interest in helping change the lives of the women was pointless. And why would any woman fight to help the men, if the men were not going to fight for her rights, and she would retain the same level of life that she had lived before. Women in Iran do not have lives they desire, they exist to please the men…to be sexual slaves. And that is not right.
You stated that the men in the Middle East feel that white men have made their lives “uncomfortable”. Interesting perspective – not your viewpoint but the fact that men would feel that way. I think white men have made their lives easier – easier to abuse their women and treat them like animals.
Let me explain. When I ranted about white men yesterday, I was not implying that white men are the sole reason for all of the atrocities in the world, but they are certainly a strong influence. That being said, Middles East men are not saints – far from it. But if white men refused to do business in the Middle East, refused to purchase oil from the Middle East unless the men treated women as equals, gave them equal status and rights, they could be a positive influence. Instead they show that they condone the treatment of women in the Middle East by doing business with the men in the Middle East. Our purchase of oil supports the plight of women – it’s as simple as that. So your men feel “uncomfortable” – Oh Boo hoo. I have no sympathy for them.
If white men (not all) could treat women as Middle Eastern men do, I believe they would.
Mary: Well said. We have no idea what is it like to live in the skin of an otw, what goes through their body and their mind on a daily basis. It takes a huge amount of compassion to even begin to understand, and the care to even want to. Sadly, not enough people care to.
Amita: In light of my above comment to Ahou, I too hope Obama gets America to head towards an oil free dependence.
Jerry: Happy that you are another white man who sees it that way too.
Aetos: Interesting observation. “Sore Loser”. You pegged that one. The little dick is just a tad pissy that the big dick is in control. And the little dick is doing anything he can to put the big dick down. Sounds so infantile but some men just can’t get out of that stage of life.
Helen: Again well said. To admit it would mean they would have to change.
Reese: Oh how I would love it if white men went on strike. Please. Yes I would be down on my knees but not asking you to come back. No, I would be down on my knees giving thanks to the Gods for showing me the difference between the good ones and the bad ones – bring it on. I’ll line up the girlz for target practice.
Hey Ruth: I hope that you had a nice trip back here. Thanks for the post. Unbelievable. It is okay for men to get the high hard one when they want and need it, but oh no…don’t tell women how they can improve their sex lives. I can hear the men thinking: “We want our women to have sex with us but we don’t want them feeling too good, too horny – They may think I’m not enough and get some on the side ( like I do).”
I’ll reiterate Ruth’s words as they are worth repeating so close to the midterms: “Get out there and vote someone else into a political office besides a white male.”
Thanks, Vicki, Iris and Nancy: All good stuff worth reading.
Zen Lill: Aha! Clark is loving you.
Readers: Robert Posted a video the other day of Bill Maher, and in that video Maher mentioned how we’ve sort of made the BP oil slick disappear – like, where did all of the oil go? We don’t hear much about it anymore, not to mention the affects of the oil. It has been brushed under the rug. Well this is what I found under the rug: Here’s a river of floating dead fish. This is horrible.
Plaquemines Parish officials have asked state wildlife officials to investigate what they said is a massive fish kill at Bayou Chaland on the west side of the Mississippi River late Friday.
Photographs the parish distributed of the area shows an enormous amount of dead fish floating atop the water.
The fish kill was reported to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries and the cause has not yet been determined, the parish said. The fish were found in an area that has been impacted by the oil from the BP oil spill, the parish said.
The dead fish include pogies, redfish, drum, crabs, shrimp and freshwater eel, the parish said.
Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said he has asked Wildlife & Fisheries for a quick determination of the cause. The parish has also requested testing by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
“We can’t continue to see these fish kills,” Nungesser said in a news release. “We need some additional tests to find out why these fish are dying in large numbers. If it is low oxygen, we need to identify the cause.”
A recent fish kill in nearby St. Bernard Parish was attributed to low oxygen levels in the water.
Okay so it hasn’t been “determined” how these fish have died, but it is pretty clear to me it is because of the BP spill.
I have been flapping my lips all morning. What do you have to say? Blog me.
Peace out…
And Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.
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michelle
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September 17th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Hi Mischa, yes Clark has printed out my pics here and is currently using them for a dart board, fine, so be it : )
I was going to address Reese but wanted to defer to you for first word : ) now that you have…Reese, when can you rally your fellow males and head out on this strike, I’d be happy to be in touch once us females did a mega-reorganization on everything you males F’d up. I make a fine CEO, been told, by white males, too, (not that I needed their kudos) so put that in your small pipe and smoke it ; ) Although Mischa, I would again defer to you, you being the commander and all, anytime you wanted my biz sense you could just let me know…
Milo, thank you and I’d make a superb front woman…this country could use a female like me speaking out, shake up all the women who are busy being indoctrinated by religion, etc…although I like the picks Pres Obama has done so far.
Women of MM blog, two mistakes I do nnot want you to make – mistake #1 I witnessed this morning, someone left a treadmill running on high speed and a woman who was adjusting her iPod stepped on and pronptly landed on her face and scratched herself up good, please be mindful of gym equipment when you approach, I don’t want you to get hurt, watch out for flying weights (others who aren’t mindful flinging them around, stay away form these bufoons) – and mistake #2 was all me : ) but I want to spare you the pain so I’ll reluctantly share. I downloaded all new music onto my iPhone last week, when I was doing my leg workout I had the music cranked so loud I wasn’t in touch with what exactly I was doing and I started to lock out my knees on a squat machine – and – I did it for 9 sets of 15 reps, can you say OUCH, scheissa, it felt like I’d skiied moguls for 12 hours, it took 3 days to fully recover, please do not do this, keep your music low enough so you can hear what yor body is telling you.
I’ve been researching and testing lots of new material for you so I will share as time permits…
Caio for now, Zen Lill
PS Larry, Owen et al, I am working on a montage of pics…whoever said ‘the women in my country aren’t afraid to show how gorgeous they are…’ OK, firstly, I don’t believe I’m gorgeous, never modeled though I’m asked fairly often, but I do have a certain something, that much has been pointed out to me many times, the package is a good one I just like improving it and my health as much as possible, if you are from Brazil I know the women there put a lot of emphasis on their looks, a lot…I know several…love em’ but when they return from the homeland, they have a whole new something or other : ) and they look as good/real as the cash that paid for it, maybe I’ll take a holiday there when I think I’m ready to reallyyyyy improve it all.