[Orual]

Augusta National Golf Club is a private club. It has 300 members, all of the male persuasion.

So that's their dirty little secret. They have to persuade the men to be --- what?---men?

[isthisnickcool]

Martha Burk's organization is run by women and has nothing but women on it's steering committee.

[Fedupwithit]

This broad needs a big tall glass of shit the f^&k up...

You want a club to join??!!! Go start your own!!

[discostu]

One of the rules states that Augusta National?s membership is limited to men.

BUZZZ Incorrect. The rule is that all new members must be approved by the other members. They simply have never approved a female member. Now they might or might not be giving preference to men when approving member, but it's important to know the difference between behavior and rules. That's one of the reasons Hootie is being such a stickler, technically there's nothing he can do, no rule change is required. It's up to the members... not to mention we have no idea how many, if any, women even apply for membership.

[Dan from Michigan]

Can someone give that ugly harpie a bottle of shutthehellup juice? Please?

[Phantom Lord]

One of the rules states that Augusta National’s membership is limited to men.

This is a LIE! There membership rules do NOT prohibit female members. They just do not have any.

[HamiltonJay]

Yo broads, you want to have your own top of the line golf course? Form your own women's only club, and fund it yourselves.... jeez. Talk about Penis Envy run amok.

[Mr. Mojo]

the Burk woman has fired off letters to six members of the club demanding that they explain how they dare to belong to a men only organization.

I wonder if this Burk b/tch ever had to explain how she could dare be a member of a lesbian, socialist, victimologist, womean only organization?

[TC Rider]

The more I read about this hectoring shrew, the clearer it becomes why some men would seek refuge in a men-only club from this shrill harpy and others like her.

If they did let them in, first they would want 'bathroom parity'. Once they had that, then they would separate exercise facilties.

I'm sure Hootie would give them some special exercise equipment, like brooms, mops, vacuum cleaners and ironing boards.

This ERA era joke, brought to you from the Joke Time Machine, (JTM is a registered trademark of a bunch of old smart asses with too much time on their hands)

[tom h]

Uh ... can someone tell me if the womens' organizations that this "lady" represents allow men as members? Or, better yet, allow Republicans as members?

[Sloth]

Should Augusta also be allowed to exclude blacks?!
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The answer, of course, is yes. Any private entity should be totally free to discriminate against ethnic groups, cripples, Catholics, redheads or whoever they want to. Anyone who denies this is an evil fascist.

[watchin]

... it irks one Martha Burk, who is chairwoman of the National Council of Women's Organizations

I think I'll start a "National Council of Men's Organizations" just to highlight her hypocrisy.

[lelio]

"We'll ask them for on-the-record statements reconciling their corporate policies with their memberships in Augusta," Burk told the paper.
Funny, I don't recall her outrage when Bill Clinton was accused of rape and also with having sex with an intern. Those were private matters that the public shouldn't be concerned with.

[N. Theknow]

And exactly what does the word "Golf" have as its origin?

Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden

[laconic]

Martha Burk is a bat; a nasty, aging, malcontent of an old bat undoubtedly still angry over not having gotten the "right" invitation to the senior prom.

[MassMinuteman]

Hey Martha:

[Flashman_at_the_charge]

Don’t you just know that Martha Burk was one of those children at kindergarten who liked to knock over the bricks that other kids had stacked up?

[breakem]

"USA Today actually refers to Augusta National as "golf's secret society,” and goes on to list the membership as composed of "Statesmen and politicians. Several of Augusta's members have spent half their lives in the public arena. But when it comes to their membership, they say little."

I guuess these idiots think that these people should lay out the reasons for all their memberships and social contacts. How about video and book rentals.

[kcvl]

an old boys club

Tired of listening to feminist tell them what they should do in their PRIVATE LIVES...

Of course it was Bill Clinton's "private life" in the oval office but the MEMBERS of this PRIVATE club need some *itch sticking her nose in THEIR PRIVATE BUSINESS. Go open your own PRIVATE club, Martha.

I'm sure that would be a hoot!

[kcvl]

Martha Burk
Chair
National Council of Women's Organization (NCWO)
202-393-7122

Areas of Expertise: Enhancing International Reproductive Health and Family Planning, Educating Girls, Advancing Women's Human Rights, Improving Women's Economic Status