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The Blame Game: It's Your Fault that America is on the Road to Ruin
These days, everybody is blaming someone. The democrats blame the republicans, who blame them right back. The rich blame the poor. The poor are ordering pitchforks.
So, you see, ladies and gentlemen, it's all very simple. The day that American women gained the right to vote, we, as a society, took the first step toward our ruinous end. How can that be, you ask? The author of said blog, OneVike, is only too happy to elaborate:
Logical. But not grammatical. This link's for you, OneVike.
New York blames Detroit. Detroit blames the labor unions. Labor unions blame Walmart.
George Bush blames Osama bin Laden. DickCheney blames President Obama. Evangelical Christians blame San Franciso values. Gays in California blame the Mormons (although, let's face it, when blame is launched, it can sometimes hit the target spot on).
While some might accuse me of participating in the willy nilly bestowal of responsiblity, what I really want is to gain an understanding of what happened. Of course, I know this is a pipe dream. Those responsible are generally too busy covering up their own roles in whatever the mess to engage in mea culpas. So, instead of learning the truth of it, I find comfort in screaming myself silly over multi-million dollar bonuses granted to a bunch undeserving fools. (See. It's really easy to play.)
In this escalating game of who screwed up America, I believe it is time to declare a winner, at least from the perspective of offering a fresh, new scapegoat. (By which I mean an old, tired one.)
From the pages of NorCalBlogs.com, a local blog site out of Chico, California, comes this gem.
What many still consider the greatest step forward in equality for the sexes, was more then just a glancing blow however. It was in fact a deadly strike that entered the very heart of the ship and has been smoldering since. The damage caused by the 19th amendment was slow in its destruction, but after almost 100 years we can now see how complete the destruction really was.
From the beginning of time women have been the emotional nurturers of society while men have been the logical protectors and managers. It was the men who had to do the dirty deeds that required more logic then emotion. Men have always debated and discussed what it is they thought was best for their communities. There has always been strong women have stood behind their men and supported them in the tough decisions they had to make. Behind the scenes these strong women would prod and nudge because they thought the men moved to slow at times.
However it was that slow and methodical thought process that allowed for an orderly progression that worked for thousands of years. And please do not bring up all the wars men have gotten us into. The biggest war in history was WWII, and it happened with men elected after women around the world won the right to vote.
Unfortunately men eventually abdicated their God given responsibility and allowed their emotional partner an equal footing in deciding the country's fate. From that day forward, men have been vying for the emotional vote of the women and worrying about their reactions after they got in office. Thus they have become more emotional in their legislating then logical.
And thank you for pointing out the obvious. The mess we're in could have been prudently avoided had male politicians not been forced to find their inner Richard Simmons by pesky women voters who should have kept their place in the background, letting those logical men make the decisions.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom with the world. I feel better. Now, when my mail-order pitchfork arrives, I won't have to join the mob. I can use it for yardwork instead. But I hate yardwork, so I'll probably just break down and cry.
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Cross posted at Dagblog.com. Rest assured, when the Dag boys make a decision, I never get a vote.
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I dearly hope this is being posted with tung firmly implanted in cheek. Otherwise you maybe risking having something else wind up there as well as missing a bit of porcelain.
The fairer sex well....not always being so fair.
C
March 31, 2009 8:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
No worries, cmaukonen. I'm a grrrrrl.
March 31, 2009 8:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, but it is the fault of the repubs and the rich.
end of discussion
March 31, 2009 8:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not quite.
April 1, 2009 12:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't you have to consider the source here? I mean this guy can't even write! It seems like an essay assigned to an 8th grader in a home-school program that has as its goal to prove that women should do whatever their men tell them.
Not worthy of your profound efforts, Orlando.
I take it back. I think it was written by a 6th grader in the same program.
March 31, 2009 8:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Maybe not worthy of serious mention, but I laughed until I couldn't breathe when I was reading it. So, I thought I'd share.
March 31, 2009 9:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm glad Orlando wrote it. It is good to know there are neanderthals like this out there. Scary, but a good scary.
March 31, 2009 9:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Do you say it Neander- thall of the more serious Neander -tall? Whichever. But good to remember that when you dump on the entire species which may have been human, and have merited the attention of many a documentary on PBS and the Discovery Channel, that they, as a people, had both male and female bodies- however hairy.
April 1, 2009 3:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Geez. Reminds me of a joke - which I won't tell here.
Love the link reference - but I think you should have provided a link to League of Women Voters too. (And to Anne Coulter, Sarah Palin and Laura Ingram - they can duke it out with this idiot to the 'end'.)
March 31, 2009 9:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ann Coulter has come out aganst women having the right to vote. Really. She's too much.
April 1, 2009 11:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
There appears to be a lot of inadvertent humor out there on the web. I suppose some guys really don't want to get in touch with their inner Richard Simmons...
March 31, 2009 9:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hard to take that post at NorCal.blog seriously. On the other hand, it has a lot more responses than this one at TPM or at dagblog. Ya just never know what turns people on.
March 31, 2009 9:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought we were beyond this kind of thing. Men have feelings too you know and just because one little amendment out of all the amendments went south, we never hear the end of it.
Pretty logistic of me eh?
March 31, 2009 11:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
well, see now, he's perfect for trolling. heh. I hope you, ermm, helped him acquire a new opening...? ;)
I'm lost in admiration of the style, however. I think I may have to adopt it next I visit and troll a conservative site.
My fav --
[Just read the bold.]
Yeah, that's how I see the feminists too -- all the way from Anthony, Pankhurst, Luxemburg onwards to Biehl to third-wave as people who have stood behind men and prodded and nudged. heh. Specially after "men moved to slow." ROFL.
sometimes some historians need nudging and prodding as well.
April 1, 2009 12:15 AM | Reply | Permalink
not to say he doesn't have somewhat of a point.
April 1, 2009 12:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
OMG, Orlando. Save this link for the next ALL-TIME WINGNUTTIEST BLOG POST contest.
In the last contest, The Pussification of the Western Male by a Kim Du Toit, came in at 5th place. (Kim is a man, and he 'loves' being one, too.)
Du Toit shares some of the logic (?) of your wingnut, although he attributes the decline of civilization to a well-designed plot:
Kim even went so far as to attribute the problem of rape on college campuses to "a reaction against being pussified".
I kid you not.
But, damn, your wingnut has to be up there with the best, or worst, of them.
April 1, 2009 1:36 AM | Reply | Permalink
You might be right, but I don't feel qualified to judge. I'm too emotional.
April 1, 2009 8:12 AM | Reply | Permalink
Here ya go, emotional woman...
11 People on a Rope
Eleven people were hanging on a rope, under a helicopter, 10 men and 1 woman. The rope was not strong enough to carry them all, so they decided that one had to leave, otherwise they were all going to fall. They weren’t able to choose that person, until the woman gave a very touching speech.
She said that she would voluntarily let go of the rope, because, as a woman, she was used to giving up everything for her husband and kids or for men in general, and was used to always making sacrifices with little in return.
As soon as she finished her speech, all the men started clapping …
April 1, 2009 10:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
W-o-o-o-w,I'm going to recommend this asshat evacuate posthaste to one of the following enlightened countries where women are still do not have equal voting rights to men by law (never mind in practice):
April 1, 2009 9:49 AM | Reply | Permalink
I just have one question: What is a logical protector?
I mean, if I knew what one was, maybe I'd want one!
Do they protect logic? Or is a protection against logic? Or is it a quality in men that I have not yet noticed? Even though apparently vital. Is it vital only to men? Or noticeable only by men? Or am I as a woman somehow lacking because I have so far not noticed this quality? In anyone actually - man or woman.
Great post, Orlando!
April 1, 2009 9:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
Actually, TheraP, the exact statement was "men have been the logical protectors and managers".
Which makes as much sense as someone who has a pocket protector. And no pocket. Leaving nothing to protect or manage.
Hope this cleared up the issue for you. :-)
April 1, 2009 10:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
Well, seashell, I did see it said two things they doing. I started with the first. Because that's where I was stumped!
Thank you for clearing that up... now... where did I put that pocket? ;)
P.S. Down below, I do believe we have a "violation" of service going on.... please check it out and "report" if necessary.
April 1, 2009 11:32 AM | Reply | Permalink
Yes indeedy, TheraP. Down below is soon to be swimming with the fishes, I hope. Thanks for the pointer!
April 1, 2009 11:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
How on earth did you find this throwback? Oy!
April 1, 2009 10:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
Well, it is from Chico, not Chica. Hope the truth doesn't give ya'll the vapors!
April 1, 2009 11:21 AM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, is that all? I thought for sure he was going to say "the abortion wars."
"Gays in California blame the Mormons (although, let's face it, when blame is launched, it can sometimes hit the target spot on)."
Honestly, some people really shouldn't be throwing stones in this particular glass palace.
April 1, 2009 6:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm trying to imagine the thought process that would lead someone to write something like that. I can't. Last I checked gender had no bearing on the human condition. We're equally capable of doing good or messing up. I think the author is ill.
April 1, 2009 7:22 PM | Reply | Permalink