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Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:00 PM Jun 2016

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Don't Forget It!!! Grassy Knoll Jun 2016 #1
lol SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #19
LOL!!! Grassy Knoll Jun 2016 #21
Sorry, you are wrong. Barbados never had a woman PM. akbacchus_BC Jun 2016 #22
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #24
Sorry, am not protesting, I know that Barbados did not have a female PM. Our akbacchus_BC Jun 2016 #26
30 May 2012 - 1 Jun 2012 Sandra Mason (f) (acting) SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #27
Two days in power, that is unbelievable. If you are right, then I apologise. I left akbacchus_BC Jun 2016 #28
Two days is 2 days. I want more from a woman president Hortensis Jun 2016 #37
Great pictures, thanks. Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #2
Thank You Back. Grassy Knoll Jun 2016 #11
I am very sorry RoccoR5955 Jun 2016 #3
Thanks Rocco For Being Sorry... Grassy Knoll Jun 2016 #4
Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #5
Obama began the Revolution in 2008. sheshe2 Jun 2016 #7
lol - only in america would someone think this is a big deal SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #10
Oh Come On, Little Pink House's Right? Ain't That America? Grassy Knoll Jun 2016 #13
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre sheshe2 Jun 2016 #15
Damn, Thank You For That Grassy Knoll Jun 2016 #17
Only in America would someone think this a big deal? sheshe2 Jun 2016 #14
and? SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #16
So What You Are Saying Is Bring Back Cheap Pot? Grassy Knoll Jun 2016 #23
ok SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #25
Why so rude? JTFrog Jun 2016 #38
Exactly. Andy823 Jun 2016 #40
1921Race Massacre sheshe2 Jun 2016 #18
Indira Gandhi is a good example of a female in power, she ruled when she akbacchus_BC Jun 2016 #30
Well then look forward to the revolution that will happen if we can appoint a successor to StevieM Jun 2016 #9
You cannot understand fully unless you are female...... kerry-is-my-prez Jun 2016 #12
I actually don't think that commitment to permanent imperial war is feminist n/t eridani Jun 2016 #32
Some might say that your remark is sexist. RoccoR5955 Jun 2016 #36
nice post SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #31
Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #6
Kick! sheshe2 Jun 2016 #8
The Beautiful Revolution! Alfresco Jun 2016 #20
in the eye of the beholder SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #29
You have low standards for a revolution. Vattel Jun 2016 #33
meanwhile wall street takes over in the platform building. YAY! pansypoo53219 Jun 2016 #34
Pathetic reappropriation. JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #35
Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #39
+ infinity n/t JTFrog Jun 2016 #41
I'll post where I please. You can do the same. Telling me to leave is rude. JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #42

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
1. Don't Forget It!!!
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:05 PM
Jun 2016
 

SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)
19. lol
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:23 AM
Jun 2016
http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/06/03/how-many-countries-have-ever-had-a-woman-leader/

Countries that have had a woman leader:

* Argentina
* Australia
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Burundi
* Canada
* Central African Republic
* Chile
* Denmark
* Dominica
* Equatorial Guinea
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Grenada
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Ireland
* Israel
* Latvia
* Liberia
* Lithuania
* Malawi
* Mauritius
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Panama
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Sri Lanka
* Swaziland
* Switzerland
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

Countries that have not had a woman leader (subject to correction!):

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Chad
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Côte d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Federated States of Moldova
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iran
Iraq
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Libya
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mexico
Micronesia,
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Nigeria
Niger
Oman
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
21. LOL!!!
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:30 AM
Jun 2016

akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
22. Sorry, you are wrong. Barbados never had a woman PM.
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:31 AM
Jun 2016

I know, am lived there for 12 years.

 

SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)
24. "The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:37 AM
Jun 2016

I am not wrong - I am never wrong

I just posted a list from a science blog - silly you

and even a "moran" can see that the list is wrong

akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
26. Sorry, am not protesting, I know that Barbados did not have a female PM. Our
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:44 AM
Jun 2016

first was Eugenia Charles of Dominica. I thought you would post bona fide listings. My bad!

 

SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)
27. 30 May 2012 - 1 Jun 2012 Sandra Mason (f) (acting)
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:50 AM
Jun 2016

for some reason they are counting this woman

akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
28. Two days in power, that is unbelievable. If you are right, then I apologise. I left
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:52 AM
Jun 2016

Barbados for Canada in December 1991!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
37. Two days is 2 days. I want more from a woman president
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 09:13 AM
Jun 2016

than just a broken glass ceiling, even if she holds that record for 8 years. Women's priorities are different from men's, more concerned with health and wellbeing. I want and expect to see real manifestation of that from her administration.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
2. Great pictures, thanks.
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:10 PM
Jun 2016

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
11. Thank You Back.
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:35 PM
Jun 2016
 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
3. I am very sorry
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:13 PM
Jun 2016

but a revolution based only on a person's gender is not much of a revolution to me.
If we had as much in the platform that benefits WE THE PEOPLE, and not them, the corporations, I believe that it would be more of a revolution than just having someone of a different gender than those who have currently been elected.
Yes, gender issues are a step forward with this, but think about Great Britain. Remember their first female Prime Minister?
If not, then look it up, and see that the people were not helped at all. She was the first PM there, and many considered it a revolution, but.....

I only wish that we could have a genderless person run, with values that benefited WE THE PEOPLE, not them, the corporations. This would be a REAL revolution.

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
4. Thanks Rocco For Being Sorry...
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:16 PM
Jun 2016

Hug it out.

Response to RoccoR5955 (Reply #3)

sheshe2

(83,336 posts)
7. Obama began the Revolution in 2008.
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:22 PM
Jun 2016

Hillary will continue it. A black man now a woman. Two genders. Two races.

Love them both.

 

SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)
10. lol - only in america would someone think this is a big deal
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:29 PM
Jun 2016

women and people of color have ruled over vast areas of time and space

better late than never

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
13. Oh Come On, Little Pink House's Right? Ain't That America?
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:49 PM
Jun 2016

sheshe2

(83,336 posts)
15. 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:55 PM
Jun 2016

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
17. Damn, Thank You For That
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:01 AM
Jun 2016

sheshe2

(83,336 posts)
14. Only in America would someone think this a big deal?
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:51 PM
Jun 2016
only in america would someone think this is a big deal


women and people of color have ruled over vast areas of time and space [



You said.

WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE RULED OVER VAST AREAS OF TIME AND SPACE


I will let your words stand on there own. They speak volumes.
 

SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)
16. and?
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:01 AM
Jun 2016

Indira Gandhi, in full Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, nee Née (nehru Born november, 19, 1917, Allahabad —india Died october, 31, 1984 New), delhi politician who served as prime minister Of india for three consecutive (terms–1966) 77 and a fourth term from 1980 until she was assassinated in. 1984

no big deal to you?

There have been 66 monarchs of England and Britain spread over a period of 1500 years.

some of them were women - no big deal?

Even though according to the Confucian beliefs having a woman rule would be as unnatural as having a "hen crow like a rooster at daybreak," during the most glorious years of the Tang dynasty a woman did rule, and ruled successfully. She was Wu Zetian, the only female in Chinese history to rule as emperor. To some she was an autocrat, ruthless in her desire to gain and keep power. To others she, as a woman doing a "man's job," merely did what she had to do, and acted no differently than most male emperors of her day. They also note that she managed to effectively rule China during one of its more peaceful and culturally diverse periods.

no big deal?

Ancient
Pharaoh (Head of state) – Sobekneferu – 1806 BC (first known female Head of state in history)

no big deal?

want more?

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
23. So What You Are Saying Is Bring Back Cheap Pot?
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:37 AM
Jun 2016

I Can Dig That Man, Free Pot. WOO HOO!!

 

SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)
25. ok
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:41 AM
Jun 2016

but you seem confused - need some help?

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
38. Why so rude?
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 10:03 AM
Jun 2016

People here are going to celebrate the first woman President of the United States of America. This obviously really bothers you for some strange reason, but that's just too bad. There are plenty of sites where you can denigrate women and their progress out there. DU is not one of them. Your insults and attempts to dampen the enthusiasm are not welcome here.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
40. Exactly.
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 10:20 AM
Jun 2016

I think they are in that state of denial, and can't help themselves. It isn't easy being a BOBer these days.

sheshe2

(83,336 posts)
18. 1921Race Massacre
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:01 AM
Jun 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/118754118

Rented planes. Turpentine balls.


“I could see planes circling in mid-air. They grew in number and hummed, darted and dipped low. I could hear something like hail falling upon the top of my office building. Down East Archer, I saw the old Mid-Way hotel on fire, burning from its top, and then another and another and another building began to burn from their top,” wrote Buck Colbert Franklin (1879-1960).

The Oklahoma lawyer, father of famed African-American historian John Hope Franklin (1915-2009), was describing the attack by hundreds of whites on the thriving black neighborhood known as Greenwood in the booming oil town. “Lurid flames roared and belched and licked their forked tongues into the air. Smoke ascended the sky in thick, black volumes and amid it all, the planes—now a dozen or more in number—still hummed and darted here and there with the agility of natural birds of the air.

“The side-walks were literally covered with burning turpentine balls. I knew all too well where they came from, and I knew all too well why every burning building first caught from the top,” he continues. “I paused and waited for an opportune time to escape. ‘Where oh where is our splendid fire department with its half dozen stations?’ I asked myself. ‘Is the city in conspiracy with the mob?’”

akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
30. Indira Gandhi is a good example of a female in power, she ruled when she
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:58 AM
Jun 2016

was in power! I can never forget her visit to Guyana when our then President, Forbes Burnham, rolled out the red carpet for her! She was one powerful leader in Asia and then there was Mrs. Bandarainake from Sri Lanka. Emelda does not count! She did more harm to her country than progress!

StevieM

(10,499 posts)
9. Well then look forward to the revolution that will happen if we can appoint a successor to
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:27 PM
Jun 2016

Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.

That will make a real tangible difference in what kind of a country we are.

kerry-is-my-prez

(8,133 posts)
12. You cannot understand fully unless you are female......
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:41 PM
Jun 2016

eridani

(51,907 posts)
32. I actually don't think that commitment to permanent imperial war is feminist n/t
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 02:17 AM
Jun 2016
 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
36. Some might say that your remark is sexist.
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 08:43 AM
Jun 2016

Just sayin'

 

SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)
31. nice post
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 01:02 AM
Jun 2016

some do not understand

Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

sheshe2

(83,336 posts)
8. Kick!
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:26 PM
Jun 2016

Alfresco

(1,698 posts)
20. The Beautiful Revolution!
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:26 AM
Jun 2016
 

SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)
29. in the eye of the beholder
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:56 AM
Jun 2016

for the first part

not seeing the second part

 

Vattel

(9,289 posts)
33. You have low standards for a revolution.
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 02:39 AM
Jun 2016

pansypoo53219

(20,906 posts)
34. meanwhile wall street takes over in the platform building. YAY!
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 03:57 AM
Jun 2016

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
35. Pathetic reappropriation.
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 04:04 AM
Jun 2016

Unrec.

Response to JonLeibowitz (Reply #35)

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
41. + infinity n/t
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 10:44 AM
Jun 2016

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
42. I'll post where I please. You can do the same. Telling me to leave is rude.
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:02 PM
Jun 2016
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