dancing nancies
In the lyrics of the popular Dave Matthews Band song, Dancing Nancies, "could i have been a parking lot attendant? could i have been anyone other than me?" and "I am who I am, well who am I?" I doubt Nancy Pelosi was asking herself these questions when she assumed her mock-Presidential status and took it upon herself to engage in a diplomatic tour of the Middle East. Dancing around the mosques and markets of Syria in her lime-green skirt and blazer, dazzling Bashar al-Assad and company as the highest-ranking US official in the last few years to visit the banished Arab nation, who assists Iran in supplying weapons to the Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah.
Strolling into Saudi Arabia wearing a lavender pants suit, Nancy asked the officials "why don't you have any women in politics in your country?" Could it be because Saudi Arabia has an ISLAMIC constitution, based on Shariya law? Could it be one of the most traditional Arab nations which despises anything Western? Could we have a little cultural, societal, religious ARAB101 for our dear grandmother Pelosi? So beautiful with her latest Western fashion, plastered make-up, not a hair out of place, head uncovered as a sign of disrespect - or simple ignorance - towards this conservative Arab Muslim culture. Last I heard, Saudi Arabia and Syria DO NOT have diplomatic relations with the US, as they have taken part in harboring terroristic persons and similarly questionable activities.
As US President George Bush and Secretary of State Condolezza Rice have visited the Middle East numerous times as of late, and are Republicans who currently RUN the country, we have enough cooks in the kitchen. Could someone kindly ask Nancy to RESPECT not only the Arab culture, its boundaries, societally and politically, but also the AMERICAN political system, in which she is NOT the President of the US or one of his assistants? After all, who IS this dancing Nancy? I hope the Arab World has provided her with a shocking reality, as it has undoubtedly been enlightened to typical American ignorance of Arab society and culture by Nancy's Western example.
Strolling into Saudi Arabia wearing a lavender pants suit, Nancy asked the officials "why don't you have any women in politics in your country?" Could it be because Saudi Arabia has an ISLAMIC constitution, based on Shariya law? Could it be one of the most traditional Arab nations which despises anything Western? Could we have a little cultural, societal, religious ARAB101 for our dear grandmother Pelosi? So beautiful with her latest Western fashion, plastered make-up, not a hair out of place, head uncovered as a sign of disrespect - or simple ignorance - towards this conservative Arab Muslim culture. Last I heard, Saudi Arabia and Syria DO NOT have diplomatic relations with the US, as they have taken part in harboring terroristic persons and similarly questionable activities.
As US President George Bush and Secretary of State Condolezza Rice have visited the Middle East numerous times as of late, and are Republicans who currently RUN the country, we have enough cooks in the kitchen. Could someone kindly ask Nancy to RESPECT not only the Arab culture, its boundaries, societally and politically, but also the AMERICAN political system, in which she is NOT the President of the US or one of his assistants? After all, who IS this dancing Nancy? I hope the Arab World has provided her with a shocking reality, as it has undoubtedly been enlightened to typical American ignorance of Arab society and culture by Nancy's Western example.
posted by :: Lisa :: at 4:36 AM
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