Women of Kuwait - Keep Fighting!

Women who can't vote, can't hold public office, etc... When am I?

Note: Not posting this to feminist because of the flack I got about posting the results for the vote on Monday... (I called the previous gov't heads foolish for not putting humanitarian concessions on the table before we rescued their asses from the Iraqi invasion back in 1990. Yes, Virginia, it was all about the oil.)

May 3, 2005

Measure to Expand Political Rights for Kuwaiti Women Fails
By HASSAN M. FATTAH

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 3 - Kuwait's Parliament effectively killed a measure today that would have allowed women to participate in municipal elections for the first time this year, delaying any further discussion of the measure until after the elections are called. The measure's failure ends any chance that women will be able to vote or run in elections for another four years.

The legislation initially passed through Kuwait's 64-member National Assembly on April 19, but in accordance with Kuwaiti law faced a second vote for ratification on Monday. But Parliament ended in deadlock on Monday when 29 lawmakers abstained while 29 voted for it, leaving the legislation shy of the required 33-vote margin. Attempts to resume voting on the measure today failed when opponents argued that any new vote would be deemed unconstitutional, prompting Parliament to table the issue for another two weeks, after council elections are decreed.
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Mmmmn, don't forget the ident chip in the arm...

Before you read this - remember that they are also planning on putting RFID chips into our passports - and probably something like a scannable database of our information in our (proposed) national identification cards. Kind of like what they are using on a lot of university campuses (including mine) one card that carries ALL of your data; health insurance, ATM/DEBIT/Credit access, etc...

Welcome to the future folks.


Congress May Require Closer Scrutiny to Get a Driver's License
By MATTHEW L. WALD
and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK


WASHINGTON, May 2 - Congress is moving quickly toward setting strict rules on how states issue driver's licenses, requiring them to verify whether each applicant for a new license or a renewal is in this country legally.

A House and Senate conference now taking place has included the requirements, which apply to all 50 states and other jurisdictions that issue licenses, in a supplemental appropriations bill for Iraq, aides involved in the process said on Monday. The draft legislation will be completed in the next few days and is all but certain to pass.

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Quote of the Day!

"You wouldn't know Prada if it stepped on your scrotum."

~House