[Rhodes22-list] Political Humor: "I Did Not Have Sex With ThatMan"

[Joseph Hadzima]

Do you mean THE Lysistrata by Aristophanes?  

--- Philip <3drecon at comcast.net> wrote:

> Have you guys read the Lysistrada by Aristophenes?
> 
> Philip
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]  On Behalf Of
> L. Sailor
> Sent:	Friday, November 03, 2006 11:56 PM
> To:	The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject:	Re: [Rhodes22-list] Political Humor: "I Did Not
> Have Sex With
> ThatMan"
> 
> >males over 21 were the only people allowed to vote,
> and a very large >number of them had to vote to create
> the 19th Amendment
> 
> Absolutely true...and you know that they did not do so
> without  considerable pressure from the distaff
> side...(we know how to make you hurt....!!...'^)
> 
>  'Let' is the wrong word..it implies a
> willingness..and there were many men who were
> willing(and many who were not..)...but perhaps
> 'granted' (nope..too subservient)...allowed (nope..too
> patronizing....)
> 
> Maybe the right word will come while I sleep...
> 
> Jump in anyone with your own ...
> 
> elle
> 
> --- Joseph Hadzima <josef508 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Before I and in my $0.02 I'll put on my asbestos
> > suit.
> >
> > Now Elle, at that time, males over 21 were the only
> > people
> > allowed to vote, and a very large number of them had
> > to
> > vote to create the 19th Amendment, agrees with the
> > phrase
> > that "they let them have the vote".   If women at
> > that time
> > held a revolution/revolt and created a new
> > government which
> > included voting right for woman, then that phrase
> > would be
> > FALSE, and it would be true that no man gave, or
> > allowed
> > them to have anything.
> >
> > I in no way wish to imply that the Suffrage movement
> > was
> > anything less that HERoic!  I am also convinced that
> > those
> > civil actions were the catalyst for a majority of
> > men with
> > voting rights to pass the 19th Amendment.
> >
> > See women may need to express their wishes (sometime
> > more
> > than once, maybe a little louder) in a strong
> > argument and
> > men are perfectly able to understand (eventually)
> > and do
> > the right thing!
> >
> > I let my wife vote (I drive us both to the polling
> > center
> > rather than disable her car), even when she tells me
> > she's
> > voting for the other candidate!  :-)
> >
> > It is a wonderful accomplishment that most of the 27
> > amendments (though only 26 are in force) can be
> > created
> > through civil actions, and education of our brothers
> > &
> > sisters.  A pretty good record except for the ones
> > which
> > required a nasty war between the states.
> >
> > sorry I just had to split hairs tonight - had too
> > many
> > split for me at work, and I have too many
> > miss-firing
> > neuron - Hey Rummy how about a drink over here!
> >
> >
> > only a few more days and then the END of the
> > campaign ads
> > on TV!!!!!!   Praise the Lord (and pass the
> > ammunition)!
> >
> > remember to vote early & vote often!
> >
> > I'm goon put down my wine now and shutdown the
> > putter.
> >
> > play nice!
> >
> > joe/hadz.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- "L. Sailor" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Gee, thanks for the primer.
> > >
> > > So now you're hiding behind the amendment, rather
> > than
> > > accepting the responsibility for the patronizing
> > "we
> > > LET them vote."
> > >
> > > If I remember history (yeah..his..story), there
> > wasn't
> > > a lot of letting but a lot of weeping & wailing &
> > > gnashing of teeth...(and that was the men,...)
> > >
> > > (Probably a lot of kvetching, too...;^)
> > >
> > > elle
> > >
> > > --- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >     "Amendment XIX"
> > > >
> > > > "The right of citizens of the United States to
> > vote
> > > > shall not be denied
> > > > or abridged by the United States or by any State
> > on
> > > > account of sex."
> > > >
> > > > Bill Effros
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > L. Sailor wrote:
> > > > >> We lost that battle when we let them vote.
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > Did he really SAY that???
> > > > >
> > > > > Let me look at it again....
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >> We lost that battle when we let them vote.
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes..he REALLY said that...
> > > > >
> > > > > 1). How ignorant.
> > > > > 2). The AUDACITY
> > > > >
> > > > > YOU LET us VOTE?
> > > > >
> > > > > I think not.
> > > > >
> > > > > elle
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > === message truncated ===
> >
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HADZ (a.k.a. joe)

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