Obama is at it again:
Obama Declares Aug. 26 ‘Women’s Equality Day’
President Obama has declared Aug. 26 — which marks the 91st anniversary of the constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote — to be “Women’s Equality Day.”
In a proclamation published by the White House Thursday, Obama said, “I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and recommit ourselves to the goal of gender equality in this country,”
“The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution tore down the last formal barrier to women’s enfranchisement in our nation and empowered America’s women to have their voices heard in the halls of power,” Obama said.
Congress decided that August 26th is Women’s Equality Day.
Here is a quiz you can take as part of your celebration. I don’t find test-taking to be very celebratory, myself, but go ahead. You may still vote if you fail.
Tuttle
So did W in 2008. And Obama did it last year too.
Makewi
Wait, women can vote? When did this happen?
trollhattan
@Makewi:
Just as our forefathers in…whoops!
kay
@Tuttle:
California celebrates 100 years in 2012, which I didn’t know. It’s not on the test.
Steve
It’s still mystifying to me that we never passed the E.R.A. I don’t think I’ll ever understand.
Linda Featheringill
Nice Holiday. And cute quiz, too. :-)
Some of the suffragettes went through a lot in order to further their cause. It wasn’t all fluff and nonsense. I take my hat off to those ladies for their courage and perseverance.
Xenos
I went over there to insult them for being stupid, but I suppose they will just have my comment suppressed. Either way, the comment section over there is full of outrage at the uppity pres for making a declaration like this.
The stupidity is immense.
John Puma
So what year will it be when we switch FROM “one dollar/one vote” to the tragically mythological “one person/one vote”?
kay
@Steve:
Betty Ford! She was a commie, really, when you think about it. Imagine how she’d get on with the current crop of lunatics. They’d drum her right out of the ranks.
Bulworth
Sounds like Kenyan soshulism to me. Not Biblical at all. That’s why we have tornadoes and cracked Washington monuments.
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Nutella
Hey! I got 100% on the quiz. Can I still vote?
trollhattan
@Steve:
My recollection is not enough states ratified it. A-skeert to, ya know. I’m sure it was the Usual Suspects from Group Red.
Uncle Clarence Thomas
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Damn, I was hoping for another historic legislative victory.
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Sasha
Best comment I’ve heard on the topic so far:
“It’s women’s equality day ladies. So I’d suggest you go buy your man some flowers, take his ass out to a nice dinner, and if you’re lucky, you just might get laid tonight.”
Tuttle
And that quiz is horrible.
Number four implies no women before 1848 worked to gain suffrage, number eight is simply incorrect, and number ten ignores at least three 18th century polities (Poland, Sweden and Corsica).
trollhattan
@trollhattan:
And here we go.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Equal_Rights_Amendment_Map.svg
Funny, about Alaska and Texas.
The Ancient Randonneur
Yeah, if Obama would just quit encouraging womenfolk and non-whites it would be a much more comfortable and familiar country to all us poor, poor white boys. What ever happened to the Good Old Days when everyone knew their place? Sigh …
MikeJ
Sufferin’ til suffrage.
DonkeyKong
Shouldn’t wimmins be required to view twenty-four hours of Fox News and Right-Wing email forwards before aborting America ..er I mean vote?
Linda Featheringill
@Sasha: #14
You think I haven’t?
ETA: Although to be honest about it all, men as a whole are so easy that it’s probably only on special occasions that women go through the whole courtship dance.
kindness
Oh Noes!!! Not a pop quiz on a Friday!!!!
That’s cruel and unusual. Are you sure you aren’t a republican?
TheWorstPersonInTheWorld
For the Obots of BJ:
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/274034_164003182_8363292_n.jpg
dpCap
@TheWorstPersonInTheWorld:
My, what a handsome fella you got there.
Brachiator
The quiz also leaves out the history of the Wyoming territories.
Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal
so did the republicans come out against women? that will put most of their candidates for president in a bind.
santorum flip-flopping on teh gay?
i shudder.
or do they just want to take women hostage? more likely.
trollhattan
O/T is BJ sooper slow for anybody else today? Also, too, edit window stays blank. Wondering whether it’s going Galt for the hurricane?
Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal
@Sasha:
if she buys me a diamond, she might get oral.
of course, by diamond, i mean a mitsu 82 inch tv.
kindness
@trollhattan: No, it’s that lousy PC you’re using….buy a Mac! (OK that was sarcasm there)
Storm is starting to come in pretty good: http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/southeast_loop.php
sukabi
but was there an * that said “This time we really, really mean it” ?
I’ll believe it when women are equally represented in congress, in business and when our healthcare needs aren’t subject to some asshole’s whims…. and also when we get paid the same as men for the same work… till then it’s just talk.
Thoughtcrime
A slap in the face to Hillary!
Tom Hilton
Coincidentally, that’s the year women got the vote in Switzerland.
Roger Moore
@Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal:
Wouldn’t a Mitsubishi be three diamonds?
sukabi
TheWorstPersonInTheWorld: that’s not nice… isn’t ESPN getting flak for their “if Vick was white” story???
Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal
@Roger Moore:
indeed, but they call that line of dlps the diamomd series.
Thoughtcrime
@Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal:
How about a planet?
http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/its-a-bird-its-a-planet-its-a-gigantic-diamond.php?ref=fpc
Ivan Ivanovich Renko
@Brachiator: To have begun so magnificently… only to inflict The Cheney Who Is A Dick upon us all.
trollhattan
@kindness:
Hah! I earned that one.
AA+ Bonds
The fix is in for Bachmann. Front page of FoxNews.com today:
Bachmann Told to Cut the ‘Obama Rock Star’ Routine –
Following her straw poll victory, Bachmann faces criticism about her high-profile campaign in Iowa
If you’re wondering, the two weeks before Pawlenty dropped out saw a bunch of stories from Fox News about how he was “struggling”. I knew then that his campaign was over.
It looks like Fox wants to hurry up and force a Perry-Romney race, which makes strategic sense for them as an arm of the Republicans.
So long, Michele!
Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal
@Thoughtcrime:
tacky. i wouldn’t have anything to wear with it.
Trapped in SC
Did anybody see Neil Cavuto? He was asking Homeland Security Napolitano were they (meaning the Obama administration) overreacting to the storm. The talking point opera has begun…….
Thoughtcrime
@Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal:
You would if you were a Blingon.
SiubhanDuinne
@efgoldman:
Always liked Ellen Goodman. I really miss reading her regularly and am glad at least that she continues to do her August 26th awards column. Thanks so much for the link.
de stijl
As Magritte would say: Ceci n’est pas une test de sondage.
Jenny
@Trapped in SC:
They’re pissed that Napolitano isn’t doing a heck-of-a-job like Chertoff and Brownie.
harlana
@Trapped in SC: Can you imagine the teabag twisted-pantyrage had he NOT flown back early?
Oh and I am not in the mood for 911 documentaries but here they come on the teevee. Here IT comes, because somehow it’s gonna end up being Hussein Obama’s fault.
(also trapped in sc)
WyldPirate
Damn no good soshulistcommiepinko Lie-bruls. That had to go and fuck up a perfectly good democracy by giving part of the population the right to participate in elections.
No good rat bastards….
harlana
And the republican zeal to abolish women’s rights to control their bodies to the point that birth control becomes some kind of sin – sad commentary on our times that this is not hyperbole
the republican party is run by a gaggle of irrational, voracious, destructive creatures that present themselves as actual human beings
harlana
the republicans have been reduced to the party that not only promotes and endorses ignorance, but celebrates it as well, like it’s 1999
Rathskeller
@AA+ Bonds: Completely agree: they’ve painted a bulls-eye on Bachman. You’d think their zombie followers would notice when the message changes. It will be interesting, in an appalling sort of way, to see how Sean Hannity changes over to follow the new instructions, given what a friendly venue he has provided for that lunatic over the past few years.
AMD
@5 Steve: Because Phyllis Schlafly said the ERA would lead to unisex bathrooms, gay rights (including marriage) and women in the military. And civilization as we know it would end if any of THOSE things were allowed to happen.
Bruce S
I knew this fucker Obama was power-mad when he declared July 4th “Independence Day.”
nellcote
@Bruce S:
It was a birthday present for his daughter.
AxelFoley
@AMD:
Two outta three ain’t bad.
TheMightyTrowel
@efgoldman: OT but i LOVE ellen goodman. I had the privilege to meet her several years back – actually she was on a panel which was interviewing me – and she was just so classy and friendly and interested, even in something random like prehistoric archaeology which was totally outside her area of interest and experience.
Older
Is this post tongue-in-cheek? I hope so. Doesn’t everyone know that one of the president’s less onerous duties is the “declaring” of National Days and holidays? He doesn’t get to choose them (that is congress’ job) but he gets to “declare” them.
The president declares a day of Thanksgiving every year, even though all of us know when it’s going to be and could pick it out on the next 100 years’ worth of calendars. But the president gets to declare it. Probably a welcome break from the usual hard round of presidentin’ duties.
Paul in KY
7 of 10 on the quiz! Felt pretty good about that.