Given that men seem determined to destroy the Earth in a nuclear conflagration (if they’re not preempted by the global-warming apocalypse that Al Gore has been warning about for the past 25 years), it seems I might as well suspend my political crusade for women to rule the world.
But, given this week’s historic development, which has a woman commanding not only the space shuttle (Pam Melroy – right) but also the International Space Station (Peggy Whitson), the good news is that women seem poised to rule over the colonization of space.
(Whitson is picture here welcoming Melroy and her crew aboard the space station early on Thursday.)
And I, for one, would be happy to follow them there; especially if they can control the ratio of peace-loving women to warmongering men at, say, 100 : 1. In fact, I get excited just thinking about the prospect….
Of course, I appreciate that, as fantasies go, this ranks right up there with a heaven where 72 virgins will be waiting to reward jihadists for their misguided martyrdom.
Nevertheless, here’s to woman power!
NOTE: President Bush vowed this week to stay the course in Cuba: Does that sound familiar?
But to read my CNN article explaining why this vow is as delusional as his declaration of “mission accomplished” in Iraq was over four years ago, click here.
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Melroy Space Shuttle Commander, Whitson space station commander
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