A word from Hillary Clinton:

[one_voice]

[Stan Smith]

1. I've always loved her.

She is such a strong woman, and she drives the idiots on the right insane.
I really wanted her to win the Democratic nomination in 2008, but I happily voted for President Obama.

[11 Bravo]

4. Welcome to DU! (And I agree with your assessment of Secretary Clinton)

[Stan Smith]

7. Thank you for the welcome.

If I may ask how do you make those little smiley guys that wave and hold up glasses of beer?

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Again, welcome to DU.

on edit: again!

[Stan Smith]

38. I did not see that earlier.

Thanks now that you pointed it out, I see it clearly.

[gateley]

6. Welcome to DU, Stan Smith!

[Stan Smith]

9. Thank you!

I love this place. So many wonderful people who all understand how things should be.

[WheelWalker]

16. Well said. Blessings.

[emilyg]

15. Welcome to DU.

[murielm99]

19. I love her, too.

She has one of the best legal minds of her generation.

I, too, wanted her to be President. I live in Illinois, and that did not go over well. However, worked hard for Obama. I planted so many signs in yards, walked and knocked on doors, and did enough phone banking to burn myself out on that for a year.

Hillary is still beautiful. But I think she is tired and needs a break. She says she is going to retire. I wonder if that is true.

[xtraxritical]

50. Hillary lived in Park Ridge, Il. for a while in her youth.

[Beacool]

54. She was born in Chicago.

She lived in Park Ridge until she went away to college. Her parents continued to live there until many years later when they moved to Arkansas to be near her, Bill and Chelsea.

[nadinbrzezinski]

36. Welcome to du

[RKP5637]

2. Truer words have never been spoken. Why any woman would vote for those that

want to repress and control women is beyond me. I just don't get it ... has so much of this society been brainwashed that much.

[Stan Smith]

10. Sadly some women aren't allowed to think for themselves.

They let their husbands do all the thinking for them. Even in this day and age. I love men, but I will never let one control me, so why should natural women do so?

[RKP5637]

12. Amazing ... sometimes I wonder if it's a primitive ancestral instinct ... to be controlled by

the hunter - gather. Thinking back on all of the fights for women's rights, this seems so very very backward, especially in the 21st century.

[Stan Smith]

23. Some women and some men that I know think it's romantic to be controlled

Some women, and some men that I know think it's romantic to be controlled by their man. To them it's like one of those steamy romance novels where the man takes charge. I know for me it can be romantic when we are fooling around, but the actual relationship should be a partnership.

Also to be fair, I know plenty of lesbian women who are controlling of their partners, I really don't understand that one, but it's not my decision, I just listen to them complain then run right back into their arms.

[RKP5637]

25. Definitely, at least for me, the actual relationship should be a partnership. n/t

[Stan Smith]

40. As should our country

We need to stop allowing some people to accumulate so much wealth that they could never spend it all anyway, and stop allowing people to starve. The idiots on the right may call that socialism, wealth redistribution, or whatever bull shit term they dream up, I call it the right thing to do. There is plenty of wealth to go around and every single one of us can have good lives.

[RKP5637]

42. I agree with all you say! BTW, welcome to DU! I'm glad you're here!

[Stan Smith]

44. Thank you!

I tell you, this place is full of nice people.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

49. just had to say, I agree with RKP !

and that's before I even saw you said there're so many nice people here!





big welcomes!

[savannah43]

27. "A man of quality is never threatened by a woman of equality.” Jill Briscoe

[RKP5637]

29. Well said!!! n/t

[AtomicKitten]

3. Spot on.

k&r

[ruggerson]

32. wow

It's snowing down under.

[gateley]

5. Right on, Hillary! nt

[NeverEnuff]

8. Choices

Look at the choice we had, two great candidates. They have four and don't like any of them. There is hope that Hillary will run in 2016.

[Control-Z]

11. Hillary is just wonderful.

I would hate to see her retire any time soon, although I know she has to be exhausted and ready for the break. She would make a great president. I'm still holding out hope that she will run in 2016.

[trof]

14. It's because we fear women.

If they ever really get in charge we men are in deep shit.
We have a lot to answer for.
It won't be pretty.

[Little Star]

18. lol

[Auntie Bush]

41. Right on mate!

[hamsterjill]

17. As with all things Hillary...

Brilliant! Well said. And absolutely true.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

51. mmmhmm, yes

I second that motion.

[radiclib]

20. I'm not a huge Hillary fan, but her words are well played here

She all but openly declares that our home grown zealots are the same as the Taliban. And it's pretty much the case.
Well done, Madam Secretary.

[northoftheborder]

21. I really like that picture of her.

A face showing so much resolve, strength, determination, compassion, intelligence, optimism.

[RKP5637]

30. So do I. It's a great picture definitely showing all of the strengths you mentioned! n/t

[grantcart]

22. Its because they are all sexually frustrated.

A male who is in a mature relationship getting compaionship and sex isn't going to get extreme about anything except watching a football game or

. . .

sorry I gotta go - got to take the garbage out - don't want Mrs. grantcart unhappy. Nothing good happens when Mrs. grantcart is unhappy.

just sayin'

[one_voice]

24. If mama ain't happy...

ain't nobody happy!

My husband says that all the time.

[Liberalynn]

26. You said it Hillary!

[Katie]

28. K&R Just love this woman and her message is what is needed to be said

I have long respected and admired Hillary. I'm so happy to see her getting involved. Women need all the help they can get right now. Thank you Secretary Clinton! And thank you one_voice for posting this.

[frogmarch]

31. Thanks! I added it

to my Facebook status.

[bluestate10]

33. OMalley/Clinton in 2016. Obama will welcome them at the swearing in as he end his second term. nt

[EFerrari]

34. And that would include extremists in Egypt, in Bahrain, in Yemen,

in Somalia, in Honduras and in Haiti.

[G_j]

52. Somehow, the Word ‘Peace’ Got Lost

( I had just re-posted this )

Somehow, the Word ‘Peace’ Got Lost

http://passblue.com/2012/03/09/somehow-talk-about-peace-has-been-lost/

UN WOMEN'S CONFERENCE 2012

Somehow, the Word ‘Peace’ Got Lost

by Cora Weiss • March 9, 2012

This essay was adapted from a speech that Cora Weiss, president of the Hague Appeal for Peace, a network of peace and justice groups, read as a panelist on the “Women, War and Peace” debate held during the 56th Commission on the Status of Women this month at the UN. The debate that Weiss spoke at, on March 1, showed a film, “Peace Unveiled,” about women in Afghanistan.

Who comes from a place where there has been violence or war?

I have enormous admiration and respect for the women of Afghanistan. I mourn with them for the loss of life, the wounded, the babies frozen to death in refugee camps, the destruction to their homes and communities. And I celebrate their determination to be at the peace table.

The question after so many years of war and waste is: When will we stop making war? When will the currency of foreign policy stop being weapons? When will be become exhausted from exhausting all nonlethal means of resolving conflict before resorting to violence? When will we implement the Charter of the United Nations, dedicated to preventing the scourge of war? When will women be at all the decision-making tables to prevent war and to design the peace?

Humanity has abolished slavery, colonialism, apartheid and the prohibition of women voting. Why can’t we abolish war?

We gather for the annual Commission on the Status of Women conference at this time of year because March 8 is International Women’s Day, voted by the General Assembly in 1975 to be the United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace.

Somehow, peace has gotten lost.

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[Aerows]

35. Extremists are controlled by others

So they turn to the next person they can control. Their children and their wives.

[antigop]

37. Well, DLC Hillary. What about the DLC extremists that caused so much damage to this country? n/t

[madokie]

39. I know the answer to that

you girls have all the pussy and us guys are wanting some of that. Not me so much anymore as I'm too old but you get the drift surely

[rufus dog]

43. please tell me the urge never goes away...

I am on the phone with Suicide Prevention ...... please say it ain't so!

[Doc Holliday]

48. No need to panic, rufus.

It ain't so, so relax.

My experience is that the memory is, in fact, the first thing to go.

Of course, even this has its downside-- you might find yourself in the position of having had a really awesome "sexy-time" with your partner.... and not remembering it.

[Beacool]

55. Men............

[rufus dog]

57. We are dogs!

[Beacool]

58. Yep, you are.

Horny dogs at that........

[dmr]

45. I always used Hillary as a role model for my niece

back in the 90s. My niece would come to me just to talk or for advice on school or whatever. There were three intelligent & accomplished women I used as role models for her. Two I worked with & the other was Hillary.

My niece is now a pathologist. Thank you, Hillary.

[The Wizard]

46. Hillary is Secretary of State

Obama is President and Rash Limbaugh is about to become extinct. The gods seemed to have worked their magic.

[efhmc]

47. Don't you mean goddesses?

[Beacool]

53. It was a great speech.

So was Meryl Streep's introduction of Hillary at the Women of the World event.

I still hope that she runs for president, she's fierce. As SOS, she can't say too much about domestic policy, but she couldn't contain herself on the issue of women's reproductive rights. LOL!!!

[DisgustipatedinCA]

56. I haven't always loved her, but I've always respected her, and I completely agree w/her here.

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[hifiguy]

59. Bravo, Madame Secretary!!

Bravo!