Comments on: The Huffington Post: The Four Months Since Hillary http://janefonda.com/the-huffington-post-the-four-months-since-hillary/ Official Site Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:11:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom Vitale http://janefonda.com/the-huffington-post-the-four-months-since-hillary/comment-page-1/#comment-10808 Tom Vitale Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:37:48 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3908#comment-10808 http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin/ What Andrea Dworkin had to say is vital. http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin/
What Andrea Dworkin had to say is vital.

]]> By: earthkeeper http://janefonda.com/the-huffington-post-the-four-months-since-hillary/comment-page-1/#comment-9992 earthkeeper Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:20:41 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3908#comment-9992 Hillary Clinton can only do so much. This is not the only issue on her plate. It certainly is what she is most passionate about. She brings attention to womens issues everywhere she goes. Her husband does a nice job getting the money from the fat cats of the world. Sec.Clinton and Pres.Clinton rock! Why aren't the various rich not sharing their wealth in the world. Some have gained their wealth from sweat and pain of the poor folks in the world. Some from whatever their selling to us regular folks. Give up some of the luxury you've won from us. earthkeeper Hillary Clinton can only do so much. This is not the only issue on her plate. It certainly is what she is most passionate about. She brings attention to womens issues everywhere she goes.
Her husband does a nice job getting the money from the fat cats of the world.
Sec.Clinton and Pres.Clinton rock!

Why aren’t the various rich not sharing their wealth in the world.

Some have gained their wealth from sweat and pain of the poor folks in the world.

Some from whatever their selling to us regular folks.

Give up some of the luxury you’ve won from us.

earthkeeper

]]> By: Jane http://janefonda.com/the-huffington-post-the-four-months-since-hillary/comment-page-1/#comment-9941 Jane Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:41:00 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3908#comment-9941 Thanks for asking this question, Mike, it's a central one and complex. The men who are raping and mutilating the women and girls (and babies!!!) in eastern congo have been truned into maniac killers by the genocidal war in Ruwanda. Maybe you saw "Hotel Ruwanda"> Was that it's name. This is not to excuse what they have become and there are other factors as well. Do remember that in some parts of the world, girls can be purchased for less than a cow. Women and girls, in the most extreme patriarchal cultures have no power, no respect and are seen as sub human. A documentary about this situation said that some of these men believe if they rape women their families will be protected; if they rub certain oils on themselves bullets cannot hurt them. They are crazed and sick and beyond redemption and there MUST be consequences. Right now there are none, as Eve's Huffington Post so powerfully exposed. Eve just wrote me that those who want to do something to help should go onto the V-DAY website and hit the registry for "City of Joy." She will have a piece coming out monday that will have specifics about what to do. City of Joy, by the way, is a "city" where 100 women can come when they leave the hospital (to make room for the hundreds more that continue to pour in.) There, they can be cleaned, can heal their bodies, can receive emotional therapy, can earn job skills and can move from victimhood to being warriors for non-violence---as Eve likes to say. And I've seen it happen. It CAN happen. Thanks for your concern and for trying to help. I am, in fact going to ut this up as my blog today so more people can see and do something. Thanks for asking this question, Mike, it’s a central one and complex. The men who are raping and mutilating the women and girls (and babies!!!) in eastern congo have been truned into maniac killers by the genocidal war in Ruwanda. Maybe you saw “Hotel Ruwanda”> Was that it’s name. This is not to excuse what they have become and there are other factors as well. Do remember that in some parts of the world, girls can be purchased for less than a cow. Women and girls, in the most extreme patriarchal cultures have no power, no respect and are seen as sub human. A documentary about this situation said that some of these men believe if they rape women their families will be protected; if they rub certain oils on themselves bullets cannot hurt them. They are crazed and sick and beyond redemption and there MUST be consequences. Right now there are none, as Eve’s Huffington Post so powerfully exposed. Eve just wrote me that those who want to do something to help should go onto the V-DAY website and hit the registry for “City of Joy.” She will have a piece coming out monday that will have specifics about what to do. City of Joy, by the way, is a “city” where 100 women can come when they leave the hospital (to make room for the hundreds more that continue to pour in.) There, they can be cleaned, can heal their bodies, can receive emotional therapy, can earn job skills and can move from victimhood to being warriors for non-violence—as Eve likes to say. And I’ve seen it happen. It CAN happen. Thanks for your concern and for trying to help. I am, in fact going to ut this up as my blog today so more people can see and do something.

]]> By: Mike B. http://janefonda.com/the-huffington-post-the-four-months-since-hillary/comment-page-1/#comment-9936 Mike B. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:08:21 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3908#comment-9936 What kind of man does this thing anyway? What kind of man does this thing anyway?

]]> By: Jane http://janefonda.com/the-huffington-post-the-four-months-since-hillary/comment-page-1/#comment-9897 Jane Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:36:01 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3908#comment-9897 Go on the V-Day website...it's on the front page of my blog, as well, you can access from there. They have a whole section on Congo and what to do. Thanks for caring. Go on the V-Day website…it’s on the front page of my blog, as well, you can access from there. They have a whole section on Congo and what to do. Thanks for caring.

]]> By: Jane http://janefonda.com/the-huffington-post-the-four-months-since-hillary/comment-page-1/#comment-9896 Jane Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:34:02 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3908#comment-9896 Dear KD, I believe in prayer...sending out heartfelt feelings into the ether for the violence to end. Rent "What the Bleep Do We KNow" and watch it. Also, write letters to the appropriate people in government, including Hillary. She made a promise. So let's try to remind her to fulfill it. Write to your elected officials. xx Dear KD, I believe in prayer…sending out heartfelt feelings into the ether for the violence to end. Rent “What the Bleep Do We KNow” and watch it. Also, write letters to the appropriate people in government, including Hillary. She made a promise. So let’s try to remind her to fulfill it. Write to your elected officials. xx

]]> By: Timothy Dougherty http://janefonda.com/the-huffington-post-the-four-months-since-hillary/comment-page-1/#comment-9894 Timothy Dougherty Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:47:01 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3908#comment-9894 Yes Jane there is no Santa Claus as we know. All we have is the United Nations Human Rights System 2010 http://www.archive.org/stream/UnitedNationsHumanRightsSystem Yes Jane there is no Santa Claus as we know.
All we have is the United Nations Human Rights System 2010 http://www.archive.org/stream/UnitedNationsHumanRightsSystem

]]> By: KD http://janefonda.com/the-huffington-post-the-four-months-since-hillary/comment-page-1/#comment-9891 KD Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:15:18 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3908#comment-9891 I sure do wonder how the United States is going to afford to help every country on the earth. It seems so overwhelming, and where is the money coming from? Even if I gave every cent I made, this earth would still be in dire need. I tried to save the world in my youth. Now I have learned I can only do so much without destroying my own soul. I sure do wonder how the United States is going to afford to help every country on the earth. It seems so overwhelming, and where is the money coming from? Even if I gave every cent I made, this earth would still be in dire need. I tried to save the world in my youth. Now I have learned I can only do so much without destroying my own soul.

]]> By: NancyinCali http://janefonda.com/the-huffington-post-the-four-months-since-hillary/comment-page-1/#comment-9887 NancyinCali Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:52:41 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3908#comment-9887 Thank you for bringing this article to my attention, I had not read it. I was aware of Hillary's trip to Africa and some of the horrors taking place in Congo, but not to the extent that Ensler writes about it. As she points out, it has been 4 months since Hillary's visit and the President that won the Nobel Peace Prize has not done anything about this. I certainly hope that the administration gets around to addressing this SOON. Thank you for bringing this article to my attention, I had not read it. I was aware of Hillary’s trip to Africa and some of the horrors taking place in Congo, but not to the extent that Ensler writes about it. As she points out, it has been 4 months since Hillary’s visit and the President that won the Nobel Peace Prize has not done anything about this. I certainly hope that the administration gets around to addressing this SOON.

]]> By: Kelly http://janefonda.com/the-huffington-post-the-four-months-since-hillary/comment-page-1/#comment-9885 Kelly Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:56:14 +0000 http://janefonda.com/?p=3908#comment-9885 What can we do to help? What can I do from here to help? I feel helpless in this situation. What can we do to help? What can I do from here to help? I feel helpless in this situation.

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