Women, football and politics make the world go round...

And round and round....

I was down at football today, last day of the kids season and all games really were games of two halves, given the gale howling down the field. Whilst there I bumped into Iain Breadmore, a mate from the football club, who kindly offered a critique of this blog, basically an 'are you happy getting all that political shit off your chest?', which is a succinct appraisal of what I have been trying to do - right the wrongs of the world by my views, the pen is mightier than the sword (or in this case a Blogger blog).

It got me to thinking of a few things, namely the relationship between the fairer sex (of which my boy gave a very sexist appraisal at the dinner table - that's for another day), football and politics. Now as I have stated before, my views are my views, they are out there, they are open to challenge and often I will say stuff to provoke a reaction.

I love women - I also like girls, I can't say love, because that would have the risk of being perceived as being a member of a secret club like the Catholic Church, except their hierarchy prefer little boys, at least that's what the media says. Where would we be without strong women, the care of a mother and hey, if they hadn't popped us out, enough said.

So why football and politics? Well both are making major in roads to both; my baby plays in a mixed football team, they took out division three undefeated (in fact they didn't even drop a point) and the stand out players, in this correspondents opinion, were the girls. They got stuck in, did exactly what they were asked (well more than the boys anyway) and played with spirit and malice in equal measures. Ladies football shows that football is no longer a game for the boys. Which brings me to the next bit, politics. (The link here is that I enjoy a feature called 'The Knowledge', which is an irreverent and amusing look at football; I often end up on political pages as well).

Why oh why is it that white, middle class red neck American women with deluded ideas, think they can transform America? Enter exhibit one and exhibit two. First up is Alaska's favourite space cadet Sarah Palin, wannabe vice president, mate of George W Bush - a woman with the brains of a moose and the family from hell - her daughter is now on Dancing with the Stars in the US - wow, that adds to your credibility!! In a recent rant she pointed out that the failure of the Republican Party was down to extrnal factors outside her control

"It's been made absolutely clear that those who hold these, I think, common-sense and pretty mainstream positions, who are attacked, unfortunately, some destructive false shots don't just come from the far left, and that's what I'll admit to learning in these last couple of years.
"But those in the liberal media: you're worse for using, in that lamestream media, those unsubstantiated untrue hits, it's not fair to our country, it's not fair to the electorate, it's not fair to our democracy, and it is not fair to our troops willing to sacrifice all for our freedoms, journalists, ok?"

So, what gives you the right to invent words Sarah? 'Lamestream' - WTF??? She clearly doesn't like the press, but Sarah, you provide them with heaps of free ammo!

Enter stage extreme right exhibit two Christine O'Donnell. Spot the similarities, same scarlet jacket, same teethy grin (God loves his American orthodontists), same stupid ideas. From the Guardian article (the full bit is on the link) -

Her views on evolution, sexual purity and medical research have made her a figure of ridicule in the US media, as have her chaotic personal finances.

Today new details emerged of an interview with Fox's Bill O'Reilly in November 2007 in which she made the claim, without any foundation, that: "American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains."

But grassroots supporters, many who regard the media as liberal and biased, see her as a welcome change from men in suits. O'Donnell's spokeswoman, Michelle Lauren, said the campaign's website had crashed on Tuesday night because of the volume of traffic generated by her win. Her campaign, which had until then been run on a shoestring, raised $850,000 in the first 24 hours, Lauren said.

So, it is all the media's fault, O'Donnell is clearly correct, labs are creating mice with human brains to take over the world - hang on, aren't you lot creationists who dismissed Darwin as mumbo jumbo?

The point - well, ladies continue to nurture your families, continue to be yourselves, enjoy and love football, but please, please, pretty please, do NOT hang out with Republicans, they will warp your mind, make you take positions well outside your competence, but more importantly make you look like a clown!