Parenting – Page 13

There’s No-One Quite Like Grandad

Published on February 24, 2007

This salacious story from Ananova does dent Poland’s reputation as a nation of uber-Catholic prodnoses a bit.

Pensioner sues over sex marathon

A retired Polish teacher is suing the organisers of a world record sex session after they forgot to pixelate his face.

Leszek Szwerowski, 61, was spotted standing in line to take part in the contest organised as part of the World Sex Championships in 2003.

The contest involved three young women having sex with as many men as they could over the course of several hours.

But Szwerowski, from Warsaw, said the company behind the event, Pink-Press, reneged on promises to keep his identity secret and hide his face on film.

He said he was left embarrassed when his young nephew saw him on a later DVD of the event and told the rest of his family.

He said: “I was told that the faces of the participants would be blurred on the computer on which the film was saved. But this was not the case.”

Szwerowski is demanding £2,500 in damages.

But he’s not at all embarassed to be seen having sex in front of lots of other people or being filmed doing so? And he was a teacher?

Why was his young nephew watching a DVD of a public sex marathon anyway?

There are so many issues tucked away in this story it’s hard to know where to start.

Repost: “How Unlike The Home Life Of Our Own Dear PM”

Published on February 23, 2007

I wrote this post some ~~weeks~~ months ago, when it first looked as though the newly passed-out-from-Sandhurst Prince Harry was likely to be sent to Iraq. Judging by the number of hits from google on the topic we’re getting and the fact it’s buried in the uncategorised archive, I’m republishing it, as I think that what I said then is just as relevant now.

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The UK media is reporting that party nazi, alleged art ‘A ‘level faker and 3rd in line to the throne Prince Harry, who was recently commissioned as an army officer, is to be posted to Basra, Iraq by next May:

Prince Harry preparing to lead troops in Basra

PRINCE Harry is set to go to one of Iraq’s most dangerous areas next year, it emerged today.

Defence sources disclosed that he will be a troop commander and is likely to patrol the hazardous border with Iran.

The third in line to the throne is to join the Army’s 1st Mechanised Brigade which will be deployed in Basra and the surrounding area in May 2007. The prince has told colleagues that he is determined, like his uncle Prince Andrew in the Falklands, to go out on operations and be treated normally.

He does not wish to be kept out of danger and as a Cornet – the equivalent of a second lieutenant – in the Blues and Royals he will be in charge of 11 men and four light tanks.

The Reconnaissance formation will go on ten-day patrols along the lengthy border with Iran.

Defence chiefs will have to devise plans that will ensure his life and those of his troops is not put in any greater danger because of his identity.

Stupid, but gutsy.

Although I consider myself politically a republican, having just spent time with my own potentially army-age sons (who are US citizens and thus potentially liable for any future draft) I can’t help but empathise with 2nd Lt. Wales’ family, as I can as with any other parent or relative whose child is in a war zone, however voluntarily they went there. Once they’re adults, they make their own decisions, no matter how painful it may be : all family can do is wait, watch and worry.

Despite their unwarranted wealth and position the royal family are still human beings and by all accounts the Queen is as fond of her grandsons as any other proud grandmother, which must make Harry’s posting all the more excruciating. Given Her Maj’s exalted position, imagine how tempting it must be to use her power as Commander in Chief to prevent her grandson from being put in direct physical danger. However voluntarily the child undertakes danger no parent ot grandparent would think twice. If you could, with a stroke of a pen, take your offspring out of the path of a bomb or a bullet or a kidnapping, wouldn’t you do it and to hell with any consequences?

But the Queen hasn’t yet and I have to wonder why: is it an attempt at expiation? Seeing the criminally tragic results of the invasion of Iraq on television daily, does she feel guilt? Does she look back on those pre-2003 weekly audiences with Blair and wish she had stopped him? Does she feel terrible for not having done enough to prevent her government from perpetrating this illegal and immoral war – and is she willing to sacrifice a member of her own family to atone for that?

If that’s what’s happening (and I do admit it’s pure speculation on my part ) then despite my deeply-held anti-monarchical views, I’d have to admire the woman. It would mean that she’s aware that for her family’s position she has to pay a price, for all her immense power and wealth; one that’s paid in actual blood. Unlike some other heads of state ( say, President of the United States, to use a serendipitous example), to this monarch at least being Queen appears to mean voluntarily putting your family’s privileged lives on the line for what’s done in your name.

I ‘d love to be a fly on the wall at the next Blair/Queen weekly audience. – will the newly tangoed and relaxed Blair feel any shame at all that not one of his own enlistment-age family – currently living it up on a freebie with Dad at a Bee Gee’s mansion in South Florida – is volunteering to join up?

I think we know the answer to that question.

The Hand (Of Orlac) That Rocks The Cradle Rules the World

Published on February 19, 2007

I’m much obliged to the proud parents at Baby Roadies (“Diaper genies fucking rule!”) for uncovering an entirely new seam of hilarity for me to mine:

Ridiculous Parenting Items

Fireflies In The Cloud has a great list of totally retarded parenting products, including the horrifying Zaky Pillow:

I’m particularly taken with the Redneck Pacifier”:

More pointing and laughing at parental and marketing excess here.

Oy

Published on October 29, 2006

Good old megacorporations, how would be raise our children to be good little consumers without them?

Tesco condemned for selling pole dancing toy
by COLIN FERNANDEZ
Last updated at 23:13pm on 24th October 2006

Tesco has been forced to remove a pole-dancing kit from the toys and games section of its website after it was accused of “destroying children’s innocence”.

The Tesco Direct site advertises the kit with the words, “Unleash the sex kitten inside…simply extend the Peekaboo pole inside the tube, slip on the sexy tunes and away you go!

“Soon you’ll be flaunting it to the world and earning a fortune in Peekaboo Dance Dollars”.

The ?49.97 kit comprises a chrome pole extendible to 8ft 6ins, a ‘sexy dance garter’ and a DVD demonstrating suggestive dance moves.

The kit, condemned as ‘extremely dangerous’ by family campaigners yesterday, was discovered by mother of two Karen Gallimore who was searching for Christmas gifts for her two daughters, Laura 10, and Sarah, 11.

Mrs Gallimore, 33, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, said yesterday: “I’m no prude, but any children can go on there and see it. It’s just not on.”

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n recent years Asda was forced to remove from sale pink and black lace lingerie, including a push-up bra to girls as young as nine.

Next had to remove t-shirts on sale for girls as young as six with the slogan “so many boys, so little time.”

And BHS and others came under fire for selling padded bras embellished with a “Little Miss Naughty” logo and t-shirts with a Playboy-style bunny that said “I love boys…They are stupid.”

Tesco last night denied the pole dancing kit was sexually oriented and said it was clearly marked for “adult use”.

A spokesman added: “Pole dancing is an increasing exercise craze. This item is for people who want to improve their fitness and have fun at the same time.” .

OK – it’s bad enough peddling smutty toys to children, turning young girls into ersatz Page 3 fodder, but fifty quid for that bit of glorified shower curtain rod?? What a fucking liberty.

Read more: Tesco, Christmas, Toys, Sexualisation of children

No Child’s Behind Left

Published on August 25, 20061 Comment

The question “What’s the matter with Kansas?” is often asked by US liberals. Perhaps what they should ask is ‘what’s the matter with the religious right?’ Because it’s not confined to Kansas…

Pastor, his family accused of molesting children

Wife accused of assisting in religious ritual, prosecutor says

WASHBURN, Mo. – The minister of a rural Ozarks church, his wife and her two brothers have been accused of molesting young girls from their congregation for years, sometimes as part of a religious ritual, officials said.

The county prosecutor says the Rev. Raymond Lambert, 51, of Grand Valley Independent Baptist Church, repeatedly had sex with two underage girls with the help of his 49-year-old wife, Patty, according to court records.

For 10 years, the pastor told the girls, ?We are preparing your body for service to God,? the prosecutor said.

Read whole story…

Time and time again there are media reports of church officials and fundamentalist Christians being involved in organised abuse. Many of the perpetrators and alleged perpetrators have ties to or are actual Republican party operatives and politicians.

Even where no known abuse is known of there are still those in the Republican party who have serious issues with sex and violence.

If you think I exaggerate let’s revisit the list of Republican child sex offenders I posted a few months ago:

Republican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable.

Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation. Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.

Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.

Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.

Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.

Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

Republican Committeeman John R. Curtain was charged with molesting a teenage boy and unlawful sexual contact with a minor.

Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president Dennis L. Rader pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.

Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was charged with molesting his 9-year old step-daughter after including her in an anti-Gore television commercial.

Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

It just goes on and on, doesn’t it? But wait, there’s more…

Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline was placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography.

Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.

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Ah fuck it, it’s too sickening to continue this rollcall of perverts. I think the pattern is sufficiently established. You can read the full list of sicko wingnut offences here.

What’s scary is that these are just the reported ones. How many women and children are suffering in silence? I’ve no doubt there’s been more since that was published and the list could be amended daily.

But here’s one Republican sicko that absolutely, definitely shouldn’t be left out:

Republican Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate their parents into providing information about the anti-American insurgency.

…and he did so on US citizens’ tax dollars.

Hmmmm. I wonder if the accused Misssouri pastor has any faith-based federal grants at that ‘church’ of his? How many other of these globs of human slime have committed offences on the taxpayer’s dime? (The question may be moot according to Republican Rep. ‘Bazoongas Katy’ Harris, who says there is no separation between church and state.)

So what conclusisons can we draw from this list? Is there something in the Republican version of christianity that breeds child molestors and sex offenders, or do the said offenders gravitate to the Republican party because it’s the party in power and power’s what they’re all about? If it were the Democratic party in control, would they join that instead? I wonder.

Which came first, the chickenhawk or the egg?

UPDATE: A child molestor can get elected, no problem. But be elected as an out lesbian and your own party can reverse the will of the electorate and nullify the result on atechnicality. Factor that one in when considering which party the misogynists and sex-obsessed gravitatate towards. Neither party’s hands are clean.