Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: La vera faccia di chi ha votato per Bush

L'email qua' sotto, in se, riassume la tragedia di un paese dove la
gente e' stata per 3 ore in fila per ri-votare "il candidato dei
valori morali".
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/4/123623/378
I work at a domestic violence shelter in a rural conservative district
in Mich. that is has had its economy gutted by NAFTA and where
Christianity dominates the culture.
Yesterday while reflecting about 4 more years of Bush I was talking
with a woman staying in the shelter. I will give her a fake name, lets
call her Laura B. Laura is 28, pregnant, (never considered an
abortion). She finished highschool and did a year of college before
dropping out to have a couple of kids with her military husband.
Living in Virginia on base with her autocratic mate (he doesn't allow
the boys 3 and 4 to say "yeap" they have to answer "yes sir") drove
her crazy and she was hospitalized for suicidal thoughts. Military
dude divorced her and has custody.
She came home to Mom in Mich and ended up at our shelter to try and
sort out her life. (Mom has no money either and her own problems.) We,
like all secular agencies, have seen a steady erosion of funds.
Laura B. has found a job working in the kitchen at a local faith based
Christian College. She makes $6/hour. She drives a dying Ford Escort
wagon pays $2.15/gallon for gas. Her latest crisis is her insurance
expired on Oct. 9 (her ex-partner cancelled policy). She needs to come
up with $211 to get insurance for one month or face a $1,000 fine if
she gets caught driving with no insurance. We have some public
transportation, Dial-a Ride, minibus runs between 7 am and 6 p.m., M-F
$1.50 one-way. She has to be at work at 6am.
She has been walking to work lately but it is about 2 miles she is 5
months pregnant, it is dark at 5 am, and winter is coming. Solution?
Go begging at the churches who seem to have money for these things.
They will give her the money if she attends bible school. So last
night she was at bible school until 9 p.m.
She has never attended our domestic violence support groups as she is
too tired at night and goes to bed early but the bible study was not
optional.
She was excited about "God's message" when she came back.
This week she moves into low income subsidized housing. Her newest
crisis is she has found out when the college is closed for the
Christmas holiday (one month) she has no employment. She is hoping to
find temporary employment as a seasonal retail worker if the Christmas
sales are brisk to tide her over. She doesn't know what she will do
when the baby is born, hopes she can work up till the last week (she
is on her feet all day with this job). She will be eligible for
subsidized daycare.
She voted for Bush because of his "family values."

 ha scritto nel messaggio
Copiato e incollato.
E poi c'e' gente che preferisce i masticabibbie a Bin Laden.

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Lasciando da parte il fatto che l'articolo parla di una donna che 
probabilmente č fragile a livello mentale e psichico, sebbene non sembri 
stupida.
L'articolo sembra la lamentela di un commerciante fuori mercato, che ha 
una merce che non vende e si lamenta della ingiustizia di avere concorrenza.
Da notare nell'articolo che la signora ritorna dalle lezioni sulla 
Bibbia entusiasta, cosa che non si dice delle sedute di supporto.
Quindi direi che i masticabibbie sono riusciti a dare qualche cosa di 
utile a questa donna, che la concorrnza liberal non č riuscita a dare.
Apparentemente, leggendo tra le righe, l'unica opzione data a questa 
donna dal centro di supporto o dalla articolista era quella di abortire 
(magari era anche la soluzione giusta in generale), data la sua 
condizione di indigenza etc.
Sfortunatamente, a sinistra, non capiscono piů che l'essere umano per 
vivere bene deve avere anche delle speranze e delle aspirazioni, non 
basta il cibo.
Con bin Laden, la signora sarebbe senza istruzione, nessun lavoro per 
mantenersi, quindi alla fame e probabilmente dovrebbe prostituirsi, come 
accadeva in Afghanistan sotto i talebani, per i talebani.
Il marito avrebbe avuto il diritto di batterla quanto e come voleva.
I figli avrebbero dovuto dire "yes, sir" e poteva batterli liberamente.
Sarebbero dovuti andare tutti, obbligatoriamente e gratis, alla scuola 
coranica.
Mirco

 Bibbia entusiasta
E invece non ritorna, quando frequenta le lezioni sulla "Bibbia depressa"?
Namib