HeiressofBickworth
HeiressofBickworth's JournalI fear this more than terrorism
First Amendment rights dispensed with
Second Amendment would be enshrined
Third Amendment -- how would you like to have soldiers stationed in your home to house and feed at your own expense
Fourth Amendment -- search and seizure without warrant for probable cause
Fifth Amendment -- no Grand Jury rights
Sixth Amendment -- right to speedy trial and other defendant rights. Can you say "kangaroo courts"?
Seventh Amendment -- right to trial by jury -- see above re kangaroo courts
Eighth Amendment -- say hello to excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishments
Ninth Amendment -- protects rights not specifically enumerated by the Constitution. Used in Griswald and Roe v. Wade
Tenth Amendment -- state's rights
Each of these would be revoked by a GOP-lead state's convention. Other rights, minority voting, women's right to vote, would also be at risk. Do you really trust that there would be enough "blue" states to stop the wholesale removal of all of the rights that the current Constitution afford us all?
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I love the picture!!! The white building to the side was the restaurant. They took down the fancy ironwork we put up along the top edge of the balcony. They took out the flower gardens in the front. Hated weeding those flowers - I was always afraid of funnel webs!! It also looks like they built another building to the left. Wonder what they did with the small carriage house which would have been in back of that building. Are the motel units still there? We only served breakfast to the motel units; we were open for lunch and dinner, but not afternoon tea. I remember cooking turkeys in the wood-burning stove for Christmas dinners for the restaurant. It was terribly hot and we had the fire going for hot water and the oven. We stood out on the front porch singing "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas" and laughing like hell.
I spent a perfectly lovely day in Canberra; it was spring -- took the train. I had a friend who lived in Flynn -- we exchanged Christmas cards for many years but I've lost contact with her now.
I had a ute and drove all around buying old things from peoples' sheds. I had an antique shop in Mittagong. One of my favorite memories was when a friend of mine from the US came to visit and we spent the night in the pub in Young with the entire rugby union team. Just them and the two of us. They didn't toss us out at closing time. That was back in the day when the pubs were segregated - men in one room and women in another. We always went into the men's side and just as the bartender was going to toss us out, he heard our American accents and said, "bloody yanks don't know better" and let us stay. We went to a Bachelor's and Spinster's Ball in Condobolin (I think). It was held in a huge tent on a pig farm. Men in tuxedos, women in fine clothes. Men climbing the tent poles after a few beers.
Yes, I have wonderful memories of Oz!! Thanks for letting me share them with you.
Yes, it was the White Horse Inn
My family owned it from 1968 to sometime around 1986 (don't remember exactly). When my mother bought it, it was run down and had layers of lino over beautiful wood floors. All of the interior wood trim was painted with many layers. She stripped and refinished all of the wood in the place and restored the beautiful wood floors. She then set out to furnish the whole place with lovely antique furniture. There were four motel units in the back which were clean but unremarkable in decor. The kitchen for the restaurant was a real challenge. There was a wood stove that heated the only hot water supply in the place. There were a couple of electric flat-tops and an electric stove with oven. We had a refrigerator and a freezer. Some time before she sold it, there was an electrical fire in the kitchen which necessitated total replacement of fixtures. There were three 1,000 gallon water tanks outside that collected rain water which was used in the kitchen and bathrooms. The rain water was better than the Berrima city water supply which had "wogs and beasties" in it. There was, of course, no central heating but every room had a working fireplace. When I lived there, I took the ute to the local lumber mill and got scraps for the wood stove and the fireplaces. I was taught to NEVER reach into the woodpile, but to use a rake to pull off a piece before picking it up -- snakes, of course. We had a number of kerosene heaters -- a couple for the dining rooms and one each for our bedrooms. If you look at a picture of the White Horse Inn, my bedroom was on the 2nd floor, the window on the right; my sitting room was behind it. My sister's room was a double room and had the two windows on the left. My daughter's room was behind my sister's room. My brother's room was the "penthouse", the two attic rooms. Mother's bedroom and sitting room were on the first floor, to the left of the front door. Oh, and the story about a ghost isn't exactly as it has been told. The ghost wasn't a convict who died when it was built. Jim, the ghost, was the husband of the woman my mother bought the place from; he had committed suicide in the dining room. It probably makes a more interesting story if they say it was a convict.
Oops, sorry, this is too much info -- don't want to bore you with details. But, I wanted to convey that I loved that old house and the town was very quaint. I'm in fact glad to see that the highway bypassed it -- less traffic and less noise. I very much enjoyed my time in Oz and would go back there to live, if I had the chance. My sister and brother still live in Oz.
I'm very torn about what the US response should be
Generally, I'm against the US being the world's police. Sending in troops would create a quagmire that would take years to get out of and would cost American lives. Not to mention the billions of dollars that we just don't have to spend on yet another military adventure, regardless of the righteousness of it.
Sending money to aid the Nigerian government is an even worse idea. According to the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index, Nigeria scores 25 out of 100 in perceived corruption (the lower the number, the higher the corruption) with the police force being named as the #1 most corrupt government organization. Sending money to Nigeria will only line the pockets of the corrupt officials and do nothing to aid in the recovery of the missing girls.
Sending aid to neighboring countries would do nothing as well. Cameroon (25/100), Central African Republic (25/100), Sudan (14/100), South Sudan (11/100), Chad, (19/100), all registering the same level of corruption or worse. http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2013/results/
So what is there for us to do? I sure wouldn't want to be in President Obama's shoes on this. It's a lose/lose situation and meanwhile, innocent children are being killed, kidnapped and sold into slavery.
These fundies have nothing but sex on the brain.
They never seem to understand that rape has nothing to do with sex. Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more people against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or against a person who is incapable of valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, or below the legal age of consent. It is assault, unlawful violence. It is battery, criminal contact with another in a manner likely to cause bodily harm. (thank Wiki for the definitions). In psychological terms, rape is a rage attack for the purpose of injuring and overpowering the victim. In the case of rape, penis is the weapon. From what I've read, rape isn't a form of passion triggered by a low-cut blouse or a high-cut skirt. Women, big, little, old, young, cute or not, or anywhere in between can be targets. Many years ago, I had the opportunity to watch the local police sensitivity training video on rape. This so-called holy man needs to watch it. So for these pontificating pastors, I can say only one thing: Shut the Fuck Up until you know something about the subject, you miserable little prick.
PS -- full disclosure, I have never been raped, nor do I know anyone who has, but as a woman, I sympathize with my sisters and I understand that any one of us can be a target of some rage-filled criminal.
If I recall correctly, the initial purpose of Fox
was to be a public outlet for the Republican Party. They were unable to obtain a license to use public airwaves as such so they disguised their purpose and called themselves a "news organization". From their content, they have never wavered from their initial stated purpose, to be a publication for the Republican Party. That's why I never watch it. They don't even make a pretense of being a source of "news".
I have a mental vision of Putin
ridding in the parade in the first military vehicle, like the conquering hero he imagines himself to be.
He is a puzzle. His ego was probably not massaged enough during the Olympics so a month later, he in Crimea with plans for further conquests. Personally, I think he's delusional. But like any crazy person with weapons, he's dangerous.
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