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Time for a Wine Summit on Sexism

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PUMAs were screaming about this before the election! When are we going to stop letting that liar, Obama - scream racism and start calling him and all his political cronies on their RAMPANT SEXISM!? No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility. - Simone de Beauvoir Time for a Summit on SEXISM by Kirsten Powers Now that we've had a beer summit on race, how about a wine sum mit on sexism? In the latest edition of an online feature called "Mouthpiece Theater," Washington Post political reporter Dana Milbank attempted a joke about what kind of beer Hillary Clinton would drink at the "beer summit." Clad in a Hugh Hefner-style silk bathrobe, he smirks to viewers, "We won't tell you who's getting a bottle of 'Mad Bitch' beer." A photo of the secretary of state then appears. Hilarious. This isn't some random blogger or even an opinion columnist expressing vile views. Thi...
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SAME OLE' SONG When I was in undergraduate school I had a nice apartment off-campus my last 2 years there. I had my radio set to a station called WKFM. It was the only decent reception other than the college radio station, which I listened to only intermittently. The jingle of WKFM was " K-FM, keeps on playing the new songs." The station was run by a computer and had no disc jockeys; it was considered very innovative for the time. But the joke amongst students was "K-FM, keeps on playing the same songs" because of the computer loop of predictable songs that was only changed once every 10 days. I was reminded of this when I read about PM Olmert's latest. No "Agreement of Principles." Just a 'declaration'? C'mon... we heard this. For years. Remember OSLO? What makes us think this is anything important or worthwhile? Just to add to that predictability, Condi's coming to add to the useless pile-on of "negotiating" w...