Shiny Soundtrack Goodness!

[elspethdixon]

Yesterday afternoon, in a minor orgy of spending, I bought myself a silver celtic knotwork ring (to replace the one I lost down the shower drain in Tinker last year) and the soundtrack to Chicago. Which I have been listening to nonstop for the past fourteen hours (well, minus the seven or so hours I slept).

I love my new Chicago CD. Even more than I love my new burned copy of the soundtrack toDesperado.

I don't love Bush. Go home Bush. Nobody likes you. You go squish now. [/childishness] I can't believe that they're spending £7 million (or is it 7 million euro? Either way it's unbelievable) on security for his visit with Tony Blair today. If I were a British taxpayer, I'd be sincerely displeased. As an American, I'm instead displeased with his stance on Massachusetts' new law allowing gay marriages. *cheers Massachusetts*

Please, God, don't let him run for re-election. If he forces me to vote Democratic in my very first Presidential election (that I can vote in), I will never forgive him.

Oh, and the small part of me that has seen too many Bush/Blair politislash icons/posts is sniggering uncontrollably right now. "Ooh, look! He's 'visiting' Tony."

Comments

[thelauderdale.livejournal.com]

Um, yeah. I'm reminded of the first female American soldier who was taken POW (who, contrary to public opinion was not Jessica Lynch), Col. Rhonda Cornum, who was assaulted during the Gulf War. When an interviewer said that surely women in the military were facing a risk that their male counterparts didn't, she looked him straight in the eye and said she had seen no evidence that men who are raped feel any better about the situation than women do.

[melusina]

This is a *very* good article about women POW's and rape, with quotes from Rhonda Cornum:

http://www.womenenews.com/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1281/context/cover/

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

Good for her. The media often overlooks the fact that a significant percentage (like 10%, 15 %--I can't remember exactly, but I think either you or Hillary gave me the exact statistic once) are men. Women are, sadly, probably more likely to be raped, but that doesn't mean it doesnt happen to men as well. Particularly in POW and other prison-type circumstances.