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Scripture supports lying and maligning for political gain…where exactly?
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You know, there’s just so much disgusting chatter in print, online and in the airwaves about faith, religion and God, I don’t know where to start. But I’m going to start like this:
When we look to Islam to understand how a religion could give birth to suicide bombers, we learn that those individuals are considered by mainstream Muslims to be perverting the idea of jihad in the name of…I’m not quite sure, but I think it’s oppression and land. At least, that’s what I’ve gathered from what I’ve read and I confess to not being very well read in this area. Feel free to provide more info. But in general, how suicide bombers and other extremists use their religion is not how, in general, followers of Islam interpret their teachings. Thank goodness. And that makes sense to me – that they wouldn’t interpret their teachings in a way that no God that I can imagine could possibly support.
In Judaism, loshon hora says that we cannot slander and that doing so is tantamount to murder, which is the one sin that is not forgiveable and from which no one can be redeemed. This too seems reasonable to me. It’s just plain wrong because it is wrong, not because you’ll get caught, not because it will make someone mad, not because others will then do it to you. It’s wrong because it is WRONG.
So, I want to know, and I would ask Ohio’s Secretary of State and GOP gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell in person, what in Christianity permits, encourages and exonerates him from sin when he insinuates that all Democrats are godless and then tries to support that insinuation? Likewise, what in Christianity permits, encourages and exonerates his supporters from sin when they assert that a man who marries later in life and doesn’t have kids is a weird person who should be avoided and outed like a witch in Salem?
I want the scripture citation and I want the explanation for how people can sleep at night and still think that this crap that they spread is being done in the name of … what? What is it being done in the name of? Because no god I’ve ever heard about would sanction such behavior.
In fact, no god that I can imagine would request that such statements be made on her behalf, would approve of such statements being made on her behalf or allow such perverted statements to go unpunished for being said as if they came from or were requested to be said by God herself.
So give it to me. Testify. Be my witness. Where’s the beef?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:56 pm June 20th, 2006 in Politics | 22 Comments
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From the CT Senate race’s "How dopey is this" file
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So I get my parents all fired up about my involvement in Ohio politics, or at least in blogging about Ohio politics, well, at least, blogging my thoughts about Ohio politics (because, you know, I’m not a journalist or anything), and the result?
My mother sent me this story from The New Haven Register which, by a hair’s width, is still thinner than The Plain Dealer.
What is Lieberman saying??? Honestly. I cannot decide if I can’t figure out this stuff because what they say is so obtuse, or because the way they say it is so obtuse, or I’m just that daft. Or all of the above.
In any case, we in Ohio have enough incomprehensible and worthless accusations streaming through the blogosphere for the entire country. Thank goodness Connecticut is a small state with a tipping point far closer to a lower center of gravity than in Ohio.
Hattip to my mom (and that guy in the group of authors? He’s the dad of the photojournalist who was kidnapped and then released in Iraq last year.)
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:00 pm June 20th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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Scripture supports lying and maligning for political gain…where exactly?
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You know, there’s just so much disgusting chatter in print, online and in the airwaves about faith, religion and God, I don’t know where to start. But I’m going to start like this:
When we look to Islam to understand how a religion could give birth to suicide bombers, we learn that those individuals are considered by mainstream Muslims to be perverting the idea of jihad in the name of…I’m not quite sure, but I think it’s oppression and land. At least, that’s what I’ve gathered from what I’ve read and I confess to not being very well read in this area. Feel free to provide more info. But in general, how suicide bombers and other extremists use their religion is not how, in general, followers of Islam interpret their teachings. Thank goodness. And that makes sense to me – that they wouldn’t interpret their teachings in a way that no God that I can imagine could possibly support.
In Judaism, loshon hora says that we cannot slander and that doing so is tantamount to murder, which is the one sin that is not forgiveable and from which no one can be redeemed. This too seems reasonable to me. It’s just plain wrong because it is wrong, not because you’ll get caught, not because it will make someone mad, not because others will then do it to you. It’s wrong because it is WRONG.
So, I want to know, and I would ask Ohio’s Secretary of State and GOP gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell in person, what in Christianity permits, encourages and exonerates him from sin when he insinuates that all Democrats are godless and then tries to support that insinuation? Likewise, what in Christianity permits, encourages and exonerates his supporters from sin when they assert that a man who marries later in life and doesn’t have kids is a weird person who should be avoided and outed like a witch in Salem?
I want the scripture citation and I want the explanation for how people can sleep at night and still think that this crap that they spread is being done in the name of … what? What is it being done in the name of? Because no god I’ve ever heard about would sanction such behavior.
In fact, no god that I can imagine would request that such statements be made on her behalf, would approve of such statements being made on her behalf or allow such perverted statements to go unpunished for being said as if they came from or were requested to be said by God herself.
So give it to me. Testify. Be my witness. Where’s the beef?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:56 pm June 20th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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20
Witness! The Power of the Little Old Lady!
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Wanna screw with a little old lady? Then you better watch out. Not only will you get a headache from a bashing with an oversized tote and a poke from a cane, you’ll also be prodded to flip-flop – and get loved for doing so.
This New York Times article says it all.
Even though I’m not ready to cede being old enough to be a little old lady, I’m most definitely going to admit to being little. And, when I’m not pursuing my interest in M&Ms and potato chips, I’m a perfect 4P – as in petite. In fact, I am a Petite Snob and shop primarily in stores that carry clothes for women under 5 foot 4. Otherwise, I have to add time and/or money onto every piece of clothing I purchase or consider purchasing because it will most likely need alterations.
Disclaimer: if you don’t want to hear a woman who knows how lucky she is that this should even be a problem for her whine about clothes, then I say to you, ever so politely, buh- bye. Otherwise, for a good laugh at my expense, read on.
And so, about three years ago, when the Saks at Beachwood Place dismantled its Petites section and placed all the Petites in with the regularly sized items, I felt thoroughly disenfranchised. I moaned every time I found myself in there, after I’d failed to find something at the other (few) shops I frequent when looking. [I'm not a retail therapy type of person - see above re: M&Ms and chips, so I don't actually frequent shops very often for starters.]
Why, why, why my face and posture would say to the sales folks, did you do this to us? Do you really not think we have enough buying power? Are you trying to make us feel smaller than we already are? Diminish our worth? Downsize our importance?
Oh, the tragedy of it all.
And then, a few months ago, Saks ceased to carry any petites at all, “because of poor sales,” according to the NYT article.
HARRUMPH.
Little Women united, however and the results speak for all us Whoville-sized women.
The decision, a victory for millions of women shorter than 5-foot-4, came after Saks received scores of letters from smaller shoppers who complained that they could no longer find clothing that fit and that they felt alienated in a store that had dressed them for decades….
Andrew Jennings, president of Saks, said that the retailer “had heard loud and clear the expression of concern from shoppers” about the elimination of the petite department….
For weeks, Ms. Buchman [designer Dana Buchman] said, she has been quietly telling loyal customers that Saks would once again carry the smaller sizes, after being told the decision was imminent. “When I do, I feel like a heroine,” she said. “People are thrilled.”
Ms. Buchman said she had spent the last few months consoling women who wanted to know why they could not find petite versions of her clothing at Saks, Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdale’s.
“My mission as a designer is to dress the women of America,” she said. “If I am not making clothes for women 5-foot-4 or smaller I am not succeeding.”
Howard Rosenberger, the president of Ellen Tracy, said the re-establishment of the department at Saks “allows us an opportunity to go back into the business.”
“Saks was a major factor in the petite business,” he said, and “when it decided not to do petites, that pushed us over the edge.”
But all is not perfect in the petite department.
In the last year, Bloomingdale’s has cut the size of its petite department by half in many stores, and Neiman Marcus, which now carries petite clothing in 8 of its 36 stores, will soon stock it in just 2.
And there are no signs that either will reverse that decision. Spokesmen for both retailers did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Longtime Saks shoppers expressed relief — and, in some cases, euphoria — after learning yesterday that the retailer had reversed its ban on petites.
“It is just great news,” said Laurel Bernstein, a 5-foot-1 New Jersey resident who had shopped at Saks for decades before she discovered this spring that the company had dropped petite sizes. Since then, she has bought her petites at specialty chains like Talbots.
“I missed Saks,” she said, adding, “I am definitely going back.”
Go ahead. Just try and treat us like Randy Newman.
You’ll be sarrrr-reeee.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:26 pm June 20th, 2006 in Politics | 6 Comments
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20
From the CT Senate race’s "How dopey is this" file
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So I get my parents all fired up about my involvement in Ohio politics, or at least in blogging about Ohio politics, well, at least, blogging my thoughts about Ohio politics (because, you know, I’m not a journalist or anything), and the result?
My mother sent me this story from The New Haven Register which, by a hair’s width, is still thinner than The Plain Dealer.
What is Lieberman saying??? Honestly. I cannot decide if I can’t figure out this stuff because what they say is so obtuse, or because the way they say it is so obtuse, or I’m just that daft. Or all of the above.
In any case, we in Ohio have enough incomprehensible and worthless accusations streaming through the blogosphere for the entire country. Thank goodness Connecticut is a small state with a tipping point far closer to a lower center of gravity than in Ohio.
Hattip to my mom (and that guy in the group of authors? He’s the dad of the photojournalist who was kidnapped and then released in Iraq last year.)
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:00 pm June 20th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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20
From the CT Senate race’s "How dopey is this" file
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So I get my parents all fired up about my involvement in Ohio politics, or at least in blogging about Ohio politics, well, at least, blogging my thoughts about Ohio politics (because, you know, I’m not a journalist or anything), and the result?
My mother sent me this story from The New Haven Register which, by a hair’s width, is still thinner than The Plain Dealer.
What is Lieberman saying??? Honestly. I cannot decide if I can’t figure out this stuff because what they say is so obtuse, or because the way they say it is so obtuse, or I’m just that daft. Or all of the above.
In any case, we in Ohio have enough incomprehensible and worthless accusations streaming through the blogosphere for the entire country. Thank goodness Connecticut is a small state with a tipping point far closer to a lower center of gravity than in Ohio.
Hattip to my mom (and that guy in the group of authors? He’s the dad of the photojournalist who was kidnapped and then released in Iraq last year.)
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:00 pm June 20th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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20
Witness! The Power of the Little Old Lady!
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Wanna screw with a little old lady? Then you better watch out. Not only will you get a headache from a bashing with an oversized tote and a poke from a cane, you’ll also be prodded to flip-flop – and get loved for doing so.
This New York Times article says it all.
Even though I’m not ready to cede being old enough to be a little old lady, I’m most definitely going to admit to being little. And, when I’m not pursuing my interest in M&Ms and potato chips, I’m a perfect 4P – as in petite. In fact, I am a Petite Snob and shop primarily in stores that carry clothes for women under 5 foot 4. Otherwise, I have to add time and/or money onto every piece of clothing I purchase or consider purchasing because it will most likely need alterations.
Disclaimer: if you don’t want to hear a woman who knows how lucky she is that this should even be a problem for her whine about clothes, then I say to you, ever so politely, buh- bye. Otherwise, for a good laugh at my expense, read on.
And so, about three years ago, when the Saks at Beachwood Place dismantled its Petites section and placed all the Petites in with the regularly sized items, I felt thoroughly disenfranchised. I moaned every time I found myself in there, after I’d failed to find something at the other (few) shops I frequent when looking. [I'm not a retail therapy type of person - see above re: M&Ms and chips, so I don't actually frequent shops very often for starters.]
Why, why, why my face and posture would say to the sales folks, did you do this to us? Do you really not think we have enough buying power? Are you trying to make us feel smaller than we already are? Diminish our worth? Downsize our importance?
Oh, the tragedy of it all.
And then, a few months ago, Saks ceased to carry any petites at all, “because of poor sales,” according to the NYT article.
HARRUMPH.
Little Women united, however and the results speak for all us Whoville-sized women.
The decision, a victory for millions of women shorter than 5-foot-4, came after Saks received scores of letters from smaller shoppers who complained that they could no longer find clothing that fit and that they felt alienated in a store that had dressed them for decades….
Andrew Jennings, president of Saks, said that the retailer “had heard loud and clear the expression of concern from shoppers” about the elimination of the petite department….
For weeks, Ms. Buchman [designer Dana Buchman] said, she has been quietly telling loyal customers that Saks would once again carry the smaller sizes, after being told the decision was imminent. “When I do, I feel like a heroine,” she said. “People are thrilled.”
Ms. Buchman said she had spent the last few months consoling women who wanted to know why they could not find petite versions of her clothing at Saks, Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdale’s.
“My mission as a designer is to dress the women of America,” she said. “If I am not making clothes for women 5-foot-4 or smaller I am not succeeding.”
Howard Rosenberger, the president of Ellen Tracy, said the re-establishment of the department at Saks “allows us an opportunity to go back into the business.”
“Saks was a major factor in the petite business,” he said, and “when it decided not to do petites, that pushed us over the edge.”
But all is not perfect in the petite department.
In the last year, Bloomingdale’s has cut the size of its petite department by half in many stores, and Neiman Marcus, which now carries petite clothing in 8 of its 36 stores, will soon stock it in just 2.
And there are no signs that either will reverse that decision. Spokesmen for both retailers did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Longtime Saks shoppers expressed relief — and, in some cases, euphoria — after learning yesterday that the retailer had reversed its ban on petites.
“It is just great news,” said Laurel Bernstein, a 5-foot-1 New Jersey resident who had shopped at Saks for decades before she discovered this spring that the company had dropped petite sizes. Since then, she has bought her petites at specialty chains like Talbots.
“I missed Saks,” she said, adding, “I am definitely going back.”
Go ahead. Just try and treat us like Randy Newman.
You’ll be sarrrr-reeee.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:26 pm June 20th, 2006 in Politics | 4 Comments
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20
Witness! The Power of the Little Old Lady!
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Wanna screw with a little old lady? Then you better watch out. Not only will you get a headache from a bashing with an oversized tote and a poke from a cane, you’ll also be prodded to flip-flop – and get loved for doing so.
This New York Times article says it all.
Even though I’m not ready to cede being old enough to be a little old lady, I’m most definitely going to admit to being little. And, when I’m not pursuing my interest in M&Ms and potato chips, I’m a perfect 4P – as in petite. In fact, I am a Petite Snob and shop primarily in stores that carry clothes for women under 5 foot 4. Otherwise, I have to add time and/or money onto every piece of clothing I purchase or consider purchasing because it will most likely need alterations.
Disclaimer: if you don’t want to hear a woman who knows how lucky she is that this should even be a problem for her whine about clothes, then I say to you, ever so politely, buh- bye. Otherwise, for a good laugh at my expense, read on.
And so, about three years ago, when the Saks at Beachwood Place dismantled its Petites section and placed all the Petites in with the regularly sized items, I felt thoroughly disenfranchised. I moaned every time I found myself in there, after I’d failed to find something at the other (few) shops I frequent when looking. [I'm not a retail therapy type of person - see above re: M&Ms and chips, so I don't actually frequent shops very often for starters.]
Why, why, why my face and posture would say to the sales folks, did you do this to us? Do you really not think we have enough buying power? Are you trying to make us feel smaller than we already are? Diminish our worth? Downsize our importance?
Oh, the tragedy of it all.
And then, a few months ago, Saks ceased to carry any petites at all, “because of poor sales,” according to the NYT article.
HARRUMPH.
Little Women united, however and the results speak for all us Whoville-sized women.
The decision, a victory for millions of women shorter than 5-foot-4, came after Saks received scores of letters from smaller shoppers who complained that they could no longer find clothing that fit and that they felt alienated in a store that had dressed them for decades….
Andrew Jennings, president of Saks, said that the retailer “had heard loud and clear the expression of concern from shoppers” about the elimination of the petite department….
For weeks, Ms. Buchman [designer Dana Buchman] said, she has been quietly telling loyal customers that Saks would once again carry the smaller sizes, after being told the decision was imminent. “When I do, I feel like a heroine,” she said. “People are thrilled.”
Ms. Buchman said she had spent the last few months consoling women who wanted to know why they could not find petite versions of her clothing at Saks, Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdale’s.
“My mission as a designer is to dress the women of America,” she said. “If I am not making clothes for women 5-foot-4 or smaller I am not succeeding.”
Howard Rosenberger, the president of Ellen Tracy, said the re-establishment of the department at Saks “allows us an opportunity to go back into the business.”
“Saks was a major factor in the petite business,” he said, and “when it decided not to do petites, that pushed us over the edge.”
But all is not perfect in the petite department.
In the last year, Bloomingdale’s has cut the size of its petite department by half in many stores, and Neiman Marcus, which now carries petite clothing in 8 of its 36 stores, will soon stock it in just 2.
And there are no signs that either will reverse that decision. Spokesmen for both retailers did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Longtime Saks shoppers expressed relief — and, in some cases, euphoria — after learning yesterday that the retailer had reversed its ban on petites.
“It is just great news,” said Laurel Bernstein, a 5-foot-1 New Jersey resident who had shopped at Saks for decades before she discovered this spring that the company had dropped petite sizes. Since then, she has bought her petites at specialty chains like Talbots.
“I missed Saks,” she said, adding, “I am definitely going back.”
Go ahead. Just try and treat us like Randy Newman.
You’ll be sarrrr-reeee.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:26 am June 20th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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20
2006 The REAL Hot 100 Winners
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Congrats to one from Ohio (Bedford Heights):
Tondalaya Myrick, 29, Bedford Heights, OH
What makes her REALLY hot?
Tondalaya is a homeowner, works full-time in a factory, and is also a Nursing student who is in the process of starting one of her many business ideas. Tondalaya is working to start an Independent Living Home for children who have been in foster care so that they can learn to live on their own. The idea is based on the premise that it is very important to not give up on these children, but to show them responsibility. This REALLY hot woman is also an aspiring Plus Size model. Standing 5’10 and a size 16, Tondalaya is proud of her curves, and thinks that it is very important for women of size to know that they are just as, if not even sexier than, those size 2 models. Her quote is… “As a Plus Size women, I have always been in style, it just took the rest of the world this long to notice!”
The award ceremony and kick-off for the 2007 competition happens to be on my birthday. There are many in the NEO sphere I’d nominate, however:
Wendy Hoke
Daniella Lindquist
Virtual Lori
Tina Vance
Shannon Okey
Gloria Ferris
Lisa Renee
Charu Gupta
Frances Richards
McKala Everett
Heights Mom
Angela Stuber
The Atheist Mama
Mrs. Editor
Terry
MB Matthews
Kristin Hampshire
Not to mention Absolute Write pals: Dawno, Mac, Joanne, (Sara, Kathy, Kira, Julia and I know I’m missing some but I haven’t forgotten!), Laura and Jenna Glatzer herself, and many friends who have no specific web-presence but deserve the recognition of “real hot” and all the other superlatives that go with the moniker.
So come on – let’s get at least one winner we know, preferably from Ohio. And that can only happen if we nominate more outstandingly hot, smart women from Ohio.
[And, if you're just not into these kinds of things, that's okay - I can't believe I'm really hawking this either, but hey, why not. I'm almost 44 and still breast cancer free when nearly every other relative on my mother's side has had some form of cancer except for her father who died too young because of heart surgery complication. That's about as hot as I can take it.]
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:25 am June 20th, 2006 in Politics | 10 Comments
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