Comments on: Kidman Worries About Treatment of Women While Representing the…UN?

By: Karen Wold

Karen Wold — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:51:11 +0000

Roxana Saberi had a side to her life that the Western media did not want to report and no one wanted to be associated with. Before defending Ms.Saberi and buying into the mainstream medias hype, perhaps you should research the topic a bit more. Ms. Saberi had run in twice before her arrest while filming her movie. She took documents. She lied during her interviews. She refuses to take any responsiblity and her brother was working in military intelligence the whole time. I am sorry but I would rather see a real victim defended than one that put herself in that position, believing she was above the law, while asking the world for their sympathy.

By: Patrick Chester

Patrick Chester — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:56:39 +0000

*warblemuttergrumble*Jump. Jump… now*grumblemutterwarble*

By: Darkwolf

Darkwolf — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:25:27 +0000

from all I've been hearing about Texas, I'm tempted to do the same, only I would miss the cold too much. Of course for me, there's always Alaska.

By: Thorien

Thorien — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:21:57 +0000

As the months go by I am more and more determined to put my hound dog in the car, drive down to Texas and buy a gun. And stay there.

By: Darkwolf

Darkwolf — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:01:21 +0000

I've been to alot of those frightening places. The politicians are the same. The only difference is the measure of power they have and wether or not their populace are free to arm themselves.

By: John T. Simpson

John T. Simpson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:15:44 +0000

palmtree, using the analogy of a fire department, where do you devote your resources? To the six-alarm fires blazing (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan) or the cat stuck in a tree (Canada)? I'm not slamming the AIDS funding, but this UNI-FEM! Shouldn't they be addressing issues like women being stoned and buried alive instead of "Gender Dimensions of Climate Change"? WTF?

And if the issues reflect poorly on Islamic countries, maybe that's because women are treated the worst there? But that's just me. I'm just a dumb guy, after all. Don't mind me. Let's talk seriously about women. Doesn't Nicole look GREAT in that picture?

By: Thorien

Thorien — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:14:40 +0000

I guess it helps to be able to keep an eye on other countries' slimy politicians (and give our slimy politicians some company) but anything that puts freakin' Libya on equal footing with… I dunno, Spain, or some place I'm not frightened of visiting, is ridiculous. Talking is fine. But can't they do it via Skype?

By: palmtree

palmtree — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:17:30 +0000

I don't know , fighting AIDS in Africa seems like a pretty top priority to me. George Bush thought so too.
The top priority for you is clearly issues which reflect badly on Muslims. I agree with you that the Islamic world has lots of problems with the way it treats women. But I still think that failure in one area doesn't wipe out everything else . That's the way it is in the real world , it's not perfect.

By: Darkwolf

Darkwolf — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:32:07 +0000

Just a common sense observation: Any specific organizations's website is going to give information that will represent said organization in a postive light. All good intentions will be listed for all to see. What is true or not true cannot be gleaned from what one says about oneself, especially when they are part of a larger entity that is known all over for widespread abuse disguised by well intentions.

By: Darkwolf

Darkwolf — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:11:08 +0000

from the movie clue (paraphrased):

Bulter: Professor Plum, your job used to entail spending all your time dealing with psycopaths, murderers and thieves. What are you doin now?

Professor Plum: I'm a consultant for special projects at the United Nations.

Butler: So your work hasn't changed then.