That does no good. Putting a woman in power didn’t prevent the U.K. from going to war in the Falklands. You have to select leaders by their I.Q., not their gender.
When I was at university, the mantra was that if women were in power, there’d be no wars, everything would be lovely. Then Indira Gandhi took India to war with the Chinese, Thatcher took Britain to war with Argentina … etc. … made no difference. Still, we need more women in parliament, of whatever persuasion.
At this time of year, I recall the story of the Christmas Truce of 1914 on the Western Front.
Artillery was silenced and an unfamiliar quiet fell over the battlefield. Voices of the enemy could be heard muttering in the trenches. Suddenly, a song arose from the German side. “Stille Nacht.” The British counterattacked with “Silent Night.” This was followed by a volley of “Oh Tannenbaum” and “Oh Christmas Tree.”
A figure was seen coming across no-man’s land. He bore not a rifle, nor even a flag of truce, but held aloft a small Christmas Tree.
Then without order or orders, men from both sides came out of the trenches and met where their bullets only hours ago passed. They exchanged small gifts and showed pictures of the loved ones for whom they were fighting. God and King and the Kaiser were forgotten.
These corporals and privates who could not even speak each other’s language succeeded where heads of state had failed.
The miracle still happens today. I see it when I go with my wife, a nurse, to visit “her” refugee families. They come from the Congo, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Burma, Nepal, Vietnam. The multitude of languages ranges from Swahili, to French, to Arabic to Amharic, to Bhutanese.
They are Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu.
The children don’t care. There’s a soccer game going on and it doesn’t matter that there are seven different languages being spoken on the field.
Perhaps we need to fire our world leaders and replace them with corporals and privates and children.
I would have agreed with this cartoon if I weren’t so pissed at Collins and her fellow Republican female Senators, for selling out their constituents, with this tax cut for the rich and powerful.
I’d hope she and her moderate colleagues had more courage than their male counter-parts but, obviously, I was wrong !
Start voting with your dollars. Americans are pigs at the corporate trough. Buy from your neighbors, demand that ‘American’ companies are as patriotic as they advertise. No overseas tax dodges. You have that right, we gave them the tax cut they demanded. Now remember, what they got out of paying, we are going to be paying for them. again. Along with our grandkids.
It really does seem that we are choosing candidates that are subpar. I don’t know many men who are “pussy grabbing” ignorant of the demands of the office of president, have never held a public office, ( I could continue to list Trump’s faults, but you get the point) If we had chosen a president by simply standing on the street in any town in America and taking the first person who walked by the odds are quite good that we’d have wound up with something better than we have now. We have abdicated the responsibility for choosing candidates to the two parties. The result was Trump, and a woman who is disliked by pretty much everyone who outside the beltway. There has just got to be a better way.
What would an honest politician say to you? (And if you deny even the concept of an “honest politician” how can you say you’re not part of the problem?)
We need to stop electing humans. I, for one, would welcome our new insect overlords.
Come to think of it, I’m also vaguely remembering a bit in the Hitchhiker’s Guide series where the humanoid people of some planet always elect lizards. The lizards don’t work out very well, but the voters think that it’s still important to keep the wrong lizard from getting into power.
In discussion of M vs F leadership, I am reminded of the Iroquois ‘Great Law’ in which all decisions made [today] must result in a sustainable world seven generations (about 140 years) in the future. The Iroquois Confederation also followed the ‘rule of six’ for conflict resolution, which stated that for every phenomenon you need to devise 6 plausible explanations — their way of making sure all aspects of an issue were explored before decisions were made. The Iroquois also maintained a Women’s Council which had veto power over such major actions as going to war and stopping war. The Iroquois seemed to recognize that what seems good for right now, may be bad in the long-run. And, possibly, they felt that the traditional woman’s role (as primary raisers of the next generation) made them more able to see this than men. Regardless, today it shouldn’t be so much a question of male vs female but who can help the COUNTRY best. What we need in government are people who can look at future consequences and make decisions on what is best ‘in the long run’. We need people who recognize that there are multiple viewpoints which should be considered before final decisions are made (how else can yo persuade people to your point of view if you don’t first listen to theirs?). We need people who don’t vote for or against something simply to thwart ‘the other side’ (particularly when they haven’t bothered to read the bill in the first place). We need to people who are willing to make unpopular decisions. We also need a public that recognizes that ‘me first’ isn’t the best long-term philosophy for an entire country.
So true! lets get representatives who look like us, 51% female, 13% Black, 25% LGBT and even 21% White Christian Males – instead of the 80% who “represent” us now.
Still suffering from TDS Trump Denial Syndrome? Even as things just keep getting better? You would prefer a woman guilty of multiple federal felony security violations and gross negligence on the job that resulted in multiple deaths? Man, you need serious professional counseling.
As has been true since the dawn of mankind, 90% of the world’s problems are caused by men, and the other 90% are caused by a man not understanding what a woman wants.
Isn’t it interesting, how one bad woman gets many, if not all, bad men off the hook. ’See, she, er,they do it too. Yet a woman could be bet than all men, and yet still not be good enough.
Humans….some are good and moral….some are bad and immoral….we just need to elect more women to balance the current disproportionate number of one sex running the show….
Read in the top best seller of all time that Queen Athaliah had almost all of her Grand children killed. Now that is a politician with her life goals in order. How moral is that? Eve ate of the forbidden fruit first!
Hey everybody! Wouldn’t the world be a better place if we elected people based on their physical characteristics instead of their qualifications!? (A: no)
Adiraiju almost 7 years ago
…Oh, HERE we go…
Charliegirl Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Yep! Pull up your big boy pants and get ready! heh heh heh
Varnes almost 7 years ago
Hey, it’s worth a shot…..I’ve always enjoyed working for women, more than men….. They manage things better….Men are mostly dinks…..
Superfrog almost 7 years ago
It doesn’t take intelligence or knowledge to elect women to the top jobs. It just takes maturity.
Ahuehuete almost 7 years ago
How about: stop electing bad people?
Ahuehuete almost 7 years ago
How about: stop electing bad people?
kakaako.fixtures almost 7 years ago
Should read the story of Sparta first. Women can be more vicious than men.
wiatr almost 7 years ago
Yes, their thinking isn’t wrapped up in the little brain like ours is.
Enter.Name.Here almost 7 years ago
That does no good. Putting a woman in power didn’t prevent the U.K. from going to war in the Falklands. You have to select leaders by their I.Q., not their gender.
Dtroutma almost 7 years ago
As they’ve said: “God’s coming back, and she’s pissed!”
keenanthelibrarian almost 7 years ago
When I was at university, the mantra was that if women were in power, there’d be no wars, everything would be lovely. Then Indira Gandhi took India to war with the Chinese, Thatcher took Britain to war with Argentina … etc. … made no difference. Still, we need more women in parliament, of whatever persuasion.
ammittai_is_available almost 7 years ago
Sign should read “Start electing dogs”. (real dogs not men who act like hound dogs).
sandpiper almost 7 years ago
“When God made man first, she was only kidding. A favorite bumper sticker
tripwire45 almost 7 years ago
Funny how the guy giving out the advice is a…guy.
sandpiper almost 7 years ago
Flush, repeat, flush, repeat – election cycle motto Boot one out, vote in a clone.
Masterskrain almost 7 years ago
Simpler solution; “Re-Elect NOBODY 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024!”
DanFlak almost 7 years ago
At this time of year, I recall the story of the Christmas Truce of 1914 on the Western Front.
Artillery was silenced and an unfamiliar quiet fell over the battlefield. Voices of the enemy could be heard muttering in the trenches. Suddenly, a song arose from the German side. “Stille Nacht.” The British counterattacked with “Silent Night.” This was followed by a volley of “Oh Tannenbaum” and “Oh Christmas Tree.”
A figure was seen coming across no-man’s land. He bore not a rifle, nor even a flag of truce, but held aloft a small Christmas Tree.
Then without order or orders, men from both sides came out of the trenches and met where their bullets only hours ago passed. They exchanged small gifts and showed pictures of the loved ones for whom they were fighting. God and King and the Kaiser were forgotten.
These corporals and privates who could not even speak each other’s language succeeded where heads of state had failed.
The miracle still happens today. I see it when I go with my wife, a nurse, to visit “her” refugee families. They come from the Congo, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Burma, Nepal, Vietnam. The multitude of languages ranges from Swahili, to French, to Arabic to Amharic, to Bhutanese.
They are Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu.
The children don’t care. There’s a soccer game going on and it doesn’t matter that there are seven different languages being spoken on the field.
Perhaps we need to fire our world leaders and replace them with corporals and privates and children.
allencarpe almost 7 years ago
“Remember the Hillary”
Ignatz Premium Member almost 7 years ago
The last election taught us that if you’re a woman, you aren’t allowed to have ANY flaws. But if you’re a man, it’s okay to have no VIRTUES.
mr_sherman Premium Member almost 7 years ago
…When people will be elected by the content of their character, not by what’s between their legs.
Linguist almost 7 years ago
I would have agreed with this cartoon if I weren’t so pissed at Collins and her fellow Republican female Senators, for selling out their constituents, with this tax cut for the rich and powerful.
I’d hope she and her moderate colleagues had more courage than their male counter-parts but, obviously, I was wrong !
Qiset almost 7 years ago
What if it’s a man that identifies as a woman?
For a Just and Peaceful World almost 7 years ago
Stop Electing Some Men. Start with orange men with bad combovers. Start with those men who follow MCGA, Make Coal Great Again.
dot-the-I almost 7 years ago
Keep climbing guy. There is a wiser guru above who is above frustration, and probably having a better answer.
LeftDeathSpiral almost 7 years ago
Good thing we weren’t falling for this when the Clinton crime cartel was trying to weasel their way back into the treasury. (I mean the White House.)
A Hip loving Canadian... almost 7 years ago
If only it was that simple. Gender isn’t the problem, lack of honesty and integrity is.
chuck_sa almost 7 years ago
Start voting with your dollars. Americans are pigs at the corporate trough. Buy from your neighbors, demand that ‘American’ companies are as patriotic as they advertise. No overseas tax dodges. You have that right, we gave them the tax cut they demanded. Now remember, what they got out of paying, we are going to be paying for them. again. Along with our grandkids.
Diane Lee Premium Member almost 7 years ago
It really does seem that we are choosing candidates that are subpar. I don’t know many men who are “pussy grabbing” ignorant of the demands of the office of president, have never held a public office, ( I could continue to list Trump’s faults, but you get the point) If we had chosen a president by simply standing on the street in any town in America and taking the first person who walked by the odds are quite good that we’d have wound up with something better than we have now. We have abdicated the responsibility for choosing candidates to the two parties. The result was Trump, and a woman who is disliked by pretty much everyone who outside the beltway. There has just got to be a better way.
1953Baby almost 7 years ago
Power corrupts. . .men and women.
1953Baby almost 7 years ago
Power corrupts. . .men and women.
GeorgeJohnson almost 7 years ago
Yeah, cuz hillary is SO much better……
retpost almost 7 years ago
What we need is a new CONGRESS 100%
Alabama Al almost 7 years ago
What would an honest politician say to you? (And if you deny even the concept of an “honest politician” how can you say you’re not part of the problem?)
Perkycat almost 7 years ago
115 comments this early – I think Wiley hit a nerve.
Kaputnik almost 7 years ago
We need to stop electing humans. I, for one, would welcome our new insect overlords.
Come to think of it, I’m also vaguely remembering a bit in the Hitchhiker’s Guide series where the humanoid people of some planet always elect lizards. The lizards don’t work out very well, but the voters think that it’s still important to keep the wrong lizard from getting into power.
GreenT267 almost 7 years ago
In discussion of M vs F leadership, I am reminded of the Iroquois ‘Great Law’ in which all decisions made [today] must result in a sustainable world seven generations (about 140 years) in the future. The Iroquois Confederation also followed the ‘rule of six’ for conflict resolution, which stated that for every phenomenon you need to devise 6 plausible explanations — their way of making sure all aspects of an issue were explored before decisions were made. The Iroquois also maintained a Women’s Council which had veto power over such major actions as going to war and stopping war. The Iroquois seemed to recognize that what seems good for right now, may be bad in the long-run. And, possibly, they felt that the traditional woman’s role (as primary raisers of the next generation) made them more able to see this than men. Regardless, today it shouldn’t be so much a question of male vs female but who can help the COUNTRY best. What we need in government are people who can look at future consequences and make decisions on what is best ‘in the long run’. We need people who recognize that there are multiple viewpoints which should be considered before final decisions are made (how else can yo persuade people to your point of view if you don’t first listen to theirs?). We need people who don’t vote for or against something simply to thwart ‘the other side’ (particularly when they haven’t bothered to read the bill in the first place). We need to people who are willing to make unpopular decisions. We also need a public that recognizes that ‘me first’ isn’t the best long-term philosophy for an entire country.
nancy almost 7 years ago
Just elect women for as long as men have been in power now. They couldn’t possibly be any worse.
Diat60 almost 7 years ago
So, decency stops at the waistline? Honestly!
Mr. Blawt almost 7 years ago
So true! lets get representatives who look like us, 51% female, 13% Black, 25% LGBT and even 21% White Christian Males – instead of the 80% who “represent” us now.
Caribena almost 7 years ago
What makes Wiley Miller think women are better?
jonnytest almost 7 years ago
Still suffering from TDS Trump Denial Syndrome? Even as things just keep getting better? You would prefer a woman guilty of multiple federal felony security violations and gross negligence on the job that resulted in multiple deaths? Man, you need serious professional counseling.
Kali almost 7 years ago
As has been true since the dawn of mankind, 90% of the world’s problems are caused by men, and the other 90% are caused by a man not understanding what a woman wants.
GiantShetlandPony almost 7 years ago
Isn’t it interesting, how one bad woman gets many, if not all, bad men off the hook. ’See, she, er,they do it too. Yet a woman could be bet than all men, and yet still not be good enough.
GiantShetlandPony almost 7 years ago
Bill Maher recently said something to the effect, “I thought I didn’t understand women, turns out it’s men I don’t understand.”
Roderick O'Connor almost 7 years ago
Sorry, I believe the exact opposite is true!
saobadao almost 7 years ago
Humans….some are good and moral….some are bad and immoral….we just need to elect more women to balance the current disproportionate number of one sex running the show….
KevDoneIt almost 7 years ago
Read in the top best seller of all time that Queen Athaliah had almost all of her Grand children killed. Now that is a politician with her life goals in order. How moral is that? Eve ate of the forbidden fruit first!
SkyFisher almost 7 years ago
Hey everybody! Wouldn’t the world be a better place if we elected people based on their physical characteristics instead of their qualifications!? (A: no)
saobadao almost 7 years ago
YES even knowing that we’d still have some bad apples in the crowd at least all perspectives would be represented.
tarrangar about 4 years ago
Eh we have had 2 female prime ministers here in Denmark, and while I think they did an above average job, electing them hasn’t made everything better.
The solution isn’t to only elect women instead of men, it’s to elect someone who will be a good leader regardless of gender.
Problem is of course determining who that person is.