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To: onyx
This one is my favorite!

Speaking of signs........

One of the greatest signs was the one a guy took to the Masters tournament a couple of years ago. Feminista, Martha Burke, was protesting the Masters and Augusta because they have no female members.

So, some enterprising fellow came to her silly protest with a sign.

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Martha Burke was an opportunist who saw a chance to get her 15 minutes of fame by attacking Augusta National because of its male only membership policy (even though about half of the member organizations of her National Council of Women's Organizations also have gender specific membership policies). The New York Times made her a pet cause and put her crusade on the front page on numerous occasions (even though traditional newspaper decorum called for advocacy issues to be the providence of the opinion pages).

In this case - the New York Times tried to make the news instead of cover the news but they failed miserably. Howell Raines abused his position at the New York Times by trying to make Martha Burke and her crusade something it was not. Even the New York Times couldn't ignore the fact that only a handful of protesters ended up answering Martha Burke's call to protest. The protest is now recalled only for its utter failure and for Heywood Jablome's protest sign that read "Iron My Shirt" on one side and "Make My Dinner" on the other.

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LOL

30 posted on 05/02/2006 5:56:12 PM PDT by beyond the sea ("If you see strange men lurking about in groups of three - especially in North Carolina, RUN!)
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31 posted on 05/02/2006 8:54:20 PM PDT by onyx (They're ILLEGAL! --- tough, FACTS DON'T MATTER.)
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