I posted this as a comment on my mother’s blog, but I thought it deserved a spot here as well.
That killed me when I heard the news about Bhutto’s assassination yesterday. I’m still upset about it. I haven’t been following the politics in Pakistan, but whenever I caught a story about her on the news I did a silent little cheer for her for being so brave. A female leader in such a male dominant society is a strong strong woman. Her death is a tragedy for women everywhere.
It’s this sort of thing that gets my femmy little heart all a pounding and was one of the many driving forces behind my decision to join the USMC. I may be a petite little SAHM with a bum hip, but gosh darn it! why should I let that stop me? Why should any woman? If duly motivated we can push ourselves to achieve almost anything. Hell, we can pee standing up with the proper equipment.
Like I posted on Old Grey’s blog, I would do a little mental cheer every time a story about Pakistan’s prime minister came on to the news. That chick had bigger cojones than most men–certainly she had more guts than the coward who took her life and then blew himself up in the name of his god.
We’d be lucky to have a female leader with her drive here in the US.
Well, as long as her name isn’t Hillary. *cough*
December 28th, 2007 at 11:35 am
We need a Margaret Thatcher. Someone who knows how to lead…but not into a socialism, nanny statism or who wants to grow the government so much that it ignores the will of the people who they plan to govern along with the Constitution. Too bad that it seems like the wrong women tend to go into politics for all the wrong reasons in our country. I couldn’t agree more with your comment on my blog and what you’ve written in your blog today. I’ve been feeling emotions that I can’t even name along with uneasiness, sadness, frustration and bitterness since hearing about her assassination.
December 28th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Echo that!
Esp. that last line…. *barf*