At Random

A year ago, I was watching Current TV (YouTube meets CNN) and watched a piece or pod as their called on the channel on a fascinating custom in the Arab world, grown men holding hands in public. I was quite surprised to see Arab men engaging in what we in the West deem homosexual behavior. Especially in a country such as Syria where homosexuality is a crime and punishable by battery and possibly death. In ultra conservative pockets of the Arab world, it is criminal for a man and woman to hold hands publicly.

In the Arab world, men hold hands as a sign of close friendship and deep affection. It is not at all homosexual. In the pod, two of the men interviewed stated that they were married and one even had three wives. Don't mean to sound cultural insensitive, but I find it odd that men in a part of the world where homosexuals experience state sanctioned battery and sometimes death are so expressive in their feelings and not have to worry about the gay connotation. I also noticed this in the documentary, Baghdad High, about four Iraqi teenage male friends trying live a normal life in a war zone. The friends were quite expressive in how they felt about each other. Engaging in non sexual displays of deep affection that many Westerners would deem homosexual. I personally don't find offensive or gross. I think its great. It shows the Middle East is some what progressive.

Switching gears, I'd like to speak on Sarah Barracuda. Recently, the loser VP nominee stated some parts of the country were pro American and others were not. Its sad this patriotism questioning bullshit is rearing its ugly head again as it did after 9/11. To Palin, pro America is neo conservative, white and fake ass christian. If she love neocon, rural, white and fake christian America, why did she go to NewYork (hell for her ilk) do SNL this weekend? These scare tactics are reflective of a defeated GOP. They've fucked up so bad that there last act before the fall is to try and scare the shit out of people for a vote, but it won't work because the tactic is played out. They've spent their fear mongering captial with all those fake ass terror alerts of the past years and the whole duct tape and plastic debacle. This woman need to shut the fuck up, enjoy her 15 minutes, take her lost like a man and go back to the great WHITE Alaska. Maybe she'll get a TV or book deal out of this. Anything that'll keep her away from governing over folk.