Category Archives: Human Rights

On the Road – they’re fighting hunger; go along

Recently the World Food Programme launched a video blog called On the Road – http://www.wfp.org/on-the-road

It’s gritty and personal. The bloggers are aid workers for the UN World Food Programme on the field, who often are working against the clock on their laptop’s battery’s life to edit and post their video blog posts. It looks at their everyday experiences, without the confusion of politics or media.

Troops: No Smoking Please?

Troops, Are you ready? No Smoking Please.

The pentagon is currently reviewing a study that is recommending banning the use of tobacco by military personnel. My question in what are they thinking? Yes the outward costs of medical care and so on for the soldiers is quite large. However, they already sacrifice enough for our freedoms, why take away one of the few relaxing pleasures that can get while in battle.

Answering the Conservative Talking Points

1. You have to be against capital punishment,

<<Hey Cons, waaaaay too too costly. Thought you Con(men) didn’t believe in government waste.

but support abortion on demand.

<<Hey, Cons, you think the right to choose, the right to PRIVACY, should be infringed? Hey Cons, choose NOT to have one.