<^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> ........Catt's Claws 09-30-2001......... An Unapologetic Feminist Newsletter by Irene Stuber who is solely responsible for its content Archives: http://www.undelete.org/catts/catts.html <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> <^> Robert Fisk wrote in the UK (where the press is acting more like reporters and not, as they are in the U.S., as stenographers for Karl Rove and Ari Fleisher, aka georgie the lesser's brains): "Or is (hunting) Mr bin Laden merely chapter one of our new Middle Eastern adventure, to be broadened later to include Iraq, the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, the destruction of the Lebanese Hezbollah, the humbling of Syria, the humiliation of Iran, the reimposition of yet another fraudulent "peace process" between Israel and the Palestinians?" How this all recalls the song from the almost forgotten lessons of Viet Nam: the big muddy . . .getting in deeper and deeper with no way out. And then the other mournful cry: "Give peace a chance." Mr. Bush, please call on the United Nations and the brains of this world to end terrorism - harness the goodwill of the moderate Muslims who disagree with the bin Laden's of their world. But it is THEIR world. . .they understand it. They can stop it, we can't. Hell, the U.S. army and intelligence agencies can't even speak the language - they're advertising on internet for people to speak the dialects!!! If we murder people in Afghanistan then we simply create more terrorists. And unless we lift the religious backwardness of keeping women under burkas and without education, medical care, etc., AMERICANS have no right to fight one tribe so that another will take over and retain the abuse of women as their right. <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> You've all read about the great breakthrough that allows ovarian tissue to be implanted in the arms of women - allegedly the research was done to benefit women who lose their fertility for various reasons. The research was also driven by those who are trying to find ways to divest the world of adult, free women as a necessary evil. A highly expensive research for a procedure to benefit a few thousand women a year just ain't gonna happen. Even if the guestimate of 40-50,000 women a year losing their fertility is correct - how many REALLY want more children? OK, let's say 10,000 a year (which I think is way over the top, but for the sake of discussion). Let's say each procedure cost, ah, $50,000 . . . with a profit to the developers of the proceedures maybe $20,000 . . . (use your own figures because it's one of those things that the real answer doesn't matter.) SO, in a good year the developers of the proceedure would get $20 million - this would be good for maybe three years before something different comes along. . . so this is all done for a income of $60 million - less how much did it cost to develop it, etc. Because by the time a few prelimiary attempts have been done (notice the regulations of the FDA do NOT come into play as they do for abortion or birth control drugs) an upgrade in procedure will have been developed. . . etc. Economically it doesn't make sense . . . so . . . something else is driving the market. . . and if you are thinking "good Samaritan," you need help fast. <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> This transplanting of ovaries into EASILY ACCESSIBLE PLACES will now allow "fertility experts" to use a woman's entire body as an egg farm. . .and I am curious to know how OLD a woman/girl/infant has to be for the transplanting to be done . . . a female infant is born with all the eggs she'll ever have so harvesting a female infant gives a few thou eggs...moved to the exterior of the body for easy removal.... The other angle researchers are working on is artificial "wombs" . . . WE QUOTE: "The tissue produced clearly visible welt-sized bumps - mini ovaries, really - on the forearm, just below the elbow. More important, the tissue appears to be functioning normally and has produced mature eggs and regulates the menstrual cycle. "If pregnancy were attempted, it would be through in-vitro fertilization, and eggs would be retrieved in a simple procedure through a syringe, similar to drawing blood." Conceivably, a woman's ovary can be sub-divided into dozens even hundreds of pieces and transplanted into the bodies of throwaway infants (most poor countries such as India or Argentina there are thousands upon thousands of street children - and girl infants who are murdered at birth) . . . or very poor women seeking money for food. . . etc. There are two books you'd best re-read - 1984 and Brave New World. <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> A prime jerk named Herndon, kin to the Arkansas' righteous brothers called Hutchinson, cried and carried on at a news conference HE called. He made it a point to being lovey dovey and holding his wife's hand while he told reporters that yes, he had an adulterous affair with a woman - and then gave the reporters her name and how to reach her . . . Well, Mr. Herndon ran in the republican primary (what else) to replace his uncle Asa Hutchinson in the U.S. congress and got his ass beat by a guy named BOOZMAN (honest, I'm not making this up). Boozman is a doctor who, when he ran for a political office two years ago, stated that women who are raped can't get pregnant because the good lord made them that way . . . a safeguard. . . now if only the citizens of this country had a safeguard to protect us from these stupid assholes who seem to prefer being republicans. A DOCTOR???? I don't think he's practicing anymore - practicing is a good word for someone like him. Unfortunately there's going to be a runoff between Boozman and a guy named Gunther Delay who is a bit more conservative than Adolph Hittler. Where do these republicans find these bozos? <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> While DEMOCRATS are fighting for money to give to airline WORKERS who are being fired without severance pay, the republicans led by Trent Lott and Dick Armey are opposing it - the repugnants want to give buckets and buckets ($40 BILLION) to the OWNERS of airlines so they don't suffer . . . GAWD I love republicans; they're such sleazes. The CEOs of the airlines are getting multi-dollar BONUSES and some have salaries in EXCESS of $18 million - all in the financially strapped airlines of $3 million plus! Can someone explain to me that if capitalism is the best system in history why it produces such nasty, selfish, greedy people who don't give a flying f*** for the suffering of human beings . . . <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> The following note is why I have not hopped onto the "ain't Bush wonderful" bandwagon that's rolling along in the name of national unity. (Note he runs away to Camp David each extended weekend instead of acting like a president.) He just isn't honest - he and his aides would rather lie than tell the truth - and they think that they have a mandate from outer space to break every law of how this nation operates. Imagine, members of the White House staff called NBC to complain when they had Bill Clinton on the morning show for an interview regarding his experiences at ground zero in New York. The press secretary Ari Fleischner took broad swipes at Bill Maher for expressing his opinion. . . And the hastily constructed story that the White House, Air Force One, and george the lesser being targets of the terrorists to explain his fleeing across the nation to hide out has fallen apart and been revealed for what it was - a ploy invented by Karl Rove who personally picked up the telephone to "tip" privileged reporters ala Kenneth Starr. Salon.com in an article about White House whitewashers is excellent: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/27/spi n/index.html?x If george the lesser wants to be known as the leader of this nation and the free world, he'd best start by taking charge of his own staff: Karl Rove, Ari Fleischer, Andy Card, and Karen Hughes. Until then, I have no respect for him. <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> QUOTE: "Despite its disadvantages, Pakistan has managed to extract a high price for its compliance. Washington has lifted sanctions and promised massive financial aid. It has urged its western partners, especially Japan, to do likewise - and Tokyo, at least, has agreed to cough up. The Pakistani price tag is not just measured in dollars. Washington is being forced to swallow its concerns about the overthrow of democratic governance, Pakistan's involvement in the Kashmir conflict, and its nuclear weapons and missile programmes." --- From _The Guardian_, the UK newspaper, by Simon Tisdall, Thursday September 27, 2001 http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/s tory/0,7792,559047,00.html While U.S. newspapers, on the whole, are wasting precious newsprint on praise and wonderment at the way bushette's junta has forged an international agreement regarding its "war," European newspapers are looking into the nooks and crannies of the agreements and revealing what the U.S. has promised to get that aid. Including Russian approval of any government set up to replace the Taliban. . . the U.S. to give Russia the victory that it was unable to get militarily through all those years of fighting in Afghanistan. You gotta read the article to believe it. <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> "George W. Bush passing himself off as a patriot, even as he disassembles the Constitution with the voracious glee of piranha skeletonizing a cow." Ted Rall column, 0o9-26-2001, http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/uctr/20010926/cm/i _this_is_patriotism_keep_it_1.html <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> QUOTE: "Something horrible flits across the background in scenes from Afghanistan, scuttling out of sight. . . a woman ...The burka with its sinister, airless little grille, is more than an instrument of persecution, it is a public tarring and feathering of female sexuality. It transforms any woman into an object of defilement too untouchably disgusting to be seen. It is a garment of lurid sexual suggestiveness: what rampant desire and desirability lurks and leers beneath its dark mysteries? In its objectifying of women, it turns them into cowering creatures demanding and expecting violence and victimisation. Forget cultural sensibilities. "More moderate versions of the garb - the dull, uniform coat to the ground and the plain headscarf - have much the same effect, inspiring the lascivious thoughts they are designed to stifle. What is it about a woman that is so repellently sexual that she must diminish herself into drab uniformity while strolling down Oxford Street one step behind a husband who is kitted out in razor-sharp Armani and gold, pomaded hair and tight bum exposed to lustful eyes?" -- The Guardian, London, by Polly Toynbee http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,12 84,559536,00.html <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> There is not a wimper from the bushette junta regarding women's human rights in the repressive Muslim states. . .is it because the fundamental religious right that now controls U.S. government - fortuitously without any opposition since 09-11 - holds the same view of women. . . to be kept barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen and serving men while they are not pregnant producing the MAN's children???? Scratch a fundamentalist xtian (southern baptist, roman catholic, mormon, church of god, pentacostals, etc), jew, muslim, budhist and you find the same fermented sperm bag minds: HATE WOMEN AND KEEP THEM UNDER CONTROL. <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> Regarding our opinion about insurance policies not paying off "in times of war" and bushette's claim that we are at war. . . Ellen Z writes: "On this one, fortunately, you are wrong. I used to be in the insurance bz (snipped: one of very few women to do that). I asked some of my old cronies who assured me that the insurance industry wouldn't try to weasel out of this one with the "Act of War" exclusion. It would be a public relations disaster of the highest order for one thing. " From what I hear, the industry is gearing up to handle the claims. According to some reports in the mainstream press, the claims may exceed $15-20 billion." And I'll bet you a "10-10-220 buck" that the U.S. taxpayer eventually picks up the tab. With the way bushette is throwing money around to bribe people and businesses, 10 billion here, 40 billion there - pretty soon it's gonna add up to real money. <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> Walter Cronkite, the legendary HONEST TV commentator and veteran of World War II strongly advocates cameras and reporters be permitted at the front lines for the first time since the Vietnam war. "We can't let what happened in the Gulf war happen again," he told TV Guide in a recent interview. Under Bush I, reporters were barred from the battlefield and terrible things were covered up - including the turning over of Iraqi rebels to Saddam's republican army for slaughter. George the lesser is attempting the same type of war without oversight wherever his handlers decide to send American troops. <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> BTW, one of the horrors of the gulf conflict was the treatment of AMERICAN WOMEN SOLDIERS. They were not allowed to wear short sleeves or strip down to tank tops in 110 degree heat because it might offend the Arabs for whom they were fighting and risking their lives for. American women soldiers were not allowed to drive transports or the like off bases for fear of offending the Muslim religious mullahs. STRANGE AIN'T IT THAT NOT A SINGLE FEMINIST "LEADER" HAS EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT AMERICAN WOMEN SOLDIER'S RIGHTS IN ANY MILITARY ACTION COMING UP IN A BACKWARD MUSLIM NATION THAT KEEPS THEIR WOMEN ENSLAVED. . . Surely someone should say, "HEY! If Americans are going to risk their lives, they are going to do it as AMERICANS and not as slaves of the Muslim bigotry. We MUST not let another religion dictate what our soldiers wear or don't wear. And HOPEFULLY this time make sure the army brass will make sure that sanitary supplies are sent along with troops the same as condoms and blue ointment as sent along with the men. <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> The following was written by Diane Melton and appeared in The Monterey Herald (California) newspaper - Catters, send a copy of this to all your congressional reps and to the so-called feminist leaders who are sitting on their hands while our sisters are being tortured by the same religious bigotry that is taking over OUR country via bushette, ashcroft, powell, thompson, delay, hastert, armey, lott, etc.: quote: "TALIBAN'S TRUE FOES: "Hey Bush, you want bin Laden dead or alive? Get the guns to the women. Got find those women who were doctors and lawyers, scientists, teachers, researchers, business owners and computer technicians who were stripped of their careers, their clinics and businesses. Those women whose female children are denied school and medical care and whose sons are forced into the Taliban's schools. "The one who was already a widow because her husband joined the war and is dead, so that now she can crouch in the street with her begging basket and watch as the woman next to her unwittingly draws the attention of the "religious police" because she broke one of the new "laws" by showing a patch of skin. And watches as that woman is driven to a sports stadium to be shot in the head. " Find the woman whose husband is one of those religious policemen, who beat her when she was brought home from her former career and who locked her in the house. "Find those thousands of women and give them the guns. And then wait until tomorrow when all the terrorists and the ruling Taliban are laid out, side by side, in the stadiums and the streets. "And then give the women the money and resources and watch them rebuild." -- Diane Melton <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> A new book taken from Nixon tapes by former white house counsel James Dean quotes Nixon describing women as erratic and emotional and that he was glad there were none in his cabinet. Nixon, however, entertained the idea of appointing California judge Mildred Lillie as a politically expedient PLOY but the American Bar Association said she wasn't qualified. Such a "no qualified" won't bother georgette the lesser who has said HIS judgment will be supreme and he isn't going to pay any attention to the ABA's comments or judgments. . . experts who have guided the ship of state for many, many years. Seig Heil! <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> A Catter complained to the American Politics Journal (who wants women's money and support) for the following: http://www.americanpolitics.com/about.html#6 You gotta got there to believe it. This is their response - notice their use of their "frat boy mentality." (The editor's email address is supplied. Be polite. Don't call him a blunt sperm head who needs help getting there.) I wonder how these guys would react to cartoons of cutting off their balls (which they seem to take such pride in while displaying their existence to other frat boys). Catt's Claws calls for a boycott and web-wide denouncement of the site . . .they belong with the religious right bigots. From: Gene Gaudette Gene Gaudette - APJ PC TO THESE FRAT BOYS' APPEARS TO BE WOMEN SELLING THEIR SEXUAL FAVORS. We used to call them johns . . . guys who don't have sexual charisma and have to buy sex. And regardless of her alleged scholastic bonafides (note that Smirk has a masters in business) Answer Girl is a hooker...her pay may not come at a sleazy corner or at a toney night spot, but it's selling one's body just the same. Which is fine, just don't call it something it ain't. <^> <^> . . . . . <^> cc <^> . . . . . <^> <^> Women's rights are young and tender and we must protect them from the plagues of theocratic righteousness hiding in the bushes. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thanks to a hard-working lady and her husband who demand anonymity, Catt's Claws columns are immortalized at http://www.undelete.org/catts/ http://www.undelete.org/catts/catts.html http://www.undelete.org/catts/archives/ WOW! We thank you deeply. >>> Send your ideas, comments, and news to istuber@undelete.org for inclusion in the Catt's Claws feminist newsletter. This is NOT an interactive discussion net. Catt's Claws is NOT sponsored by any organization. We accept *limited* donations (only what can be spared) to help offset the online costs of posting Catt's Claws and archiving them. Copyright 2001, Irene Stuber. 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