When talking of the Syrian refugees, this is the image that comes first, to most people’s minds. Continue reading →
If Jesus Were A Refugee, Or The Hypocrisy Of A Christian Nation
With a Picture Worth a Thousand Words, We’ve Got Several Thousand With Pics of Delaware Goings-On. The 11/18/15 Edition
Got a new fish award, the new Acme store and a surprise from the Sussex GOP.
The U.S. Is Not the Greatest Country in the World Guest Post by Jill Grossman
As an educated person who has worked extensively withrefugees all over the world, the hateful, xenophobic, racist state of this country right now makes me sick. The U.S. Is not the greatest country in the world and as your true colors show I am more convinced of this than ever. Should the tables ever turn and Americans need to leave, which will inevitably happen at some point (maybe not in our lifetime if we are lucky), I would hope that you are not judged or banned from safety and resettlement due to the likes of the KKK, Westboro Baptist, the Army of God, white homegrown American jihadists and countless other radical religious and antigovernment groups in America. When humanity and compassion are overcome by fear and hate, they have already won.
During WWII, the U.S. closed and severely restricted immigration of refugees from Europe for many of the same reasons. How many people could have been saved had they not been turned away. I hope that is forever on your conscience.
If you are among those who believe we should close our borders to those running from same perpetrators we are fighting, a minuscule percent of 1% of the group as a whole, do not bother to argue or spew skewed statistics or unfounded ‘what if’ scenarios to me. Do not quote the Koran, for the bible has outdated teachings of the same nature that you choose to ignore. I ask that you look deep inside yourself, reconsider your own religious and moral teachings and then unfriend me because you are not the kind of person I need or even want in my life. You are cancerous to me, my life and a country that was built on the back of immigrants and refugees.
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Jill Grossman has completed extensive study and post grad work in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, International Development and Global Public Health at Clemson University, West Chester University of Pennsylvania and most recently Columbia University. She’s traveled the world and worked for various nonprofits teaching, coaching sports and working with refugees and marginalized populations, with an emphasis in post-conflict social redevelopment. Albeit a recent Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis currently keeps her stateside, she lives in New York City, still working as an event planner, artist and nonprofit consultant.
Political Gossip and Tidbits Wandering About The Small Wonder That is Delaware- The 11/17/15 Edition
Combining a Sussex County Council update with some Delaware tidbits. We got it all, council gossip, true crime horrors, Delaware State Police catch creep and much, much more.
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The National Scene-The Sunday Political Talk Show Report on 11/15/15
Studying two events today-the Democratic Debate that you may giggle and the Sunday political talk shows for some serious. Jeb Bush all over the place, NO TRUMP, and Hillary’s new wig.
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson; Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md.; Greg Lukianoff, president and CEO, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush; John Podesta, Clinton’s campaign chairman; David Boren, president of the University of Oklahoma.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., chairman, House Intelligence Committee; Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., chairman, Senate Intelligence Committee; Michael Morell, former deputy director of the CIA; Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
THIS WEEK (ABC): President Barack Obama; Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio; Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley; Robby Mook, campaign manager for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Bush; presidential candidate Lindsey Graham.
Who Does Anthony Delcollo Represent?
Well according to an article by James Fisher for Delawareonline, I can tell you it’s Continue reading →
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