03-08-2003, 05:19 AM
The current leader of the House Democratic Party is Nancy Pelosi. That is the analogous position of Dame Thatcher, who was the head of her party when it gained the majority in the commons. In the Brit system, that leads to prime ministership when you get the majority, whereas in our system you have to jump yet another hurdle, be ye man or woman. The Parliamentary system brought the world Hitler, lovely, and is used as well in modern day Italy, where there have been over 50 changes in government in the past 50 years. Hardly what I would call a governmental model whose effectiveness is universal in being able to sustain a vision and leadership. We'll keep our system, thank you very much, enjoy yours.
As to the military, try RADM Grace Hopper, who in the early 1980's (or was it 1979? I forget) earned flag rank. RADM Hopper retired a few years back, you may remember her for her invented computer language, and for having introduced the term Bug into the lexicon of computerese. Look at the current list of flag officers and you will find women in all four services. Line offiders and staff corps alike.
What other western nation has women as flag officers, captains of ships, and three star generals of Marines, as you find in my country? I wonder. We don't even need women in the military, as for example the Israeli's did due to their strategic imperative, but our progressives have for the past four decades championed and attained that end. Leading the way. The Brits were decades behind us in putting women to sea as Line officers. In 1991 one of my colleagues was married to the Captain of a supply ship. She was a line officer.
CAPT Laura Flynn of the US Air Force, a B-52 pilot, got the golden opportunity to earn notoriety for having an affair with one of her airmen a few years back, a scandal made possible by the opportunity, and a bright young lady named Kara Hultgren got the oppotrunity, back in about 1995, to crash burn and die in her Tomcat while making an approach to the USS Lincoln. Sally Ride, astronaut. Why do I bother burying you with detail?
It aint tokenism here, I have seen the move forward in my lifetime. It is the real deal, but tell me, how many ladies are admirals in New Zealand? How many lead squadrons?
Take your silly little *coughs* and spew them elsewhere.
As to the military, try RADM Grace Hopper, who in the early 1980's (or was it 1979? I forget) earned flag rank. RADM Hopper retired a few years back, you may remember her for her invented computer language, and for having introduced the term Bug into the lexicon of computerese. Look at the current list of flag officers and you will find women in all four services. Line offiders and staff corps alike.
What other western nation has women as flag officers, captains of ships, and three star generals of Marines, as you find in my country? I wonder. We don't even need women in the military, as for example the Israeli's did due to their strategic imperative, but our progressives have for the past four decades championed and attained that end. Leading the way. The Brits were decades behind us in putting women to sea as Line officers. In 1991 one of my colleagues was married to the Captain of a supply ship. She was a line officer.
CAPT Laura Flynn of the US Air Force, a B-52 pilot, got the golden opportunity to earn notoriety for having an affair with one of her airmen a few years back, a scandal made possible by the opportunity, and a bright young lady named Kara Hultgren got the oppotrunity, back in about 1995, to crash burn and die in her Tomcat while making an approach to the USS Lincoln. Sally Ride, astronaut. Why do I bother burying you with detail?
It aint tokenism here, I have seen the move forward in my lifetime. It is the real deal, but tell me, how many ladies are admirals in New Zealand? How many lead squadrons?
Take your silly little *coughs* and spew them elsewhere.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete