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| Wed, 09-24-2008 - 9:24am |
WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE.
This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago.
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Remember, it was not until 1920
that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.
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The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed
nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking
for the vote.
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(Lucy Burns)
And by the end of the night, they were barely alive.
Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden's blessing
went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of
'obstructing sidewalk traffic.'
They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above
her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping
for air.
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(Dora Lewis)
They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her
head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate,
Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack.
Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging,
beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.
Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917,
when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his
guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because
they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right
to vote.
For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their
food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms.
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(Alice Paul)
When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/prisoners.pdf
This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago.
Remember, it was not until 1920
that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.
The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed
nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking
for the vote.
(Lucy Burns)
And by the end of the night, they were barely alive.
Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden's blessing
went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of
'obstructing sidewalk traffic.'
They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above
her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping
for air.
(Dora Lewis)
They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her
head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate,
Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack.
Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging,
beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.
Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917,
when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his
guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because
they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right
to vote.
For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their
food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms.
(Alice Paul)
When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/prisoners.pdf

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There are nine Supreme Court Justice seats - the odd number will always at best create a "relatively balanced" court because in reality it would hard to image that the odd man out will ever vote straight down the middle.
A 5-4 leaning (in either direction) is more balanced that a 6-3 leaning (in either direction), would you not agree? 4-1-4 is complete balance - I think you would be hard pressed to find that "1" who will be 100% straight down the middle. Thus my contention of "relative balance."
As for your direct question, I don't know why Roe vs, Wade has not been overturned before now. I'm at work and don't have the time to completely research it at the moment. Nor do I have a list of "religious fanatics" in government.
it is a fact that in 2007 in his concurring opinion of the 5 to 4 decision upholding the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act - Thomas (joined by Scalia), "contending that the Court's prior decisions in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey should be reversed, and also noting that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act may exceed the powers of Congress under the Commerce Clause."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade
So you have two judges at least that feel Roe vs. Wade should be overturned.
McCain's own website claims that "John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned, and as president he will nominate judges who understand that courts should not be in the business of legislating from the bench. Constitutional balance would be restored by the reversal of Roe v. Wade, returning the abortion question to the individual states. The difficult issue of abortion should not be decided by judicial fiat."
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/issues/95b18512-d5b6-456e-90a2-12028d71df58.htm
The ideology of reversing Roe v. Wade can be debated if it a good move or not - but the fact is between an election of McCain, certain already seated Justices, and the chance of more Justices with the same belief - the chances of Roe v. Wade being overturned is probably at it's highest it's been in 30 years.
So it doesn't matter if there is flock of "religious fanatics" in government or not - it comes down to McCain and his choices for new justices. "Religious fanatics" is just a red herring.
This is another funny statement.
I don't particularly like what women have become.
And since your mother had an unintended pregnancy while young, do you consider her stupid? (I'm not being snarky here. I'm sincerely asking.)>
MONTANA MOM !
MONTANA MOM !
MONTANA MOM !
I have been critisized for this statement many times.
MONTANA MOM !
MONTANA MOM !
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