Three Prized Women

I want to live in a world that is run by women like these.

I love these women. Hurray for them!

I love the picture too! How beautiful!
 
This reminds me of something I read a few years ago about how the women of Rwanda had a good run of their parliament as so many of their men had died. I revisited the story and have found that women now constitute about 45% of representatives vs a global 19%.
"When women are fully involved, the benefits are immediate - families are healthier and better fed and the income, savings and investments go up. And what is true of families is also true of communities and, in the long run, of whole countries."(2) This certainly appears to be the case in post-genocide Rwanda"
 
http://www.consultancyafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=465:political-sisterhood-in-rwanda-a-case-of-numbers-and-commitment&catid=59:gender-issues-discussion-papers&Itemid=267
 

PACE IN TERRA
No matter what it takes. Men have had forever without distinguishing themselves.
Not to be trivial but I am a student of women's hands… well, at least after shorts season is over.
Men? I mostly notice not what they are wearing but if it fits and so often, it doesn't.

Women of strength need to be celebrated so they can inspire the next generation. 

First thing I look at on a Woman is her Face ... and then, I look at her Hands .......
 
I find Beauty in all Women ... Give Thanks for it, and Celebrate it as often as I can, with Genuine Appreciation ...  

On this Date in 1775 ... The United States NAVY was born ... 236 Years Old Today .......
 
I Salute Them, and ALL the Veterans Who Have Ever Served .......
 
I Shall Try and Hide My Anger and My Shame For All Those That Punk'd Out to Canada .......

I would love to hear if Jax has any personal stories of women who become empowered after being rescued

Patricia, I do! But I'm on an airplane and the door is about to close. I'll try and post when I'm changing planes. :)

Women in positions of power might be the key to world peace.   Women best understand the reality that children become the young soldiers, sailors, and airmen who are placed in harm's way.  I can visualize a huge treasure trove that would be available to fix our infrastrastructure and create the jobs that we need to recover from our economic tailspin, assuming our defense budget could be lean & mean,  half it's current size.   Testosterone is likely the worst ingredient in the calculus of any formula to seek world peace.....

So many centuries and so much talent wasted while traditional male-dominated society has elected to keep women dumb, in both senses of the word.

Actually, there is an interesting observation about the positioning of women in their society in relation to bull and bear markets. Negative social moods accompany bear markets (everything looks gloomy) and it is suggested that women benefit from these periods, gaining both positioning and prestige. I often analogize it to periods when “mummy make me better”. But as the market bottoms and a bull market (rising stock market prices) starts to shape, men regain control and charge it with dynamism and vigor. In other words, bull markets tend to see men in charge and bear markets tend to see women in charge….{look around today}

http://www.socionomics.net/2007/04/women-in-politics/

I yearn for a time when there won't be labels:  women, men, color, religion, but just deeds, character, abilities, morals ... not to be confused with religion.
 
My children are close to that time;  rarely, if ever, adding the adjective when relating an incident about someone.
 
I do, however, really like the picture. 
 
 

I read a science fiction story set in which the United States had passed a Constitutional Amendment that for fifty years the offices of President and Vice President were reserved for women.  And since that time we had not had a war.  Seems that the women - of either party - sought other ways to settle conflict.  We need to raise strong women.  And men have a particular responsibility.  There are those who assert that the strongest women are those who have a positive relationship with their fathers - not one that was distant or cold.  Only we men can do that, but it takes time and effort, not disappearing eternally into workaholism.

The Peace prize, political to the core, seems recently to have been awarded with an eye to the future: for effort, outlook and aspirations rather than a large body of accomplishment (see Barack Obama).
Maybe there just isn't enough peace in our part of the animal kingdom to reward the makers of it.
Most animals fight over territory, food and sex not necessarily in that order.
Humans throw into the mix, money and religion and some can't tell the difference.
I'd bet on women, if they where in power, to get into fewer battles. Whether they would be better with money, remains unclear.

Leymah Gbowee and her attire look a lot like a magnificent woman whose size created a problem on our plane. She handled herself with dignity, the crew did not.
We have forsaken that airline for their mismanagement of that and for other reasons.
 

Kudos to beauty in motion. The crosses we bear define us without question. But I for the most part don't go through the day thinking about my color, gender, or sexual orientation in my decision making. For me, "The right thing to do is the hard thing to do". Yep- Me and my literary bud- Travis McGee agree. My female role models are strong and gentle, a perfect mix & my mom and my wife have an implied motto which covers it all "be kind but don't take any shit off anybody."
You Rascals, People everywhere just got to be free.

Congratulations and thanks to the men and women of the United States Navy on the 236 Anniversary of your proud service. Most of you know I wasn't directly in the Navy but I am always proud of the Naval tradition my branch has  shared with the Navy from the beginning!
 
 

Whose bright idea was it that the world had to be run by anybody?
As for the hands, there are eight hands and three women.
I remember the video of the hand model with the million dollar
hands. 
She was (as Miss Bebe would say) creepy.
Those hands in the circle belong to two different models at most.
I don't like photo shop, it's a scam.
So is a peace prize funded by explosives.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are identical twins born smiles apart.
Power corrupts independent of gender.
How's that for conflict, ladies and gentlemen?  Mediate that.
 
My hat is off to the men and women of the US Navy and their contribution to
conflict resolution.
It's been some time since we heard any rumblings on the high seas out of

France, Spain, Germany, Russia, China, Japan and (except for the Falklands)
the UK.
If the world must be run by someone, I want it to be Ivan and Jax, I think
they are fraternal twins, born light years apart.

Go ahead paolo click on send, go on, point and click.

A little birthday card...

http://youtu.be/4Iu8y2pvuRg

http://youtu.be/JnywusaLdXE

I could be dead wrong about this but humans, as pack animals, seem to require if not crave leadership.
If that is true, the question is how much power does leadership need?
The power over our money, behavior, privacy, safety and even health seems like a bit much.

Good for those women..........however, before we get too caught up in women equal peace, men equal prosperity please recall ancient history and the number of women rulers: Kubaba, Queen of Kish--extended the territories.  Extensions didn't come peacefully even then in the ancient area that we now call Iran.  Kiru and Sibatum--the Sumerian sisters who couldn't rule peacefully living with the same man. Semiramis head of the Assyrians who led military expeditions against the Medes.   

Carol you forgot to mention Margaret Thatcher, the princess warrior.

Hazel....

Paolos---I was only dredging up Ancient history.

Even in the Best of Times ... if Total Equality and Harmony COULD be achieved ... There must always be a Watchman .......
 
"Do Not Sleep As Others Sleep, But Keep You a Watch in The Night ..."
 
 
MISS ANDY:  Well Put, Indeed .......

ChefDeb ~ is Hazel still missing?  I must have really p!!$$ed her off
although I can't for the life of me figure out what it could have been.  One day
I will learn to bite my tongue, but not just yet.
 
Carol ~ I thought Ivan and Stoney were the only two from the village who
were around that far back.  Are we to inscribe your name in our list of The
Ancients? 

...I'll keep you guessing, Paolos...

it takes a Mom and  a Dad

I hope it is merely a tea in keyboard episode that has hijacked Hazel

A key in a teaboard sounds like a Through the Looking Glass
episode.  Which brings us to the notorious...
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6xf06kdCRs

PAOLOS--its been days now, no Hazel. Very worried.

CD ~ I don't know if Floyd found her on Facebook, but this has happened before and it was just as RoadYacht said, a tea in the keyboard incident or something very similar.  Let's hope that's all it is.  

Not like Hazel to go silent if she's a bit p!!$$ed, Paolos.  She's to good on the come-back.  I'm with you, ChefDeb.  Something's not right. 
 
Stoney, thanks for the tears.  Anchors Away and Hail to the United States Navy every man and woman in it.
 
I do think men and women think differently on many subjects.  I do think women can be fighters for military victories as well as peace victories as can men.   Tutu, Mendela just happen to come to mind.  Gbowee, Johnson-Sirleaf and Karman risked a great deal even their lives to fight as they fought so whether the Peace Prize is political or not they deserve to be honored.  Winning the prize may bring them reconition and respect from some who never heard of them.  Beacons  of hope for other downtrodden peoples especially women.

I was gratified to hear that the Nobel Peace Prize went to these three women. However, I am bothered by the intimation that men are geared for war and women are geared for peace. Men and women are equally capable of pursuing violence as well as peace. It comes down to personal choice as to which way you are going to behave when you've finally had enough. These three women had enough of war and violence and decided to act peacefully to change their worlds. I applaud their choice and wish them and their country men/women well. As far as the peace prize being funded by explosives goes, only the initial pool of funds came from Nobel's estate. He was horrified by what his invention had done to make war even more horrible and wished that his riches be used to change the world so that those horrors would be prevented. Since then the prize money has come from investment income and other bequests and donations from peace-minded people and foundations. I can think of a lot worse things that money could be doing, can't you? 

I was gratified to hear that the Nobel Peace Prize went to these three women. However, I am bothered by the intimation that men are geared for war and women are geared for peace. Men and women are equally capable of pursuing violence as well as peace. It comes down to personal choice as to which way you are going to behave when you've finally had enough. These three women had enough of war and violence and decided to act peacefully to change their worlds. I applaud their choice and wish them and their country men/women well. As far as the peace prize being funded by explosives goes, only the initial pool of funds came from Nobel's estate. He was horrified by what his invention had done to make war even more horrible and wished that his riches be used to change the world so that those horrors would be prevented. Since then the prize money has come from investment income and other bequests and donations from peace-minded people and foundations. I can think of a lot worse things that money could be doing, can't you? 

Argh! it's double-posting again! Time to call the computer guru!

Strong women..may we be them, may we know them, may we raise them.

smilesforever - Amen! You said it so well!
 
Also, pass the tea cups as we salute the Navy on its anniversary!
 
Not so much in awe of the Nobel Prize since they gave it to BHO who has done nothing that I can see to deserve it, unlike these 3 brave women...taking off the veil in a Muslim society!! That's brave!
 
 

I sent Hazel's son? a message. Hope it nothing more that the iffy utilities in her neck of the woods.

Letcha know if i here back.

John

Curious that Alfred Nobel from a country where you can wait all day for night, put his award in the hands of politicians from a country where you can wait all night for day.
Some of their selections: Yassar Arafat; Jimmy Carter; Al Gore and Obama have been disappointing but not hard to understand given the progressive composition of the committee.
This year, it is impossible to argue with them… extra bases.

Thanks, Mooseloop!  Though I do really appreciate and take to heart Andy's recent post...a world without those labels.........Kindness, giving, helpful,teaching, loving.....Could this be enough for the world?  And has anyone noticed recently how mean some people are getting?  Could we start a National "Let's be nice to each other for  one day" Day?

we have that already-Xmas.....and then they go right back to being mean and greedy

Sorry about allmytypos lately...i will try to do a better job editing so i don't sound like an idiot. For some reason i just get too hasty between the idea and pressing the send button.

 My pos are not allmyty.

Oh NO.  Does this mean I have to apologize for sounding like an
idiot?
I can do that without typos.  It was Mark Twain who said It is better
to publish a work with typos and have people think you are an idiot rather than
to eliminate the typos and remove all doubt.  If it wasn't Mark Twain it
was Groucho.

I don't know quite what to say:

http://youtu.be/p8ug4dVQgz8

Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt....someone said....not me....but the  same idea is valid.....

Thats ah very nice!

P- Um- Bowling at Stars and Strikes tonight in Cumming, GA. Wings/beer in copious amounts. Jack o all crap master o none.

Do those societies succeed because women have been
given the opportunity or are women given the opportunity because the society is
successful?
My formative years, the wonder years 1-12 were
influenced more by women than by men. I think it was that way in our society for
most of us.  I think subsequent generations (I count two if you count three you
are beyond my most of us category even though you may comprise most of us) in
this country have that same level of female influence extended beyond the first
twelve years by another six to eight years. This includes home and school.  That
does not factor mentors into the equation.  I think that every youngster has at
least one or two mentors who exert a strong influence on each youth's
development.  Not necessarily a parent, maybe a coach, a pastor or as in my case
a cartoon character.  I'm sorry, I thought I was doing so well there for a
while, I almost thought that I almost waxed eloquent.
 
Thanks for the Flight, Stoney.  Y'all have a good rest of the day.  For the record, I agree with Jane.  Hurray for them!

TT ~ Beer frame!!!!!!!  My favorite pastime. Well, there is one other but
there are already too many jokes about it where you be.

paolos ~
Close call there, "almost waxed."
There would have been questions: Was there a hygienic component or just vanity?
Was it uncomfortable and awkward or incredibly painful and humiliating?
Embarrassing redness?
None has to be answered.

I feel so, so...almost exposed.  
 
Jax ~ please check in, bring some
dignity back to the page.  Don't let it end like this.