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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 11:55 AM Original message |
Imagine a NEW USA.... One where women take control.. |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yeahhh. There ya go. A better world for all. Really. |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Who would wear the codpieces? Only Ian Anderson. . . |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 11:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. LOL LOL! Now THAT was unexpected! |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm all for it. |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. Reminds me of a comedian joking about a woman president. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
47. another comedian said... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. As long as Carly Fiorina is NOWHERE at ALL |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 12:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. Rumor has it that she's planning a run against Hillary |
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4morewars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. I agree ! |
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DarkPhenyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. It would be an equally screwed up place with women in charge. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 11:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. then perhaps men should step aside just to prove your point... |
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DarkPhenyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 07:20 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. We already have evidence... |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 12:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
67. I disagree, thought there may be exceptions |
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Joylaughter (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. No Gov based on Gender please |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. there you go |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 11:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. A "little more"? |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
46. Aw C'Mon Where's your sense of Adventure? |
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RebelYell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. Or....... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. If a majority of women ruled the country there would be a shift |
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Joylaughter (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Now that makes sense |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. If true equality could be achieved, I would say yes |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Your statement.... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 03:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. You're right.. I suppose a split would be there regardless |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 08:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
55. Wow |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. This happened recently in So. California. |
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Right Makes Might (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 02:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
84. "Women" on the whole may tend to want schools more than "men" but |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. think about what that term really means, though |
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Joylaughter (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Meanings |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. not saying you personally are insecure |
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Right Makes Might (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
85. "Feminized" men? "Masculinized" women? |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. I like what Michael Moore said in Boston |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. And cupboards would be MUCH lower, so the upper shelves |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 03:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. LOL -- yes, that too |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. Just make sure the role models aren't Maggie Thatcher and K. Harris. |
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Sputnik (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. LOL, I can't help |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'm with Darkphenyx on this... |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 11:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. How could it be better? |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 07:27 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. That's an interesting theory. |
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dorktv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. *stops arming the women of Saudi Arabia to muse on this* |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. Too many of the women are in the old boy network |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. But if the powerbase shifted, "those" women would not be "unique" |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 01:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Women can sometimes be very controlling and obsessively detail oriented |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 11:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. they've sold their souls, they know what sells, and they put |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. System isn't selecting for men, |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 03:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. The problem is that half the population is not getting equal |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't think it would be much different, to tell you my honest opinion. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Okay... How 'bout THIS??? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 08:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. I'm not quite sure what you mean. ??? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 08:31 AM Response to Reply #37 |
54. I meant that even a "random- lottery style"" legislative "draft" |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Yeah, that's a good idea... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 10:29 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Actually, the Founding Fathers espoused just such an idea |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. There is no ruling class |
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Right Makes Might (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 02:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
87. Uh... the founding fathers were the ruling class. |
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Right Makes Might (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
86. What if you're some poor, mis-educated person from the ghetto? |
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Butterflies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yes, there would be stronger gun control laws too |
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RebelYell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. Sort of off topic, but it does relate to this matter |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 12:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. My take on Muslim v. Western dress |
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Yuna (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. Bull shit |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 07:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
53. you have no clue as to the nature of sexism, do you? |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
36. Two words: Margaret Thatcher |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:44 AM Response to Reply #36 |
49. Here's a few more: |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
43. Yes, but.........Barbara Bush. |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
45. Did you see the Daily Show's segment on today's Oprah program? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 12:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
64. A lot of women in that audience are probably single mothers |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
48. interesting topic |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
52. ideally, men and women should have equal control |
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Tom_Foolery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
56. Norman Lear had sitcom in 1977 based on this theme... |
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HEIL PRESIDENT GOD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
58. Always a great idea |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. How many Ivy League Female Lawyers are there vs. Women Who |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
62. I can refute this in 4 words-Ann Coulter for President |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. how is that any different from gw bush as president? |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:16 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. My point is that it is the same |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:20 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. how do you know, since it's never happened? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. That was my thinking too.. It could NOT be worse |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:29 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Yes, it would |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:38 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. effectively, the two are indistinguishable |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:45 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. I agree with you |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. and if Annie was 5'2", 160 lb, with mousy brown hair |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 02:00 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Probably so |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:55 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Ultimately, in my opinion it comes down to this |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:27 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. No, it isn't that |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:34 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. explain the actions of the CBC in protesting the coup |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. I have no argument with you there |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:48 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. as i said...i know you are correct |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:55 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. My pleasure! |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
65. equality is a great "concept" |
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Right Makes Might (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
80. It's not about men and women but about the way people get power |
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