[Viet Vet in Augusta GA]

Merry Christmas to all Freepers

[Tijeras_Slim]

LOL! Merry Christmas!

[buffyt]

And a friend of mine last night tried to convince me that it is fine to block blacks and women from golf course memberships, saying it is a private club. I told her many restaurants are private clubs now too, would she like it if they were all White Men Only, as golf courses have historically been... she was silent. Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of the bus for a reason. She is my hero. I am a white woman with black slave ancestors. Refusing to let blacks, or females, or native Americans, or Asians, or any other group join a public club like a golf course or restaurant makes my blood boil. I am 12th cousin of George Washington, cousin of Dolly Madison, cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln, cousin of Isaac Ryan who died at Alamo... I think I have the blood of revolution, patriotic blood, and blood of truth and justice cursing through my veins. The Taliban is the only organized group that hates women as much as the men who would refuse to allow women to join a golf course. Women only got the vote in 1920s. Women only got to enroll in Texas A&M in the 1970s. Why are men so afraid of having women around anyway? Bunch of Misogynists!

[buffyt]

And when I was growing up in Okla. the separate water fountains and restrooms for blacks and whites were hurtful and wrong, too. I can close my eyes and see them as plain as day, even now. So sad to try to dehumanize blacks or females.... So hurtful. I guess it makes white men feel BIG to put women and black men down. Those water fountains were in private department stores too. Not public places. Since it was a privately owned business did that make it right? NO!

[AnAmericanMother]

Hooray for Augusta and Richmond County! It's a beautiful area and a lovely little town.

My mother's family (Griffins and Byrds and Raes) are all from there -- no relatives there now except the ones in Magnolia Cemetery. But we visit from time to time. When I was very small my grandfather took me to the Masters and showed me around the course. I wasn't as impressed as I should have been (hope Pa-Pa wasn't too offended) but I WAS very small.

[Doc Savage]

Since when to jewelry stores sell Martha Burk autographed dildos?????????

[A2J]

If I had the time and money, I'd fly in just to patronize that establishment and to purchase my wife a piece of jewelry.

God bless the store and Hootie!

[logic101.net]

Please send me the mailing address for Doris Dimonds; I'd like to send them a Christmas card since I am too far away to visit their store in person.

Even better, please post it. I'm sure the owner will be pleased to get alot of cards of support.


MARK A SITY
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