I'm not sure of the IQ ratings of the members to our US Congress. Assuming they read great writers, here are some passages their congressional staffs may be feeding them these days (by the way, the staffs are all those young serious faces sitting behind all those old pompous faces during congressional hearings):
* The Republican staffers have Soren Kierkegaard: "The thing that cowardice fears most is decision!"
* The Democratic staffers have Friedrich Schiller: "A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished!"
This is another example of how measuring ones times is a strictly subjective gig. All you have to do is just pick the quotes or the statistics or the facts or the rumors or the bloggers of your choice. Funny way to run a country, but that's the bad that goes with the good that comes with free speech.
Now, however, we may have discovered some objective evidence concerning the perennial battle of the sexes. The importance of women throughout history has just picked up some strong support. Historians already can point to the vital roles of women like Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir, and now Hillary Clinton. But recently the archaeologists also came riding to their rescue with "cave woman" evidence tracing back as far back as 13,000 years.
Researchers in the pre-historic caves of southern France have taken the time to measure and calculate the finger sizes of the artists who finger-printed their images on these walls. While we have traditionally referred to "cave men," they tell us we better include "cave women." The measurements here prove many of these drawings were done by females.
When the boys at the corner saloon get wind of this, they may have to stuff their standard taunt: "Show me how many women ever did that...?!" Frankly, I don't know who will be bellying up to the bar to answer that question for the boys. I'm pretty sure it wont be me. Besides, m y wife and my daughters have been explaining this to me for years....
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There's a plaque out there that reads:
ReplyDelete"The best man for the job is usually a woman"
That's my answer to your piece :-)
They don't get kicked often enough.....
ReplyDeleteI'm not arguing with you guys one bit!!
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