Malala Yousafzai Addresses the UN on her 16th Birthday "Malala Day"

Malala Yousafzai, UN Youth Assembly
Education activist Malala Yousafzai will mark her 16th birthday, on Friday, 12 July 2013 at the United Nations by giving her first high-level public appearance and statement on the importance of education.

Malala became a public figure when she was shot by the Taliban while travelling to school last year in Pakistan -- targeted because of her committed campaigning for the right of all girls to an education. Flown to the United Kingdom to recover, she is now back at school and continues to advocate for every child’s right to education.

In support of the UN Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI), on 12 July – declared as “Malala Day” -- the President of the UN General Assembly and the UN Special Envoy for Global Education with the support of A World at School initiative are organizing the UN Youth Assembly, where more than 500 young leaders from around the world will convene to accelerate the goal of getting all children, especially girls, in school and learning by 2015.

New Texas State Flower "Jack Boots " Confiscated Tampons At HB2 Hearing

My state of Texas GOP in the last few years has forced the publishers of school books to edit out positive references to religions other than Christianity, reduced or removed information on evolution in future editions pushed absitance only birth control education resulting in the country's highest STD and teen pregnancy rates, allowed unsafe workplaces, refused to accept the new health care system resulting in tens of thousands more uninsured people and now have Voted to Close all but a few of the places a low income uninsured woman can go seeking reproductive health care.

I could not make this up. State troopers in Texas Senate are searching bags, confiscating tampons and pads. They fear projectiles.
— Gene Weingarten (@geneweingarten) July 12, 2013

Gene Weingarten Washington Post at the Texas Legislature July 12th.....

What about gun shaped tampons? @AIsForOrg Welcome to Texas, where guns in our Capitol building are cool, but tampons are a big no-no. #SB1
— Kevin Baker (@deutschmarine) July 12, 2013

...where if you have a concealed handgun permit you skip the lines and the metal detector and walk right in.

Why?

Because in their wealthy christian addled hate filled bigoted GOP infected gray matter they know they doing the right thing. The far right thing.

Monica Roberts down in the Dome sums it up quite nicely with this paragraph titled   "Teahadist Republifools"

"And if you thought I was being over the top partisan when I called the Republican controlled Texas government 'neo-fascist GOP oppressors' and I referred to Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst as Tex Fuhrer and Deputy Tex Fuhrer, peep this hearing on SB 2 in which Sarah Slamen is dragged from the mike by jack booted stormtroopers DPS troopers"




Last nights attempted testimony wasn't what these assholes wanted to hear so the asshole in charge failing to shout her out had her dragged out. WE need to VOTE these ASSHOLES OUT.

I moved here in 2002 and after 11 years I'm beginning to wonder why. Why did they go and crush our beautiful  Bluebonnet with their jack boots?