Don't judge an entire people by the actions of a few...

Yesterday while debating with some Wisconsin folks about the Israeli bombardment in Gaza a man by the name of Ryan Tanner said to me, "The large portion of muslims living in piece, mean nothing when the small portion of fanatics paint the picture of what Islam is about. Your statement of true Muslims, is pointless."

So, what if the rest of the world judged Americans by the actions of a few....

Let's take a look at recent headlines:

Father Shoots Himself After Killing Son, Injuring Girlfriend: Police (NBC 10 Philidelphia 27, July 2014)

Green Bay man leads high speed chase in Marinette Co. before killing himself
(WFRV Green Bay 25, July 2014)

4 year old injured in Milwaukee gunfire exchange
(Channel 3000 Madison 27, July 2014)

Man brags about 'fat man' tattoo during alleged rape
(Chicago Sun-Times 22, July 2014)

Girl, 11, shot in head at sleepover
(CNN 21, July 2014)

And more rememberable stories from the past several years:

Virginia Tech Shootings of 2007

Sandy Hook Elementary School Shootings 2012

Shots are fired inside the Washington Navy Yard killing 12. The shooter, identified as Aaron Alexis, 34, is also killed.  September 2013

Twelve people are killed and 58 are wounded in a shooting at an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater screening of the new Batman film. James E. Holmes, 24, is taken into custody outside of the movie theater. The gunman is dressed head-to-toe in protective tactical gear, set off two devices of some kind before spraying the theater with bullets from an AR-15 rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and at least one of two .40-caliber handguns police recovered at the scene. 2012

Texas mother drowns her 5 children 2001

And we could go on and on and on...

Every day in the USA news headlines are filled with acts of violence, drunkenness, and hatred towards one another. 

What could the rest of the world say about Americans based on these headlines if they were to judge them by the acts of a few.

Violent
Selfish
Drunken
Drug addicts
Violent
Like to kill people
Violent
Hateful
Kill Children
Rape Children
Full of Crime
Crimes against humanity
Like to instigate violence in other countries
Likes to glorify killers
Poor


From what headlines show Americans are very violent and hateful towards others and themselves.  Killing in all races, ages, sexes, and demographics.  Americans are a violent people and no one should do business with them because they are not to be trusted.

Wonder how many Americans would like this steriotype.   


Don't judge an entire group of people, or nation based on the actions of a few.  

Palestine-It's not our Fault

First off.  I want to make myself very very clear.

I DO NOT SUPPORT ISRAEL OR ZIONISM.

I SUPPORT THE FREEDOM FOR PALESTINIANS.

But what is with all of the blame coming from the Palestinians to the rest of the world.
Mostly aimed towards Egypt.

I am very aware of the history of the Palestinian occupation, the tension between Egypt and Israel, and the tension between Egypt and Palestine.

What people don't hear is everything Egypt does do for the Palestinian people.   Opening Rafah and distributing food, supplies, and medical care. 

Egypt can't afford to do more.  People in Egypt are already severely suffering.  There is a gasoline (petrol) shortage which is hiking food prices, causing power shortages, and there are water shortages.  The economy is struggling and there are a lot of poor, starving people in Egypt.  They are not politically strong enough to handle a war or financing another country.  And they are NOT at war.  How can they afford to give more and neglect their own people?  Do we see how the USA does that to its people and the effect it has?

Egypt can NOT take military action against Israel (and vice-versa) under the Camp David agreement-which the Palestinians were invited to attend.  Egypt can not afford to be attacked by Israel as a result of breaking this agreement-which would happen.  Why should innocent Egyptian civilians die because Palestinians are?

Back when Great Britain occupied Egypt, Egypt had to fight to end the occupation on their own.  Without any help from anyone financially or by military reinforcements.   Arms were distributed in the streets or Port Said and every man, woman, and child stayed and fought off the English winning their freedom.

When Egypt gave Palestine arms they (Fatah and Hamas) used them to fight amongst themselves.  Saudi Arabia has been financially supporting each and every Palestinian in Gaza with $1000 USD a month-but it is distributed to Hamas to give to the public and people are only seeing 200 Israeli shekels a month.  (Obviously KSA can't go door to door in Gaza and hand out $1000 each month.)Their own government is cheating them, not the Gulf. 

Many Arab nations were under occupation and fought their oppressors off.  If Fatah and Hamas worked together, trained the men and in their country, most of whom are unemployed anyway, to fight...  They could have a great military force-even if it was only gorilla fighters.  If they could prove that they were going to work together maybe the Arab Union would be more happy to support them.  There is always talk about how a Palestinian's dream is to become a martyr so then why not come together and really fight off your oppressors? 

Help yourself first and we will help you. 

Instead they continue to fight amongst themselves and place the blame on everyone else but themselves.  Most countries agreed to peace and some amount of compromise.  There is no way Palestine is going to get all it's land back, not now.  They need to compromise so the fighting will stop giving them time to build up an army and gain support from the Arab Union.

I hate seeing babies killed in the street, innocent civilians but it is NOT the Egyptian's fault, it is not the Gulf's fault.  It is Israel's fault, the United States' fault, and it is Palestine's fault for not protecting it's people.  Simple as that.

I know this is going to earn me some criticism but if you have anything to say, please feel free to do so.  I have more than enough evidence to back my opinions.


Inshallah the suffering will stop, God save Palestine and Muslims from around the world.

Divorce Common Sense: Don't Bad Mouth the Other Parent Around Your Kids

And don't let your new spouse or significant other do the same...

Yesterday I called to talk to the girls.

Aurora answered the phone and started talking.

All of a sudden the phone was snatched up and I could hear my ex's girlfriend on the line saying, "Hello" "Hello".  I thought we lost signal again-they live in a rinky dink town with little coverage.

This girl then perceeds to yell at me and tell me I need to stop lying to my kids, telling them I'm coming back, and so on.  Right in front of the girls.

First of all.  I'm coming back in August-beginning of September at the latest.  That's already settled.  Second of all...  You do NOT do that in front of kids.

My parents were divorced when I was young, after my father went to prison for sexual assaulting several neighborhood girls.

My father's sister always dragged me in the middle of the divorce, even when I was an adult, talking bad about my mom in front of me. It made me very angry.  It wasn't my fault that crap happened, why should I have to listen to it?  Why did they want me to hate my mom?  Why did they want to hurt me?

Well, these same people, who claim to love my children, are doing the same things to the girls that they did to me.  As they are good friends with my ex husband he is there with the girls all the time and people continue to talk bad about me in front of them. 

Ariana has stated on several occasions how angry people make her lying about me.  She's old enough to understand what happened between me and her dad and clearly remembers the abuse I went through.  The girls aren't stupid, they know the truth.

People need to grow up.  Plain and simple.  A divorce isn't anyone's business but the couple going through it, and if you want to be in the center of drama so be it, but leave the kids out of it. 

As for my ex husband's girlfriends.  I understand her issue.  She is jealous and suffers from multiple mental disorders (she's been hospitalized in psychiatric centers dozens of times), she is self conscious and knows that she will never be loved by my girls more than they love me.  She also knows that my ex husband will never love her as much as he loved me.  Which was wrong of him to tell her, because being as self conscious as she is, she'll never get over that.  She is going to make those girls' lives hell.  And ruin her own life in the process.  I pray God helps heal her from her mental illnesses and brings her to see the truth about the people she associates with before its too late.

I know it was just a little bit of a rant, but its not right.