Comments on: Pull Up A Chair… http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:47:06 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: MarieRoget http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1277616 MarieRoget Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:35:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1277616 <p>Enthusiasm trumps spelling for Marie today, apparently- that 1st word in #214 should be You’re.</p> <p>One more link for those who want to help school children, this time in Africa. A friend of my daughter is co-director of this nonprofit. Very informative site- you can go to the “About Us” section to see what Celina Guich has been doing w/her time since she got an M.A. in the same Psych program as my daughter, Natalie:</p> <p><a href="http://www.theniapeleproject.org/" rel="nofollow">The Niapele Project</a></p> Enthusiasm trumps spelling for Marie today, apparently- that 1st word in #214 should be You’re.

One more link for those who want to help school children, this time in Africa. A friend of my daughter is co-director of this nonprofit. Very informative site- you can go to the “About Us” section to see what Celina Guich has been doing w/her time since she got an M.A. in the same Psych program as my daughter, Natalie:

The Niapele Project

]]> By: MarieRoget http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1277029 MarieRoget Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:11:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1277029 <p>Your not just one woman, you’re @ the head of an army. Go for it ;)</p> Your not just one woman, you’re @ the head of an army. Go for it ;)

]]> By: Strategerie http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276996 Strategerie Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:42:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276996 <p>Marie, it seems so simple to me. These kids have nobody. They’re at the mercy of other adults, who sometimes either can’t or won’t do the right thing.</p> <p>I understand that it’s time a lot of people don’t have, and I’ve already been warned that it’s not fun. I have to do something, even if it’s just a limited something, and even if I am just one woman.</p> <p>-S</p> Marie, it seems so simple to me. These kids have nobody. They’re at the mercy of other adults, who sometimes either can’t or won’t do the right thing.

I understand that it’s time a lot of people don’t have, and I’ve already been warned that it’s not fun. I have to do something, even if it’s just a limited something, and even if I am just one woman.

-S

]]> By: Strategerie http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276979 Strategerie Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:35:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276979 <p>Egregious, thank you. This means so much coming from you.</p> <p>It’s amazing to me that with the insistence by the RW that every fetus is a person, they don’t seem to care once these kids exit the womb. It’s someone else’s problem.</p> <p>-S</p> Egregious, thank you. This means so much coming from you.

It’s amazing to me that with the insistence by the RW that every fetus is a person, they don’t seem to care once these kids exit the womb. It’s someone else’s problem.

-S

]]> By: MarieRoget http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276872 MarieRoget Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:35:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276872 <p>Wonderful quote, Strategerie. “Children are not things we throw away,” unless we are indifferent to the deterioration of our future, or we cease to care about the suffering of others. This site can always put to good use donations of time or $$$:</p> <p><a href="http://www.childrenofthenight.org/home.html" rel="nofollow">Children of the Night</a></p> Wonderful quote, Strategerie. “Children are not things we throw away,” unless we are indifferent to the deterioration of our future, or we cease to care about the suffering of others. This site can always put to good use donations of time or $$$:

Children of the Night

]]> By: bobschacht http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276871 bobschacht Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:35:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276871 <p>Christy,<br /> Thanks so much for this. Schools like this are the answer to the Taliban. If we took half the money we are spending on bombs for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and used the money to invest in schools like this, we could transform the situation much more effectively than any number of bombs.</p> <p>Bob in HI</p> Christy,
Thanks so much for this. Schools like this are the answer to the Taliban. If we took half the money we are spending on bombs for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and used the money to invest in schools like this, we could transform the situation much more effectively than any number of bombs.

Bob in HI

]]> By: egregious http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276855 egregious Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:15:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276855 <p>Strategerie,</p> <p>That’s wonderful! Let us know what happens.</p> Strategerie,

That’s wonderful! Let us know what happens.

]]> By: Strategerie http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276851 Strategerie Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:13:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276851 <p>I’m EPU’d as usual.</p> <p>It’s hard, it’s heartbreaking, and there is a huge need for this all over the country: Guardian ad litems for foster kids. The court system in our area is looking for a minimum of 200 adults.</p> <p>I stupidly signed up to plan a professional conference this year, but I am going to do my best to at least fill out the paperwork and (hopefully) be accepted for the training. If I really believe that children are not things we throw away, I need to put my money where my mouth is.</p> <p>-S</p> I’m EPU’d as usual.

It’s hard, it’s heartbreaking, and there is a huge need for this all over the country: Guardian ad litems for foster kids. The court system in our area is looking for a minimum of 200 adults.

I stupidly signed up to plan a professional conference this year, but I am going to do my best to at least fill out the paperwork and (hopefully) be accepted for the training. If I really believe that children are not things we throw away, I need to put my money where my mouth is.

-S

]]> By: CarolynU http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276815 CarolynU Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:38:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276815 <p>Christy, you are such a light.</p> Christy, you are such a light.

]]> By: wobblybits http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276755 wobblybits Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:52:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/16/pull-up-a-chair-86/#comment-1276755 <p>Yes, many people don’t know that Africa has had a very strong influence on Brazil. Samba music, the national dish - feijoada, etc. all have their roots in the african culture.</p> Yes, many people don’t know that Africa has had a very strong influence on Brazil. Samba music, the national dish – feijoada, etc. all have their roots in the african culture.

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