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GillianB

- 30 Jan 08
- 6:00 pm
As with any weapon, an individual must reckon with the possibility, indeed the likelihood, of that weapon being taken FROM them ... and used ON them. Training to use a weapon, whether it be a knife, a gun, a taser ... or any other implement of violence, is necessary to minimize these kinds of accidents. For women in particular, a weapon may be easily wrested from her. But, if she learns some karate and other martial arts that teach a person how to use their assailants size and weight against him, she may be better off.

Posted to Tupperware and Tasers
- 22 Aug 07
- 9:35 am
Kudos to Ms Gorman! And, why isn't she making a tour of the talk shpws a la Karl Rove to bring this issue to the attention of the greater public? I guess it will be up to the next Dem. in the Oval Office to just open the gates and let them all go. There are no terrorists at Gitmo anymore, unless they have become so because of the treatment they have received there. It was a mistake at the start and it is well past time to just admit our mistake and correct it. And hope that there are no …

Posted to Gitmo's Last Honest Man
- 25 Jul 07
- 11:47 am
In the '60's when I moved to a NY suburb with my young children, a new station came on the AM dial -- WRKL. It had "1000 watts of power" (or as was once said, "a thousand pots of wower") and broadcast only from dawn to dusk, because it was too close to a Connecticut station to be heard clearly at night. Rockland County was a new and growing suburb, complete with growing pains, and our local station provided information, communication and a feeling of community. The noon-time talk and call-in show, usually hosted by the station owner, was a clearing …

Posted to The Great Spectrum Giveaway
- 04 Jul 07
- 3:40 pm
John: In your article, you omitted another M-F in the sports world who caught the public eye in the '70's with a book and SRS. Richard Raskin became Renee Richards in 1975. He was a middlin' tennis player who had played on the male circuit, and then for a short time on the women's circuit. I think she is retired now, both from tennis and optometry. I remember in the '80's going to her office for an eye exam, on the recommendation of a friend in the neighborhood who knew but didn't tell me of her being a "volunteer girl." I …

Posted to He Shoots, She Scores
- 04 Jul 07
- 3:42 pm
Whoops! I just read page 2 of the article. My bad. :-( <*G*>

Posted to He Shoots, She Scores
- 05 Jun 07
- 12:04 pm
The military is organized "from the top, down." All that is needed to end assault and rape against women personnel is word from the Top that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated or excused. Then watch how quickly it all vanishes. Especially if there are a few "examples" made of the guys who think they can still get away with it. Even more important than the behavior of Bill Clinton in private, was his capitulation to the top military men who did not want to have gays or lesbians serving openly in the services. (Unlike many other nations of …

Posted to The Legacy of Tailhook
- 14 Nov 06
- 12:07 pm
The way tio finally defeat Joe L is in the next Senatorial election in '08. Right now it is a regretable fact that with the balance of power so tightt and tenuous, the Dems need him to retain control of the Senate. However, if in '08 the country increases the number of Dems, then independent Joe can go his own way on his own hook. So, the job of progressive grass- and netroots organizations is to start looking NOW for the candidates "most likely to" in '08. We saw before how the balance in the Senate can change in a flash. …

Posted to Learning From Lamont