hi all

i think the latest and possibly most important list guideline from barb
patterson was advice to be kind to each other.relevance as beauty is in the
eye / brain of the beholder. or not. i'll forgive your redneckness if
you'll forgive my irrelevance.

janet


At 02:29 2002/06/12 -0500, Don Adams wrote:
>         Thanks, Murray, for the info re Jeannette Rankin. Gosh, I wonder
>why I didn't know that? I suppose it must be due to the fact that in my
>youthful days at college there was no such thing as "Women's Studies"
>celebrating the irrelevant, and  when I returned to graduate school after
>taking early retirement I was just a "male chauvinist pig" who avoided the
>non-subject. When they institute a Division of Men's Studies I might take
>Women's Studies more seriously. Service in Congress then undoubtedly
>carried more intellectual weight and prestige than it does presently, but
>this quotation doesn't indicate it. My Britannica tells me Ms Rankin served
>in the years1917-19 and again in 1941-43 and had the dubious distinction of
>casting the only Congressional vote against the Declaration of War after
>Pearl Harbor. The statement is still inane relative to this day and time,
>and relative to some previous wars also as a matter of fact.........cases
>in point... the American Revolution and the War Between the States as we
>"rednecks" like to call the American Civil War. We do like our freedom, and
>slavery is and was an abominable institution. It should be noted that Ms
>Rankin also cast one of 49 votes against the U. S. entry into WW I. She was
>not returned to Congress then and also not returned in 1943 when her term
>expired. I now remember reading that about this lady but her name was was
>as meaningless as her vote, particularly in December, 1941. Thanks again
>for unveiling the "contribution" of Ms Rankin to the safety of our nation
>and its institutions.
>                                 Regards
>                                         Don A.
>
>At 11:22 PM 6/11/02 -0700, you wrote:
>>Hi Don and SuperMario and All,
>>
>>"Jeanette Rankin, whoever she may be..."
>>
>>Jeannette Rankin, U.S. Representative from Montana,
>>the first woman in Congress, that's who...
>>
>>Jeannette Rankin, born June 11th. 1880.
>>
>>look here for the story ...
>>http://www.salsa.net/peace/faces/rankin.html
>>
>>cheers ............ murray
>>
>>* * *
>>
>>On 11 Jun 2002 at 22:21, supermario wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Don,
>> >
>> > "
>> > However, some of them are really not thought provoking at all and are
"just
>> > plain dumb" in my opinion. This one by Jeanette Rankin, whoever she
may be,
>> > (am I uninformed? perhaps I should know!)  is more than obtuse."
>> >
>> > In plain English, they just don't make sense.
>> >
>> > Very eloquently stated.
>> >
>> > Mario
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Don Adams" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:51 PM
>> > Subject: Re: QT: win : Non-PD
>> >
>> >
>> > > At 06:04 AM 6/11/02 -0400, Janet wrote:
>> > >
>> > >   Quote.......
>> > > >you can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake
>> > > >
>> > > >jeannette rankin
>> > >
>> > > My dear Janet,
>> > >          I sincerely hope that akinetic rigidity is a playful and perky
>> > > exaggeration of your condition. If not, forgive me for what follows (I
>> > > would have just let it slide)  although now I have to stand behind my
>> > > comments in either case.
>> > >         A few of the many quotes with which you quite often
entertain us
>> > > fall into the category of   "truisms" and I do appreciate them as such.
>> > > However, some of them are really not thought provoking at all and are
>> > "just
>> > > plain dumb" in my opinion. This one by Jeanette Rankin, whoever she may
>> > be,
>> > > (am I uninformed? perhaps I should know!)  is more than obtuse. I can
>> > > easily think of several wars which, if we had lost, would have the
>> USA and
>> > > Canada, not to mention the European continent, living in a despotic
>> > society
>> > > in which YOU could not share your thoughts with this group and I
>> could not
>> > > disagree....if our opinions did not follow the "party line" (better
known
>> > > these days as "Political Correctness"). The war in which we are now
>> > engaged
>> > > is surely one that must be won. Can you not imagine the consequences
>> if it
>> > > is not won or at least our adversaries being contained?
>> > >           At any rate I do not see how this statement by Ms Rankin lies
>> > > within the PIEN guidelines, and I am sure that this, my response, does
>> > not.
>> > > If the war is assumed to refer to our war against Parkinson's
Disease the
>> > > statement would be just as stupid. I trust that if I am "called
down" for
>> > > this "non-PD" contribution that I will not be alone in being
reprimanded.
>> > > In any case I ask for indulgence by the group for this mild
>> "outburst''. I
>> > > promise not to do this again until next time LOL. I hope you have a
good
>> > > dictionary (Heh, Heh). I have one, as you will notice.
>> > >
>> > >                                          Don
>> > >                  (a sinistral anaseismic, eclectic, seldom perky,
>> > > paronomasial Parkie)
>> > >
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