First, five years ago the Federal Government disbanded a Muslim charity group for seemingly donating to Hammas, a terrorist organization, according to the US. The Holy Land Foundation, the charity accused of funding terrorism, was attributed to anti-Semitic remarks concerning Israel. These remarks were gathered from wiretaps that, after becoming declassified, were nowhere to be found. In short, what this means is that a charity organization was falsely accused of terrorism because of the use of wiretaps. This raises numerous questions: is the US government trying to scare its citizens into believing that "home grown terrorism" is worse than it really is? Are government institutions using wiretaps for their own unethical gain? Is the US blindly backing Israel while knowingly bashing Islam? Since we are trying to save Israel from hateful neighbors (and rightfully so, as long as the Israeli government isn't participating in questionable acts) is the US trying to make the Middle East seem more anti-Semitic than they are? This is an especially important question considering our current fears of Iran.
Second, the Diocese of San Diego has filed for bankruptcy. There has been so many sexual abuse cases against priests that San Diego has had to become the fifth - yes, the fifth! - catholic region to have to file for bankruptcy. Five metropolitan regions have filed and numerous others have tried. The astonishing thing about this is the sheer number of victims: how many people need to be abused and compensated to make the richest religion (or rather corporate entity) in the world file for bankruptcy? Also, this is disheartening because by filing for bankruptcy, the church is, in essence, failing to admit and address the atrocities that have occurred. Once again, let's all give a round of applause for the amazing amount of consideration and concern that the catholic church continues to show to its own members!!
2 comments:
Yo, what happened to this blog? I was stopping by rub one out to vida's ass or one of these other chicks and there seems to be a lack of updates... what gives?
Interesting blog, Cody. I've only read your "State if the Union and Address and the Most Beautiful Woman Alive" post.
Although, I find it really tacky that you post pictures of almost naked women in your entries. I suppose it's your "unique" strategy to market your blog... to dirty men?
Or, do you find some kind of symbiotic relationship between your philosophy about the US government and slutty-looking women? (Emmy Rossum, Linda Cardellini and Rachel Weisz are the exceptions)
Amusing.
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