Dear Governor Brewer:

My letter to Governor Jan Brewer, today:


I support you completely in your insistence for a sales tax increase (referendum). Wish we didn't have to wait for voter approval.

Please continue to hold the budget line, Governor Brewer. Arizona needs and deserves good government and most of us KNOW it takes money to operate efficiently and effectively.

Thank you,
Pat Klemme
Active Registered Voter (!)

I am living proof that a life-long Democrat can support a Republican. We ALL need to be going where Gov. Brewer is: to the practical middle where business--yes, government business--gets done well.

Lubna Hussein "Immodest Dress" Trial Postponed

The judicial court in Khartoum Sudan has postponed the trial of Lubna Ahmed Hussein on a charge of wearing indecent clothing, specifically trousers. The trial is being adjourned for a month while the court investigates whether Ms. Hussein's former job for the United Nations confers immunity for her sartorial indescretion.

Here is Ms. Hussein, not only in 'trousers', but blue jeans. Wicked, I'm sure!

Ms. Hussein was arrested by the Islamic fashion police at a cosmopolitan restaurant where she was wearing a pair of green slacks with her dashiki and head scarf. Having been exposed (oh my!) to western immorality through her employment with the United Nations, Ms. Hussein decided she would not take the 10 lashes plus a fine (which other women with her meekly accepted) until she had had a well publicized trial.

Ms. Hussein is quoted in this article by the BBC, "Flogging is not pain, flogging is an insult to humans, women and religions." She means this to be a test case, one which will call the world's attention to abhorrent treatment of women under a civil law that is more severe than Sharia law is. In order to force the court to put her on trial, Ms. Hussein resigned her United Nations job to neutralize the immunity issue. The court is clearly embarrassed to be put into this position, and is deferring its action until media attention dies down.

Good luck there.

To get a clearer understanding than I'm providing, click the highlighted link above for a professional journalist's factual report.