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Women’s suffrage called ‘mistake’ by conservative Kansas politician “She says she votes and believes women should have the right to cast their ballot. But, she adds, if men were doing their job of taking care of women and children, women wouldn’t be required to vote.”

I am generally a pretty conservative person. But I am a PERSON, and damn it, I am not the property of some man, and I deserve the right to vote. Oh my goodness. I want to scream. A mistake? Tearing families apart? Are we going back to the Dark Ages now? Gee, we can all move to Afghanistan and live under the Taliban rule! (Link thanks to Todd, who got it from Erika.)

Here is the info: CNN.com – Missouri sues TV psychic Miss Cleo’s hotline – July 26, 2001 (again thanks to Naomi.) I think there has been talk in Texas too about a lawsuit. But that spoof journal certainly cracks me up!

Miss Cleo’s LiveJournal! What a hoot! Thanks to Naomi for the link! And damn it, Naomi, you always find the coolest links, so you had better not EVEN think about not posting them on your blog. How else will I ever find those tasty morsels of goodness that you always have to offer me? Write more, yes. Long gushy emotional things. But damn it, don’t deprive me of my links!

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.
— Theodore Roosevelt.

I agreed with much of that article. Todd might be proud. Especially because he talks today about “expanding your ideas of patriotism”. Because I agree that, especially in a democracy, it is up to you to educate yourself about your government and be a responsible citizen.

I must thank Naomi for her rant which got me thinking about all of this in the first place. And since I know her “in real life” I would never label her with any of those labels. I think it is our civil duty to question our government. That’s how the whole system was set up to begin with, right?

Know who else rocks? Chel for explaining to me what Pirate’s Booty is and for offering to convert her Mac Cezanne font to PC for me, and Alex for sending me the PC version of it! w00t!!! I am so pumped! What a wonderful day.

This from a woman who spent the entire morning at the dentist – having fun! I love my dentist. Seriously. No, really. He and his entire staff are wonderful! I have a blast when I go there!

Oh, and I am wearing my spunky new black overalls that I got on sale at JCPenney’s last night! They are so cute, and I got lots of compliments at the dentist’s office! How is that for cool? What a great day!