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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4613864.stm


interesting it happen in south america first...

thats about as interesting as flies fucking...

farad wrote:...give him a break geoff...he so much wants to be like you...

prince1000 wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4613864.stm


interesting it happen in south america first...

Yeah, my grandparents called me today expressing how excited they were with the outcome of the elections. Supposedly, the old pro-Pinochet crowd is hating the decision. Hopefully, this is a step towards a better world. From the look of it, all signs point to a positive progression in Chile.

Ironically, only 30 some odd years ago, Chile was under a dictatorship. I always figured Canada would be the first to do something of the sort.

A pediatrician turned politician, Michelle Bachelet is an atheist single mother with three children by two different partners - which makes her an odd choice in a macho and profoundly Catholic country.

I have to admit, I'm proud to be Chilean.

duffman91 wrote:
I always figured Canada would be the first to do something of the sort.

sadly, the people would likely vote for a woman. the way it's set up though, very hard for a woman to get the leadership of a major party.

there may be a chance for that in say 5 years from now. one rich powerful woman is in a good position to perhaps take the liberal party leadership if they lose the jan. election

Freakaloin wrote:thats about as interesting as flies fucking...

jellus?

oh also, Canada did have a female PM for a short while.

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:oh also, Canada did have a female PM for a short while.

lol, i forgot all about kim campbell. the destroyer of the conservative party as we knew it.

as did the UK; as has NZ; germany has a female chancellor; blah blah etc

and let's not forget geraldine ferraro! she could have been US president if dukakis had been elected then assasinated!

Freakaloin wrote:thats about as interesting as flies fucking...

Kalia wrote:

i'd hit it

weve had a female prime minister once :gasp
how progressive

Duhard wrote:

MKJ wrote:weve had a female prime minister once :gasp
how progressive

We did? Please to be refreshing my memory by stating her name?

I thought you guys were in the netherlands. if so you've never had a female prime minister.

Ryoki wrote:

MKJ wrote:weve had a female prime minister once :gasp
how progressive

We did? Please to be refreshing my memory by stating her name?

hmm, i must be confused. i thought there was this primeminister in the sixties who was it for like a few months or something gay as that.
seems i was wrong.. who am i thinking of then ?

the queen you dumbfuck

the queen does indeed have the same power as the primeminister does

prince1000 wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4613864.stm


interesting it happen in south america first...

Do you mean "first" as in "before the US"? Because she isn't the first female president in history, of course...

MKJ wrote:the queen does indeed have the same power as the primeminister does

what does that have to do with anything?

Freakaloin wrote:thats about as interesting as flies fucking...

MORAN ALERT!!!

it's ok geoff, we're all quite aware how you people deal with change...

duffman91 wrote:

prince1000 wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4613864.stm


interesting it happen in south america first...

Yeah, my grandparents called me today expressing how excited they were with the outcome of the elections. Supposedly, the old pro-Pinochet crowd is hating the decision. Hopefully, this is a step towards a better world. From the look of it, all signs point to a positive progression in Chile.

Ironically, only 30 some odd years ago, Chile was under a dictatorship. I always figured Canada would be the first to do something of the sort.

yeah that's pretty major, especially in a historically conservative patriarchal society.