tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32089423.post4201374808974529617..comments2023-07-05T04:49:39.433-05:00Comments on The Natchez Blog: Why Mississippi Is Always Last and What We Can Do About ItAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02569789851680284837noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32089423.post-29381316843869330052009-03-09T15:46:00.000-05:002009-03-09T15:46:00.000-05:00Yvonne Brown, the black female GOP mayor of Tcula,...Yvonne Brown, the black female GOP mayor of Tcula, MS, ran against Benny Thompson in 06. She tried her best but beating Benny is a difficult task, especially since most blacks block vote Democrat(sad in itself).Fox Mulderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863693390571577164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32089423.post-22284033091669003882009-03-01T18:59:00.000-06:002009-03-01T18:59:00.000-06:00I'm glad you like the blog. Although I ran for off...I'm glad you like the blog. Although I ran for office before I moved here, I won't run here. I do, however, support other women running whenever I can. Last year, one of us, Gwen Ball, ran for Alderwoman. Although she didn't win, it was a wonderful experience - and maybe she will win in the future.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569789851680284837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32089423.post-26096820434648898122009-03-01T15:37:00.000-06:002009-03-01T15:37:00.000-06:00The more I think about this, the more I like the i...The more I think about this, the more I like the idea Casey Ann. As long as the women elected were thoughtful women, that is. Thoughtful people don't seem to be overly attracted to politics though. <BR/><BR/>You should run for local office, really. In fact, several of your peers should. <BR/><BR/>And by the way, thanks for the blog, it's nice to see there are thoughtful women about- why don't they speak up more?Marty Ellerbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05744575155407705069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32089423.post-83221431855670439262009-03-01T02:14:00.000-06:002009-03-01T02:14:00.000-06:00I read your earlier post and find your statement i...I read your earlier post and find your statement in this post that increased numbers of women in government leads to greater propserity to be inconsistent with the articles you referenced.<BR/><BR/>Those articles were peppered with words like "maybe" and "could" and Iceland's new prime minister hasn't had time to show whether or not she'll produce any higher levels of prosperity.<BR/><BR/>I suspect that she will not simply because the monetary system she is working with is inherently flawed and those flaws will have the same influences on a woman led government as they will a man led government. <BR/><BR/>Look at Hillary's recent trip to China as example. She put human rights second to economic considerations, the chief reason for her trip being to convince (coerce or threaten) China to continue buying US treasury securities. <BR/><BR/>Another flaw I see in your solution is that you seem to be measuring Mississippi's "goodness", "badness", "firstness" and "lastness" by the standards of success promoted by the male patriarchy. Mississippi, like the federal government, already spends the lion's share of its annual budget on health, education, and welfare so even if an enlightened woman like Iceland's new prime minister took over, exactly how could she improve things, and where would she get the money to do it?<BR/><BR/>I'm not opposed to the basic idea of more women in government but I suspect the lack of them is due less to some male conspiracy to limit them than to lack of interest on the part of women to prepare themselves to take on these roles. I notice as well that your solutions, and those of the new agenda, including removing all obstacles from the path of women just in case they might want to undertake such preparation- should a woman not sacrifice for what she wants? Or should she have family and career, and be supplied by government with whatever she needs to make that work?Marty Ellerbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05744575155407705069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32089423.post-78811163748268491232009-02-16T14:48:00.000-06:002009-02-16T14:48:00.000-06:00Oh, they're used to me around here. I'm not quite ...Oh, they're used to me around here. I'm not quite old enough to have been a suffragette, but I was involved nationally in the women's movement is the late 60s and early 70s.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569789851680284837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32089423.post-19722761119962962762009-02-16T07:43:00.000-06:002009-02-16T07:43:00.000-06:00I was thinking about this post over the weekend an...I was thinking about this post over the weekend and thought how I would never have had to courage to put something up like that. Good for you -- I'll bet you would have made a good suffragette too. You would have been right there, chained to posts, while I was at home knitting but envious at your fervor.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855325002260654089noreply@blogger.com