Pickles: "Women are now reclaiming their place with men at the center of Afghan society."

[sabra]

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=77047

Remarks by the First Lady at the Launch of the Partnership of the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council and Georgetown University

<snip>

Especially impressive are the strides made by the women of Afghanistan. Afghan women now serve as government ministers and lead as provincial governors. Eighty-five women have been elected or appointed to the National Assembly. Afghan women work as entrepreneurs and educators, as farmers and freedom activists. They're lawyers and literacy advocates, college graduates and community health workers. Women are now reclaiming their place with men at the center of Afghan society.

...

Council initiatives improve economic opportunities for Afghan women. Microcredit loans have been extended to Afghan entrepreneurs, and Afghan women have attended graduate-level business seminars in the United States. One Council program, Arzu, Inc., sells traditional rugs woven by Afghan women, giving them a job so they can support themselves and their families. Arzu rugs can now be seen in homes around the world, including mine -- that's the White House. (Laughter.)

We all know, though, that the success of all peoples begins with education. By investing in education, Afghanistan can help its citizens enjoy greater opportunity, prosperity, and better health.

[Kelly Rupert]

1. Well, if by "Afghan society" they mean "stoning mobs," then yes, that is true.

[MamaBear]

8. That was my first reaction, too.

Everybody must get stoned. ;)

[Richard Steele]

17. Yup, they're RIGHT at the center of those, ain't they? nm

[marmar]

2. I hope Laura enjoyed her weekend in Amsterdam.

:smoke:

[devilgrrl]

3. Did you know that there are really little green men on Mars?

Make shit up much Laura?

Keep trying honey, someone out there will believe it.

[pennylane100]

4. Pickles must be pickled if she believes that.

Teachers are being killed for teaching at girls schools and it is only in Kabul and maybe some of the other larger cities that women are doing better. I nominate her as the most useless First Lady ever, although Monster-in-law Babs runs a close second.

[Captain Hilts]

5. Who told her that? nt

[Union Thug]

6. Perhaps she will do live interviews with women on the streets

of Afghanistan so that they can speak freely to the American people on live TEEVEEEEEE.

Or maybe not.

[ceile]

7. Put down the crackpipe, Laura. n/t

[Rageneau]

9. Oh, to be a woman in Afghanistan today!!!

The money, the power, the fashion, the sex and the partying -- what more could a girl want?

[madrchsod]

10. what planet is she on?

is there another planet that i did`t know about? or is she just bat-shit crazy?

[Richard Steele]

20. She's broadcasting LIVE from the third moon of Xanax.

[MoonRiver]

11. So sayeth the ultimate deluded airhead.

:eyes:

[Target_For_Exterm]

12. Yeah, teachers who teach girls are only drawn and quartered

a few times before girls are intimidated enough to stay home... :sarcasm:

[seemslikeadream]

13. Wake up Laura, wake up, it's a mad world

You must get out more, invest in a little education for yourself

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x8343

[libodem]

14. Why doesn't she move over there then

Stupid fucking bitch. Afghanistan is similar to Iraq in that they have fortified zones that look modern and have nice hotels and shopping. The rest of the country is rubble and decaying stone shelters. Other wise show me the pictures of the towns and neighborhoods with: little wooden houses, nice yards, paved streets, a grocery store, a hardware store, the post office, car dealership, department stores, and the school with both boys and girls attending. Didn't that stupid fucking bitch read about the schoolmaster they disemboweled and the dismembered by way of tearing off his limbs with each one tied to a motorcycle???????? The Afghan people live in caves shelved into rocky mountainsides. They hide all day and then sneak out at night to try and farm the barren soil. Most of the time if they a caught in the day time out where they can be seen a big ol' helicopter gun ship will come by and spray them with machine gun bullets. They hide from us just like they had to 20 years ago from the Soviets. What horrendous suffering the people go through on a daily basis. This administration has so much bad Karma they will be coming back as cockroaches for eternity.

[WinkyDink]

23. Why should she bother her beautiful mind over such things? She

has her reality, and its name is Bush.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

15. adjoining graves, Laura - it's not quite the same thing as a place in society

you stupid twit. No wonder George likes COndi. Stupid women make him feel superior.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

16. This from a woman who spent less than six hours there

If she really feels the need, which it appears she does, to be an authority on the subject, perhaps she should make an extended visit to the region and get a honest feel for what's taking place.

[lies and propaganda]

18. oh, is that fucking right?

Must be why i would still get more lashings then my gang rapists.

Shes a cunt.

[Lurking Dem]

19. I guess that would explain

why they are self-immolating.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6149144.stm

[bullimiami]

21. i guess they never fact check any of the stuff rove tells them to say?

or they just dont mind lying all the time.

[Disturbed]

22. There she goes again

catapulting the propaganda.

[htuttle]

24. Man, somebody's GOT to adjust her medication!

It's getting really embarrassing...

Wanna know how women are really doing in Afghanistan? Check here: http://www.rawa.org/

[libodem]

25. That was a very powerful reality check

I see I wasn't far from wrong in my assertions above. I was taking a wild guess. I wish I had been wrong. Very powerful link. All should click. Laura needs a hard copy shoved up her ass with a war-lord's dick.