Mothers and Grandmothers
Posted by: Dinah Jewel on: January 29, 2011
An E-Mail I Received
This is the story ……
of our Mothers and Grandmothers who lived only 90 years ago.
The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking for the vote.
Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.
And by the end of the night, they were barely alive.
Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden’s blessing went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of
‘obstructing sidewalk traffic.’
(Lucy Burns)
They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping for air.
(Dora Lewis)
They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cell mate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack. Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.
Thus unfolded the…
‘Night of Terror’ on Nov. 15, 1917, when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson’s White House for the right to vote. For weeks, the women’s only water came from an open pail. Their food–all of it colorless slop–was infested with worms.
(Alice Paul)
When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.
So, refresh MY memory. Some women won’t vote this year because - Why, exactly?
We have carpool duties? We have to get to work? Our vote doesn’t matter? It’s raining?
(Mrs. Pauline Adams)
in the prison garb she wore
while serving a 60 day sentence.
Last week, I went to a sparsely attended screening of HBO’s new movie ‘Iron Jawed Angels.’ It is a graphic depiction of the battle these women waged so that I could pull the curtain at the polling booth and have my say.
I am ashamed to say I needed the reminder.
(Miss Edith Ainge, of Jamestown, New York )
All these years later, voter registration is still my passion. But the actual act of voting had become less personal for me, more rote.
Frankly, voting often felt more like an obligation than a privilege.
Sometimes it was inconvenient.
(Berthe Arnold, CSU graduate)
My friend Wendy, who is my age and studied Women’s history, saw the HBO movie, too. When she stopped by my desk to talk about it, she looked angry.
She was — with herself. ‘One thought kept coming back to me as I watched that movie,’ she said. ‘What would those women think of the way I use, or don’t use, my right to vote? All of us take it for granted now, not just younger women, but those of us who did seek to learn.’ The right to vote, she said, had become valuable to her
‘all over again.’
HBO released the movie on video and DVD . I wish all history, social studies and government teachers would include the movie in their curriculum I want it shown on Bunco/Bingo night, too, and anywhere else women gather. I realize this isn’t our usual idea of socializing,
but we are not voting in the numbers that we should be, and I think a little shock therapy is in order.
(Conferring over ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution at National Woman’s Party Headquarters, Jackson Place , Washington , D.C.
Left to right: Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, Anita Pollitzer, Alice Paul, Florence Boeckel, Mabel Vernon (standing, right))
It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson (A Progressive Democrat) and his cronies try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized.
And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse.
Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn’t make her crazy.
The doctor admonished the men:
‘Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.’
(Helena Hill Weed)
Norwalk, Conn. Serving 3 day sentence in D.C. prison for carrying a banner
Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.
This Tennessee mother’s letter to her son played a pivotal role in the passage of the 19th Amendment:
http://danthemantrivia.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/womens-right-to-vote-anchored-in-niota-tenn/
The Famous Letter page 1
The Famous Letter page 2
The Famous Letter page 3
The Famous Letter page 4
The Famous Letter page 5
The Famous Letter page 6
The Famous Letter page 7
Please, if you are so inclined, pass this on to all the women you know. We need to get out and vote and use this privilege for which these very courageous women fought so hard. Whether you vote democrat, republican or independent party – please remember to vote.
More info about Women here
http://www.amazingwomenrock.com/in-the-news/november-15-1917-night-of-terror-women-fought-for-our-rights.html
Thank you Violetta Marens from my Facebook Friends….
IMMIGRANTS, NOT AMERICANS, SHOULD ADAPT
Posted by: Dinah Jewel on: January 29, 2011
IMMIGRANTS, NOT AMERICANS, SHOULD ADAPT.. Take It Or Leave It.
I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending
some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center ,
we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Americans. ‘
‘This culture has been developed over centuries of struggles,
trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom’
‘We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese,
Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become
part of our society . Learn the language!’
‘Most Americans believe in God. This is not some Christian, right
wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on
Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented.
It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If
God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as
your new home, because God is part of our culture.’
‘We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask
is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with
us.’
‘This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow
you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining,
whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or
Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great
American freedom, ‘THE RIGHT TO LEAVE’.’
‘If you aren’t happy here then LEAVE. We didn’t force you to come
here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.’
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd – Australia is said to have written this and sent it in an email…I changed Australia to America,………
Because I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending
some individual or their culture
I Like Ben Stein
Posted by: Dinah Jewel on: January 29, 2011
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The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.My confession:I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees… I don’t feel threatened.. I don’t feel discriminated against.. That’s what they are, Christmas trees. It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, ‘Merry Christmas’ to me. I don’t think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn’t bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a creche, it’s just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away. I don’t like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don’t think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat. Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren’t allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that’s a sign that I’m getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to. In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it’s not funny, it’s intended to get you thinking. In light of recent events… terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O’Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn’t want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn’t spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock’s son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he’s talking about.. And we said okay..Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with ‘WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.’Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world’s going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send ‘jokes’ through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.Are you laughing yet?Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you’re not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.Pass it on if you think it has merit.If not, then just discard it… no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don’t sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully,Ben Stein |
It doesn’t take much knowledge of prophecy
Posted by: Dinah Jewel on: January 21, 2011
It doesn’t take much knowledge of prophecy to see that this world is rapidly accelerating towards darker days. Examples abound:
“ISRAEL’S ISOLATION DEEPENS” – Wall Street Journal
FRANCE CANCELS SCREENING OF ISRAELI FILM – NY Times
“ISRAELIS WONDER: HAS THE WORLD LOST ITS MIND?” – WSJ
“WE ARE TOTALLY UNPREPARED” Noonan Column – WSJ
WHITE HOUSE REFUSES TO REFER TO JIHADISTS AS TERRORISTS- all media
TURKEY SHIFTS FROM THE WEST TOWARD IRAN – Wash. Times
OIL SPILL MAY CONTINUE UNTIL DECEMBER – AP
OBAMA TELLS EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL THAT HE IS A MUSLIM -OneNewsShow
“TAX HIKES AND THE 2011 ECONOMIC COLLAPSE” – WSJ
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill started the day after the US informed Israel that it would have to give up its nukes as part of peace treaty to be concluded by the end of 2011. That is the message that He gives us in His Word. He’s in charge – and we’re not, even though we like to think we are. We think if we throw enough money at the economic downturn, or enough invective at Israel, or enough concrete and mud at the oil well head, that everything will be just fine. We think these things because we don’t believe what God says in His Word.
A ‘TRUCE’ ON THE FIGHT AGAINST ABORTION?
An illustration of this human failing took place in Indiana recently. The State’s Republican Governor (rumored as a candidate for President) called for “a truce” on the nation’s social issues, in order to concentrate on the financial matters facing the nation. Translation: let’s forget about the aborting of a million Americans in the womb every year and other abominations in the nation, focusing instead on fixing our problems with the almighty dollar and —- it will all come out in the end. Is that how it works? Can a nation forget God and His rules and be blessed by Him? “That nation only is blessed whose God is the Lord”. The Governor, incredibly supported in his call for a “truce” by two “conservative” leaders politically linked with the Governor, was only expressing what many believe, i.e., God is not really involved in current events. They’re wrong.
IS THE PRESIDENT A MUSLIM?
So, where is America headed? Readers of “The End of America” know that 220 verses written by five different Prophets, in both Testaments, warn that an end times nation of great power will betray Israel and be destroyed because of its treachery. No modern U.S. President would have done so, until now. Pam Geller’s revelation that the current occupant of the White House has recently stated to the Foreign Prime Minister of Egypt “in confidence, that he was a Muslim” should cause many to be concerned. Geller quotes the Egyptian official as saying that he was told by the President that “after he straightened out domestic issues (he) would show the Muslim world how to handle Israel”. The U.S. has a military defense agreement with Israel. Will we honor and keep our sworn word when Israel is attacked (Ezekiel 38/39)? The stage is being set for the US to betray Israel, once Israel signs the peace treaty that the US is pushing it so hard to agree to sign.
IS AMERICA FALLING INTO A TRAP?
If the US betrays Israel, would the nation actually suffer for it? Doesn’t the “hammer of the whole” earth have such strength and military preparedness that it could successfully resist any attacks? Peggy Noonan’s column in the WSJ quotes the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice as saying that the Department, which is charged with coordination of law enforcement after a major terrorist attack, is “totally unprepared”. “No one’s in charge here” the IG stated. Jeremiah looked forward into time at the fate of the coming Daughter of Babylon and records God as saying “I set a trap for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it; you were found and captured because you opposed the Lord.” (Jeremiah 50:24) “At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will tremble; its cry will resound among the nations.” (Jeremiah 50:46).
ARE JIHADISTS ‘LEGITIMATELY’ KILLING OTHERS?
Is America/Daughter of Babylon even remotely aware of the enemy facing it? John Brennan, the President’s chief counter-terrorism adviser in a speech in May at the Center for Strategic and International Studies chided Americans for not appreciating Islam’s “peace-loving disposition”. He excused terrorists’ acts by claiming that “violent extremists are victims of political, economic and social forces”. Amazingly, he also said that we should not refer to our enemies as “jihadists” because “jihad is a holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam”. Tell that to the families of the hundreds of thousands of dead through the centuries who have been slaughtered by jihadists. ‘Sorry about the death of your loved one, but you must understand that it’s just a legitimate tenet of my religion’ .
WHEN WILL THESE THINGS BE? ISRAEL AT PEACE
So, where are we, timing wise, in these prophesied events? As Jesus’ disciples asked him in Matthew 24 – ‘when will these things be?’ The betrayal of Israel comes when it is invaded by Russia, Iran and their allies (Ezekiel 38/39), which happens when Israel is at peace, a “peaceful and unsuspecting people” (Ezekiel 38:11). Israel today is not at peace nor unsuspecting. But America’s President, the UN, the European Union and other nations of the world are increasing the pressure on Israel to give up its land, in exchange for “peace”. In January of 2009, the President said there would be a peace treaty within two years, by the end of 2011. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in March agreed with the time projection of a peace agreement by the end of 2011. These two men should know when this world-changing event is planned to occur.
WHEN WILL THESE THINGS BE?
DOMESTIC UNREST AND PERSECUTION
Before the Daughter of Babylon falls, it will experience domestic unrest (Jeremiah 51:38) and the nation will witness the persecution of believers (Isaiah 47:6). We are seeing increasing signs of both: a.) a coalition of 30 liberal organizations has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission requesting it to “monitor hate speech” on talk radio and cable news networks (Newsmax, June 2, 2010); b.) the US House will soon vote on the “DISCLOSE” Act (HR 5175), which will criminalize certain unfavored speech by advocacy groups such as right to life organizations (National RTL – May 27, 2010); c.) the US government decided to sue Arizona for adopting a law codifying what the US Congress adopted years ago, that illegal immigrants can be deported; d.) and the President declared June, 2010 to be “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month”. Really?
It wouldn’t actually take much for these matters to accelerate into major events. It took one mass shooting in Australia to lead the Australian to take away all guns owned by all Australians. Likewise, one widely-covered instance of violence (or a similar event), described as being committed, or even instigated, by Christians, or “right wingers” or Tea Party members, etc., could be used to justify “cracking down on the perpetrators”. Thus, we could be just one major news story away from the acceleration of the fulfillment of these domestic violence and persecution prophecies. Tucson Az. ? Only prayer may be holding it back today.
We are truly a nation unprepared for darker days.
Merry Christmas
Posted by: Dinah Jewel on: December 21, 2010
Another Year
Posted by: Dinah Jewel on: November 27, 2010
2010
Yes and here we are, again. Looking back over…wait for it…lol…looking back over…another year. Damn, sick again
This time last year I was sick, had h1n1.
It was last June I added to my Resume, I had not paid my mortgage for 20 months and now, at this time, it has been 39 months.
All I wanted was for the Bank to say…OK, we are both in trouble here. Both of us. Really…
God Bless Bank of America, won’t let anything happen! Short Sales Shot Down..just…God Bless Bank of America!!!
I started in Advertising. On-line advertising. I put so much work into 3 on-line Magazines over late 2009 and 2010. WestOrangePortal.com, TheWestOrangePortal.com and let’s not forget OMG!!! OrlandoMetroGrapevine.com. GOOD GOLLY
I don’t think on-line anything, is for me… :)
I did and still do “Pizza Box Couponing”, it works for everyone involved. The Pizzeria, the Advertisers and The Company. Pay it Forward Pay it all Around!
I also got back involved with Insurance. This time both Life & Health and Senior Care. And I found a couple of great Companies so this coming year should be pretty good.
Not only with Insurance but with Real Estate and as I was looking into Real Estate this last year, a few other people were still doing Real Estate. I can name 4 I would not mind learning from and it looks like Jason is doing NOW in Commercial Real Estate…what I was doing in 2005-7 in Single Family Homes.
Things that make you go…hmmmmm
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Making Money On Line
Posted by: Dinah Jewel on: July 22, 2010
Well, here I am. Almost 3 years to the date…OK Sept 07 was the date that I got lost with the Real Estate Crash. For the longest time, I could not even look at what was going on in RE and just jumped into on-line work. I tried everything and I mean everything! Maybe that is the problem, OK, I jump, I talked about that, jumping, ADHD in another post, but…I jump. I don’t make money fast enough and I jump, put in more money and find something else and jump, but I did stay with doing on-line Business Directories for a year and did so well that I am STILL so broke I can’t pay attention.
Today I am not doing on-line businesses anymore…
So, we will see what happens now. Things have changed in America since 2007, so we will see.
Going back to what I know, I think, I hope.
On a GREAT note, I fell back in love with my husband, image that. the last almost 3 years has been so hard. He moved out, then we lived together separately and almost just separately. Funny thing, he is so…just did not give up on me, no matter how much I pushed him away, and I did push.
I do not think I have loved him more than I do now….
: )
