Tuesday Tid-Bits
March 4th, 2008
The woman pictured below was featured in this article at American Thinker.
I had never heard of Jeannette Rankin, but after reading both the above linked piece and following it up with additional research here, it became apparent that I would have enjoyed watching her in action:
How many feminists know that Montana’s groundbreaker, born in 1880, trimmed her own hats, but was still gutsy enough to — I quote — tramp “through deep snow potting bears and wolves for pastime”? [i] (Loud claps and laugher.)
How many journalists are aware that Miss Rankin, a seamstress, made her own clothes, cooked excellent meals, and “endured all the hardships of pioneers” with her sisters in Montana’s wilderness? [ii]
Yes, the world has changed since Ms. Rankin’s time but I’ll take someone who, as is pointed out by Ben-Peter Terpstra,
even “after entering politics” Miss Rankin “refused to forsake the old household arts, cooking and needlework.” [iv]
On second thought, rather than admiring her from afar, this is a figure in history I would have loved to sit down and enjoy a cup of tea with. Don’t know of course, but she sure reads like a genuine woman.
There has been a lot of criticism of Senator Obama and his campaign for their supposed two faced talk on Nafta….saying one thing at the last debate, another when speaking to Canadian Officials.
I have learned to hold my powder on such stories recognizing that the Senator’s opponent(s) have connections worldwide (and the desire to win at all cost). Personally I prefer to wait and see if another shoe drops before jumping into the fray.
Seems it has dropped, but has it cost Obama votes in Texas and Ohio in the meantime..probably:
OTTAWA(Reuters) – Canada defended Democratic front-runner Barack Obama Monday over accusations from rival Hillary Clinton that he is secretly at ease with a hemispheric trade accord which he publicly blames for losing U.S. jobs.
Clinton’s criticism, on the eve of make-or-break presidential nomination contests for her in Ohio and Texas, stemmed from a report by Canadian television station CTV that an Obama economic adviser told Canadian officials the candidate was not seriously considering disrupting the trade accord.
But the Canadian Embassy in Washington released a statement essentially backing up the Obama camp’s version of the meeting between adviser Austan Goolsbee and officials at the Canadian consulate in Chicago.
“There was no intention to convey, in any way, that Senator Obama and his campaign team were taking a different position in public from views expressed in private, including about NAFTA,” the embassy statement said. “We deeply regret any inference that may have been drawn to that effect.”
Quite interesting, don’t you think?
Actions like these will go a long way towards teaching children to share and respect each other:
A child’s birthday party at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Massachusetts was cut short when a fight broke out between two mothers.
The mother of the 9-year-old birthday boy apparently became enraged because the other woman’s son was “hogging” an arcade game, Natick, Mass., police said.
Ridiculous.
I’m sure those of you living in states hosting primaries today will be pleased when the day is done and your state returns to some sense of normalcy. I’ll try to get the links up later for those who choose to follow the returns as they come in this evening.
Written by Sue
Posted in Bits and Pieces
