Drill, Drill, Drill
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Eve Ensler, the American playwright, performer, feminist and activist best
known for "The Vagina Monologues", wrote the following about Sarah Palin:
Drill, Drill, Drill
I am having Sarah Palin nightmares. I dreamt last night that she was a
member of a club where they rode snowmobiles and wore the claws of drowned
and starved polar bears around their necks. I have a particular thing for
Polar Bears. Maybe it's their snowy whiteness or their bigness or the fact
that they live in the arctic or that I have never seen one in person or
touched one. Maybe it is the fact that they live so comfortably on ice.
Whatever it is, I need the polar bears.
I don't like raging at women. I am a Feminist and have spent my life trying
to build community, help empower women and stop violence against them. It is
hard to write about Sarah Palin. This is why the Sarah Palin choice was all
the more insidious and cynical. The people who made this choice count on the
goodness and solidarity of Feminists.
But everything Sarah Palin believes in and practices is antithetical to
Feminism which for me is part of one story -- connected to saving the earth,
ending racism, empowering women, giving young girls options, opening our
minds, deepening tolerance, and ending violence and war.
I believe that the McCain/Palin ticket is one of the most dangerous choices
of my lifetime, and should this country chose those candidates the fall-out
may be so great, the destruction so vast in so many areas that America may
never recover. But what is equally disturbing is the impact that duo would
have on the rest of the world. Unfortunately, this is not a joke. In my
lifetime I have seen the clownish, the inept, the bizarre be elected to the
presidency with regularity.
Sarah Palin does not believe in evolution. I take this as a metaphor. In her
world and the world of Fundamentalists nothing changes or gets better or
evolves. She does not believe in global warming. The melting of the arctic,
the storms that are destroying our cities, the pollution and rise of
cancers, are all part of God's plan. She is fighting to take the polar
bears off the endangered species list. The earth, in Palin's view, is here
to be taken and plundered. The wolves and the bears are here to be shot and
plundered. The oil is here to be taken and plundered. Iraq is here to be
taken and plundered. As she said herself of the Iraqi war, "It was a task
from God."
Sarah Palin does not believe in abortion. She does not believe women who are
raped and incested and ripped open against their will should have a right to
determine whether they have their rapist's baby or not.
She obviously does not believe in sex education or birth control. I imagine
her daughter was practicing abstinence and we know how many babies that
makes.
Sarah Palin does not much believe in thinking. From what I gather she has
tried to ban books from the library, has a tendency to dispense with people
who think independently. She cannot tolerate an environment of ambiguity and
difference. This is a woman who could and might very well be the next
president of the United States. She would govern one of the most diverse
populations on the earth.
Sarah believes in guns. She has her own custom Austrian hunting rifle. She
has been known to kill 40 caribou at a clip. She has shot hundreds of wolves
from the air.
Sarah believes in God. That is of course her right, her private right. But
when God and Guns come together in the public sector, when war is declared
in God's name, when the rights of women are denied in his name, that is the
end of separation of church and state and the undoing of everything America
has ever tried to be.
I write to my sisters. I write because I believe we hold this election in
our hands. This vote is a vote that will determine the future not just of
the U.S., but of the planet. It will determine whether we create policies to
save the earth or make it forever uninhabitable for humans. It will
determine whether we move towards dialogue and diplomacy in the world or
whether we escalate violence through invasion, undermining and attack. It
will determine whether we go for oil, strip mining, coal burning or invest
our money in alternatives that will free us from dependency and destruction.
It will determine if money gets spent on education and healthcare or whether
we build more and more methods of killing. It will determine whether America
is a free open tolerant society or a closed place of fear, fundamentalism
and aggression.
If the Polar Bears don't move you to go and do everything in your power to
get Obama elected then consider the chant that filled the hall after Palin
spoke at the RNC, "Drill Drill Drill." I think of teeth when I think of
drills. I think of rape. I think of destruction. I think of domination. I
think of military exercises that force mindless repetition, emptying the
brain of analysis, doubt, ambiguity or dissent. I think of pain.
Do we want a future of drilling? More holes in the ozone, in the floor of
the sea, more holes in our thinking, in the trust between nations and
peoples, more holes in the fabric of this precious thing we call life?
Eve Ensler
September 5, 2008
known for "The Vagina Monologues", wrote the following about Sarah Palin:
Drill, Drill, Drill
I am having Sarah Palin nightmares. I dreamt last night that she was a
member of a club where they rode snowmobiles and wore the claws of drowned
and starved polar bears around their necks. I have a particular thing for
Polar Bears. Maybe it's their snowy whiteness or their bigness or the fact
that they live in the arctic or that I have never seen one in person or
touched one. Maybe it is the fact that they live so comfortably on ice.
Whatever it is, I need the polar bears.
I don't like raging at women. I am a Feminist and have spent my life trying
to build community, help empower women and stop violence against them. It is
hard to write about Sarah Palin. This is why the Sarah Palin choice was all
the more insidious and cynical. The people who made this choice count on the
goodness and solidarity of Feminists.
But everything Sarah Palin believes in and practices is antithetical to
Feminism which for me is part of one story -- connected to saving the earth,
ending racism, empowering women, giving young girls options, opening our
minds, deepening tolerance, and ending violence and war.
I believe that the McCain/Palin ticket is one of the most dangerous choices
of my lifetime, and should this country chose those candidates the fall-out
may be so great, the destruction so vast in so many areas that America may
never recover. But what is equally disturbing is the impact that duo would
have on the rest of the world. Unfortunately, this is not a joke. In my
lifetime I have seen the clownish, the inept, the bizarre be elected to the
presidency with regularity.
Sarah Palin does not believe in evolution. I take this as a metaphor. In her
world and the world of Fundamentalists nothing changes or gets better or
evolves. She does not believe in global warming. The melting of the arctic,
the storms that are destroying our cities, the pollution and rise of
cancers, are all part of God's plan. She is fighting to take the polar
bears off the endangered species list. The earth, in Palin's view, is here
to be taken and plundered. The wolves and the bears are here to be shot and
plundered. The oil is here to be taken and plundered. Iraq is here to be
taken and plundered. As she said herself of the Iraqi war, "It was a task
from God."
Sarah Palin does not believe in abortion. She does not believe women who are
raped and incested and ripped open against their will should have a right to
determine whether they have their rapist's baby or not.
She obviously does not believe in sex education or birth control. I imagine
her daughter was practicing abstinence and we know how many babies that
makes.
Sarah Palin does not much believe in thinking. From what I gather she has
tried to ban books from the library, has a tendency to dispense with people
who think independently. She cannot tolerate an environment of ambiguity and
difference. This is a woman who could and might very well be the next
president of the United States. She would govern one of the most diverse
populations on the earth.
Sarah believes in guns. She has her own custom Austrian hunting rifle. She
has been known to kill 40 caribou at a clip. She has shot hundreds of wolves
from the air.
Sarah believes in God. That is of course her right, her private right. But
when God and Guns come together in the public sector, when war is declared
in God's name, when the rights of women are denied in his name, that is the
end of separation of church and state and the undoing of everything America
has ever tried to be.
I write to my sisters. I write because I believe we hold this election in
our hands. This vote is a vote that will determine the future not just of
the U.S., but of the planet. It will determine whether we create policies to
save the earth or make it forever uninhabitable for humans. It will
determine whether we move towards dialogue and diplomacy in the world or
whether we escalate violence through invasion, undermining and attack. It
will determine whether we go for oil, strip mining, coal burning or invest
our money in alternatives that will free us from dependency and destruction.
It will determine if money gets spent on education and healthcare or whether
we build more and more methods of killing. It will determine whether America
is a free open tolerant society or a closed place of fear, fundamentalism
and aggression.
If the Polar Bears don't move you to go and do everything in your power to
get Obama elected then consider the chant that filled the hall after Palin
spoke at the RNC, "Drill Drill Drill." I think of teeth when I think of
drills. I think of rape. I think of destruction. I think of domination. I
think of military exercises that force mindless repetition, emptying the
brain of analysis, doubt, ambiguity or dissent. I think of pain.
Do we want a future of drilling? More holes in the ozone, in the floor of
the sea, more holes in our thinking, in the trust between nations and
peoples, more holes in the fabric of this precious thing we call life?
Eve Ensler
September 5, 2008
"Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is the best."
~ FZ ~
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is the best."
~ FZ ~
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That said, she is a hunter. To me, that's not a huge issue. Her views on the environment, however, are anything but what a lover of the outdoors usually supports.
well before i tought lets see how this election will end ..but after he made the choice to palin and even changed some of his behavor and he cmpletly changed to say it better ...i really hope that mccain will not be the next pesident of the united staates ....
so many have to learn it ...
I think they are both answers.
here comes the shock of the week, I agree with cincy ...
I agree with drilling in non-ANWR locations ... but, indeed, we need to encourage a new economy in alternative energy sources.
oh, and I do not beleive Palin has shot anything from a plane (supported it, yes ... done it, don't think so) ... while I agree with the basic premise of the above post ... the exagerrations annoy the crap out of me.
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
Drilling is not the answer..and the extra little oil that woud come from American soil will make NO impact on prices. Opec can add or subtract oil to make this little amount mean nothing in terms of global supply and demand. Furhtermore the US consumes 11% of the worlds oil so only 11% of the oil we'll ruin habitates for will be consumed by US consumers. This is the biggest red herring since the war in Iraq. Unfortunately most Americans don't understand supply and demand...or rather not want to.
Exagerations...who needs exagerations..she doesn't believe in evolution, or dinaosaurs....never thought this would happen but she's a bigger nimrod than Bush.
People...wake up..McCain Palin's a freakin nightmare for this country.
i scanned the board last evening, read this and quickly copy/pasted to an email to a few....i think it summarizes nicely the palin nightmare. was glad to have something rather concise to share with some who i think need to see her for who she really is.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
when i think of the billions...or trillions? of dollars wasted on the iraq war for starters....and then i think of why/how people question how we could possibly fund universal healthcare....or developing alternate fuel sources.......:mad:
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
no attack on a country when it is sure ends up in disasster than there is more money right...
the real sad part is that we don't need to wait for some miracle technology - it's available to us now but we continue to let the greedy brainwash us ...
these past 8 years, and with this election looming...i often wonder if i at all think and desire what most americans think and desire. the not-too-distant past makes me feel like a stranger in my own country. i am embarassed and appalled at many of the choices made, to the detriment of us all.
what i don't *get* is those greedy bastards i am SURE could figure out a way to turn profits for themselves with the newer technologies, so why fight it? why turn this country to shit, try to turn the world to shit? they can still be rich and get richer...just do it in a more environmentally-friendly, life-enhancing way.
hell, i remember when video was meant to be the downfall of movie theatres, and it's been said in fact the oppositie is true.
so yea...stop fighting progress....work towards the future, and everyone can win.
i'm a dreamer, i know.....;)
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
i still love where i live.
believe me, i love europe...but that's no easy task. we're NYers, and i don't imagine us elsewhere...not for a loooooonnnngggg time, anyway. however, i am still pissed off with the direction my country has taken, and it does upset me to think my thinking is so out-of-step with what the majority of americans seemingly desire. i am hoping november changes all that and i see change for the future......a new direction.
thanks for the invite tho.
definitely be back to visit more in the future.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
because those greedy bastards don't like to embrace change ... why change what ain't broke in their minds ...
but essentially it boils down to this - people sell products that will make them money regardless of the consequence ... no one factors in consequence in their business plans and that is where it all fails ...
yes i understand you say well i am living now in spain and miss miss miss my homecountry(city)
yeap i understand that ..so lets keep cross that all will end well after november or take a better direction
you re welcome
Sarah Palin is living in a make believe world...and she wants to bring all of us down with her.
I said it before and I'll say it again...this lady is SCARY BEYOND BELIEF!!!!!!!!!
sorry, i may be a little late to this one, but did she really say she doesnt believe in dinosaurs? if this is true, now i'm especially scared of this lady.
could you possibly elaborate as to why you might think that?
sexism, to me, is basing judgements/decisions based solely on one's gender. there is nothing in this article in my reading that seems to suggest judgement of palin simply on the basis of her being female.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
I'm just being sarcastic. Every negative mention anywhere of Palin is now going to be referred to as "sexist" by me just to show how friggin ridiculous their claim is and how they misuse it.
especially when the most efficient car only uses around 30% of the energy...so next time you fill up just think more than 70% is just pissed away
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)