Sex Strike/Huelga de Sexo

As a freshman university student I had to read Aristophanes’ play Lysistrata. The title character, the wife of a soldier and tired o the continuous wars, convinces the women of threee Greek cities to withhold sex from their husbands in order to end the Peloponnesian War and secure peace. Wouldn’t it be great if that were to work today? Of course, we’d have to make sure that Laura was on board with the sex strike. Seriously.

En el primer año de mi carrera universitaria tuve que leer una de las comedias de Aristófanes titulada Lisístrata. El personaje principal de la obra es la esposa de un soldado que, cansada de las continuas guerras logra convencer a las mujeres de tres ciudades griegas a montar una huelga de sexo hasta que sus esposos firmen la paz. Imagínese que maravilloso si fuera tan fácil hoy en día terminar la guerra en Irak. Por su puesto, tendríamos que contar con Laura en la huelga. En serio.

Enough is enough!/¡Basta ya!

Today is the fifth anniversary of the shameful war on Iraq.

Hoy es el quinto aniversario de la avergonzosa guerra en Iraq.

80s Anti-War Songs

The War Song (War is Stupid) - Culture Club

Okay, so the video is rather campy, but the the message is still quite relevant.



I Don't Want to be a Hero-Johnny Hates Jazz. Must-read lyrics.

Chesapeake Primary Day: Vote

It sucks that only those registered as either democrat or republican can participate in the presidential primaries. This forces anyone who is registered with a third party to temporarily switch just so she or he can have a say in the primaries.

The United States would probably be better off with a parliamentary system of government because then other political parties would have a voice (however limited) in the running of the country.

Yes, we can!

Which presidential candidate should you vote for? VoteChooser will ask you 10 questions and based upon your answers it will suggest which presidential candidate you would probably want to vote for. It's fairly accurate, try it out.

For information about your preferred candidates go to VoteSmart.

If Senator Barack Obama is your candidate, watch the video below, if not, skip it and read my next blog post.