Sunday, February 17, 2019

I had a medical procedure. No. I had surgery this past week and have been told to rest. I'll leave you with this for this evening.

It's Sunday Night

It has become obvious to me men and women see relationships differently and as a result, women have been victimized for their sexuality.

Love is not defined by sex. Intimacy frequently follows love, but, the sex is a by-product of a trusting intimate relationship.

Sex appeal is something people of both genders practice to attract their partners. Recreational sex does exist, but, there needs to be some degree of respect for each other even as casual as it can be.

The expression of gender and sexuality takes all forms, but, the one form that gives men to treat women as an object often revolves around language.

I leave this with you tonight:

"Thought Catalog" (click here)
100 Quotes about Women
By Jim Goad

Example:

"It's a man's world. Then Eve arrived." by Richard Armour...


The people at the USA southern border are seeking asylum. They want to work and they want to raise their children. They are not here simply to find a job, that is done in a different way through visa application.

Some are young people alone without parents, but, one thing is clear that makes them asylum seekers, the countries they are coming from have a long documented history of violence against their citizens, primarily through the occupation of drug cartels.

There is no doubt with many of these asylum seekers they have a case. They have to pass a background check and be provided a standing with the USA courts.

Basically, they already have standing to declare asylum and if there is any kind of emergency with them it is a processing emergency and nothing more.

Everyone knows there is no national emergency at the USA - Mexico southern border, right?

For the sake of argument, let's just say there is with crushing throngs of people amassing there.

Why is a wall an answer at all?

There needs to be more of a humanitarian effort, including more judges hearing cases, more social workers assessing families and more lawyers processing cases. 

Why is a wall the only answer Trump seems to have?

Don't forget about job placement because most of these folks are looking for work. We know this is not an invading army. Even Pope Francis said so. Perhaps Speaker Pelosi can ask the Pope to make testimony to the court. 

February 17, 2016

Pope Francis (click here) called forced migration “a human tragedy” during his Mass in Ciudad Juárez.

“We cannot deny the humanitarian crisis which in recent years has meant the migration of thousands of people, whether by train or highway or on foot, crossing hundreds of kilometers through mountains, deserts and inhospitable zones,” he said. “The human tragedy that is forced migration is a global phenomenon today.”

He described “a journey laden with grave injustices: the enslaved, the imprisoned and extorted,” adding, “So many of these brothers and sisters of ours are the consequence of a trade in human beings.”

He cited poverty, violence, drug trafficking and lawlessness as the root causes of migration to the United States from Central America and Mexico.

Here is more from his remarks:

Being faced with so many legal vacuums, they get caught up in a web that ensnares and always destroys the poorest. Not only do they suffer poverty, but they must also endure these forms of violence. Injustice is radicalized in the young; they are ‘cannon fodder,’ persecuted and threatened when they try to flee the spiral of violence and the hell of drugs. Then there are the many women unjustly robbed of their lives.

No more death nor exploitation! There is still time to change. There is still a way out and a chance, time to implore the mercy of God.”

Francis saluted the migrant rights groups, priests and lay people “often risking their own lives” to help people on the trail....