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DerekG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-04 12:54 AM
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45. Did you see the Daily Show's segment on today's Oprah program?
A roomful of women erupting in consumerist hysteria...it wasn't a pretty picture. BTW, wouldn't it have been better if Oprah had given that 7 million to world charities, instead of giving cars to predominately middle-class audience members?

We need a far gentler society--but I doubt that the women of this culture would be able to forge this dream. A revaluation of values is in order.

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  -Imagine a NEW USA.... One where women take control.. SoCalDem  Sep-14-04 11:55 AM   #0 
  - Yeahhh. There ya go. A better world for all. Really.  TexasSissy   Sep-14-04 11:58 AM   #1 
  - Who would wear the codpieces? Only Ian Anderson. . .  Journeyman   Sep-14-04 12:05 PM   #4 
     - LOL LOL! Now THAT was unexpected!  TexasSissy   Sep-14-04 11:45 PM   #38 
  - I'm all for it.  demigoddess   Sep-14-04 12:03 PM   #2 
  - Reminds me of a comedian joking about a woman president.  newportdadde   Sep-14-04 12:03 PM   #3 
  - another comedian said...  Behind the Ageis   Sep-15-04 01:27 AM   #47 
  - As long as Carly Fiorina is NOWHERE at ALL  HughBeaumont   Sep-14-04 12:05 PM   #5 
  - Rumor has it that she's planning a run against Hillary  smirkymonkey   Sep-15-04 12:46 PM   #66 
  - I agree !  4morewars   Sep-14-04 12:06 PM   #6 
  - It would be an equally screwed up place with women in charge.  DarkPhenyx   Sep-14-04 12:07 PM   #7 
  - then perhaps men should step aside just to prove your point...  jdjkkse   Sep-14-04 11:47 PM   #39 
  - We already have evidence...  DarkPhenyx   Sep-15-04 07:20 AM   #50 
  - I disagree, thought there may be exceptions  smirkymonkey   Sep-15-04 12:51 PM   #67 
  - No Gov based on Gender please  MOLNIBXB   Sep-14-04 12:07 PM   #8 
  - there you go  tigereye   Sep-14-04 12:17 PM   #12 
  - A "little more"?  jdjkkse   Sep-14-04 11:48 PM   #40 
  - Aw C'Mon Where's your sense of Adventure?  buddyhollysghost   Sep-15-04 01:20 AM   #46 
  - Or.......  RebelYell   Sep-14-04 12:07 PM   #9 
  - If a majority of women ruled the country there would be a shift  Cleita   Sep-14-04 12:11 PM   #10 
  - Now that makes sense  MOLNIBXB   Sep-14-04 12:12 PM   #11 
     - If true equality could be achieved, I would say yes  SoCalDem   Sep-14-04 12:19 PM   #13 
     - Your statement....  Cleita   Sep-14-04 02:57 PM   #32 
        - You're right.. I suppose a split would be there regardless  SoCalDem   Sep-14-04 03:18 PM   #34 
        - Wow  kiahzero   Sep-15-04 08:48 AM   #55 
        - This happened recently in So. California.  Cleita   Sep-15-04 12:12 PM   #63 
        - "Women" on the whole may tend to want schools more than "men" but  Right Makes Might   Sep-15-04 02:01 PM   #84 
     - think about what that term really means, though  tigereye   Sep-14-04 12:20 PM   #14 
        - Meanings  MOLNIBXB   Sep-14-04 12:42 PM   #24 
           - not saying you personally are insecure  tigereye   Sep-14-04 12:45 PM   #25 
           - "Feminized" men? "Masculinized" women?  Right Makes Might   Sep-15-04 02:07 PM   #85 
  - I like what Michael Moore said in Boston  Eloriel   Sep-14-04 12:21 PM   #15 
  - And cupboards would be MUCH lower, so the upper shelves  SoCalDem   Sep-14-04 12:23 PM   #17 
     - LOL -- yes, that too  Eloriel   Sep-14-04 03:41 PM   #35 
  - Just make sure the role models aren't Maggie Thatcher and K. Harris.  CBHagman   Sep-14-04 12:23 PM   #16 
  - LOL, I can't help  Sputnik   Sep-14-04 12:29 PM   #18 
  - I'm with Darkphenyx on this...  BiggJawn   Sep-14-04 12:31 PM   #19 
  - How could it be better?  jdjkkse   Sep-14-04 11:51 PM   #41 
     - That's an interesting theory.  BiggJawn   Sep-15-04 07:27 AM   #51 
  - *stops arming the women of Saudi Arabia to muse on this*  dorktv   Sep-14-04 12:35 PM   #20 
  - Too many of the women are in the old boy network  Generic Other   Sep-14-04 12:36 PM   #21 
  - But if the powerbase shifted, "those" women would not be "unique"  SoCalDem   Sep-14-04 12:41 PM   #23 
  - Women can sometimes be very controlling and obsessively detail oriented  Generic Other   Sep-14-04 01:03 PM   #29 
  - they've sold their souls, they know what sells, and they put  jdjkkse   Sep-14-04 11:53 PM   #42 
  - System isn't selecting for men,  RichardRay   Sep-14-04 12:38 PM   #22 
  - The problem is that half the population is not getting equal  Cleita   Sep-14-04 03:17 PM   #33 
  - I don't think it would be much different, to tell you my honest opinion.  KoKo01   Sep-14-04 12:48 PM   #26 
  - Okay... How 'bout THIS???  SoCalDem   Sep-14-04 12:54 PM   #27 
     - I'm not quite sure what you mean. ???  KoKo01   Sep-14-04 08:15 PM   #37 
     - I meant that even a "random- lottery style"" legislative "draft"  SoCalDem   Sep-15-04 08:31 AM   #54 
        - Yeah, that's a good idea...  kiahzero   Sep-15-04 10:08 AM   #57 
           - Actually, the Founding Fathers espoused just such an idea  SoCalDem   Sep-15-04 10:29 AM   #59 
              - There is no ruling class  kiahzero   Sep-15-04 10:39 AM   #60 
              - Uh... the founding fathers were the ruling class.  Right Makes Might   Sep-15-04 02:22 PM   #87 
     - What if you're some poor, mis-educated person from the ghetto?  Right Makes Might   Sep-15-04 02:17 PM   #86 
  - Yes, there would be stronger gun control laws too  Butterflies   Sep-14-04 12:58 PM   #28 
  - Sort of off topic, but it does relate to this matter  RebelYell   Sep-14-04 01:19 PM   #30 
  - My take on Muslim v. Western dress  ccbombs   Sep-15-04 12:28 AM   #44 
  - Bull shit  Yuna   Sep-14-04 01:30 PM   #31 
  - you have no clue as to the nature of sexism, do you?  Skittles   Sep-15-04 07:37 AM   #53 
  - Two words: Margaret Thatcher  LSdemocrat   Sep-14-04 04:15 PM   #36 
  - Here's a few more:  ibegurpard   Sep-15-04 01:44 AM   #49 
  - Yes, but.........Barbara Bush.  Gregorian   Sep-15-04 12:15 AM   #43 
  - Did you see the Daily Show's segment on today's Oprah program?  DerekG   Sep-15-04 12:54 AM   #45 
  - A lot of women in that audience are probably single mothers  Cleita   Sep-15-04 12:19 PM   #64 
  - interesting topic  Behind the Ageis   Sep-15-04 01:40 AM   #48 
  - ideally, men and women should have equal control  Skittles   Sep-15-04 07:36 AM   #52 
  - Norman Lear had sitcom in 1977 based on this theme...  Tom_Foolery   Sep-15-04 08:51 AM   #56 
  - Always a great idea  sh0rtbus   Sep-15-04 10:28 AM   #58 
  - How many Ivy League Female Lawyers are there vs. Women Who  RationalRose   Sep-15-04 11:00 AM   #61 
  - I can refute this in 4 words-Ann Coulter for President  EstimatedProphet   Sep-15-04 11:12 AM   #62 
  - how is that any different from gw bush as president?  noiretblu   Sep-15-04 01:11 PM   #68 
     - My point is that it is the same  EstimatedProphet   Sep-15-04 01:16 PM   #69 
        - how do you know, since it's never happened?  noiretblu   Sep-15-04 01:20 PM   #70 
           - That was my thinking too.. It could NOT be worse  SoCalDem   Sep-15-04 01:26 PM   #71 
           - Yes, it would  EstimatedProphet   Sep-15-04 01:29 PM   #73 
           - effectively, the two are indistinguishable  noiretblu   Sep-15-04 01:38 PM   #75 
           - I agree with you  noiretblu   Sep-15-04 01:45 PM   #76 
              - and if Annie was 5'2", 160 lb, with mousy brown hair  SoCalDem   Sep-15-04 01:48 PM   #79 
              - Probably so  EstimatedProphet   Sep-15-04 02:00 PM   #83 
              - Ultimately, in my opinion it comes down to this  EstimatedProphet   Sep-15-04 01:55 PM   #81 
           - No, it isn't that  EstimatedProphet   Sep-15-04 01:27 PM   #72 
              - explain the actions of the CBC in protesting the coup  noiretblu   Sep-15-04 01:34 PM   #74 
                 - I have no argument with you there  EstimatedProphet   Sep-15-04 01:46 PM   #77 
                    - as i said...i know you are correct  noiretblu   Sep-15-04 01:48 PM   #78 
                       - My pleasure!  EstimatedProphet   Sep-15-04 01:55 PM   #82 
  - equality is a great "concept"  noiretblu   Sep-15-04 12:33 PM   #65 
  - It's not about men and women but about the way people get power  Right Makes Might   Sep-15-04 01:54 PM   #80 
 

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