American Politicians Are Total Fucking Pussies
On May 24th, after condemning hundreds, if not thousands, of more soldiers to death in Iraq, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter lamented, to little sympathy, that it had been “A Difficult Day For All of Us.
Malalai Joya is the youngest member of the Afghan Parliament … elected by the people of Farah . Under the Taliban, she returned to her homeland from a refugee camp and ran a secret school for women. She did not back down.
During the Loya Jirga deliberations on a new Afghan government, Joya was a representative and she spoke – forcefully – for democracy and peace, for women’s rights, and for an end to the growing rule of the warlords. Her microphone was cut off and she was ridiculed … but she did not back down.
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Her “colleagues” threw water bottles at her, called her a “prostitute,” threatened to rape her – and turned off her mic again.Joya did not back down. She continued to speak – to large gatherings in her district, to local media, to overseas women’s groups.
She names the warlords who sit in the same parliamentary chamber – by name and crime – and she insists that justice be done, that the Afghani people deserve a life of democracy and peace. She does not back down.
She has survived four assasination attempts, lives with a team of bodyguards and does not stay in one house for more than a few nights. She says, at age 29 that she does not expect to live to old age. But she will not back down.
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Poor Louise Slaughter. Poor Sam Brownback. And y’know, poor everyone in Congress, driving around in limousines, protected by armed guards, paid $165,00 and change. Poor, poor Louise Slaughter and her very bad, no-good day. Poor dears.
They’re not fit to wipe this woman’s ass.
May 28th, 2007 at 8:02 am
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