I was a stay-at-home, primary caregiver to my daughter back in the early 70s. At every encounter from the playground to the pediatrician I was marginalized at best, and looked at with suspicion more often than not. I had hoped this sorry set of gender stereotypes had been left in the pre feminist days, but sadly, it continues. I totally agree with the sentiment that men need the basic feminist precepts of reducing gender stereotyping as much as women do; that equality for women equals equality for all. Theoretically we've come a long way, but even now, with my grandson, I encounter the same suspicion at the playground that I experienced nearly 4 decades ago.

The only real effective way to combat this is for everyone to think before they react; be it a glance of disapproval or surprise, or more overt behavior. After all, it IS the twenty-first century. The sight of a man taking the role of caregiver should be seen as welcome progress, not an anomaly.

i thought the difference between Nixon and Bush was the Nixon committed crimes only in the United States, while Bush took his thug show on the road as well as plying his trade at home.

Nixon didn't limit his crimes to the United States. Some of his biggest crimes were in SE Asia. Trickey Dickie may have even killed as many people as the current illegal occupant has.

As a 100% heterosexual, northwest guy, ex sawmill dog, and general, all-around, testosterone laden male who likes a lot of women a lot of the time, I'd like to distance myself from the pathetic, and achingly revealing posts of this brightstar clown and his hero, little mikey weiner.

Guys like both of these sorry assed, whining losers would be laughed out of the bars I hang out in. Makes me glad I'm up here where most of us males don't have to jump to the defense of silly, sissy rants from obvious fruitcakes on the radio. As it is, there ain't a dime of difference between Dr. Laura and the Weinie Nation.

I've been willing to give Obama a pass on some of this... like Gates at Defense. The FISA vote was nearly a deal breaker for me during the primaries, but I sucked it up, feeling there were no other viable alternatives. But Hayden is completely unacceptable to anyone who opposes torture and secret, unlawful domestic spying. Obama is taking a lot for granted, electorally. He needed the enthusiastic support of the progressive wing of the Democrats to win, and he's going to need it to govern. Good will and pragmatism only goes so far. Hayden is far beyond that point for me.

I pray that the GOP keeps listening intently to soothsayer Karl's sage advice. With any luck he'll sign on to the Palin/Plumber campaign for 2010 and do for them what he did for the party the last two election cycles.

Go Karl! Go Sarah! Go Joe!

After all he has "THE numbers"....

just ask him.

I'm so gleeful at the prospect of Karl's further involvement in the top circles of the GOP that I'm rushing the process.....

That we had an election and they lost.

Badly.

Or I guess we could simply let them continue on their asinine way until they marginalize their way out of existence.

"Don't mourn, ORGANIZE!"

As a long time organized labor activist - or, as I prefer to be called, a Union Thug - the next step is obvious: Organize the foreign car makers. Will it be hard? Sure! But always remember: People have DIED for this cause. We CAN do it. All we need is will.

Remember Mother Jones! Remember Joe Hill! Viva Cesar Chavez!

And remember that Martin Luther King was in Memphis to support a union when he was killed.

American workers need to grow a spine and take this country back.

Hell... Rusty and friends have been on that rant for at least a year already.

The Republican Party's hatred of organized labor, and therefore, ALL working people is so great that they simply don't care what happens. The only way these amoral thugs can keep score is by the pile of money in front of them. They won't be satisfied until slavery is reinstated. Even third world working conditions and wages are too much of a drag on the holy grail of (some) "Shareholder's value".