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The bored ninnies are at it again. A group of women with too much time on their hands will not let the men play golf in peace. Martha Burk, the head ninny at National Council of Women’s Organizations, is still railing against the men-only Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters. She and her crew are planning some kind of “new action” against the club.
I warn you. It’s really boring, but here’s the latest. For some reason, it hasn’t occurred to Burk to start her own co-ed golf club. That’s too much work, I suppose, so she and her gal pals are trying to force their way into a prestigious club where they’re not wanted. Human nature. Gotta love it.
Back in December 2002, I wrote an op-ed about this. My focus was Jesse Jackson, who was obviously seeking publicity when he got tangled up in such an idiotic pursuit. The piece has several titles: “Jesse Jackson’s Hobby,” Jesse, it’s time for a new hobby!,” and other variations on the theme. Check it out.
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Congress shall make no law…abridging…the right of the people peaceably to assemble.
Americans have the right to assemble with whomever they wish and to not assemble with others for whatever reason they choose. The Augusta National Golf Club — home of the Masters golf championship — has exercised that right. The private club has a male-only membership policy, but allows women to play as guests. The policy was challenged — to the surprise of no one — by the National Council of Women’s Organizations (NCWO), which considers the club’s policy “morally reprehensible.”
In the worldview of NCWO, freedom to assemble as a private group to the exclusion of women is morally reprehensible, but “freedom to choose” to kill unborn babies is a sacred right.
Jesse Jackson has jumped on this ridiculous bandwagon. He plans to organize a boycott against the club in April 2003, if it doesn’t admit women. “We support strongly the movement to end gender apartheid at Augusta National Golf Club. The gender bigotry is as offensive as racial bigotry or religious bigotry,” he said.
Mr. Jackson needs a new hobby.
With all the real problems in America, he chooses to expend his energy protesting against “gender apartheid.” Mr. Jackson considers this such a worthy cause that he plans to exert his efforts to infringe on the right of a private organization to assemble, when there are vastly more important matters to attend to.
This sort of frivolous, faux issue is fine for liberal white women like Martha Burk, chair of the NCWO, but for a so-called black leader, it’s disgraceful.
He has even jumped on Tiger Woods’s case. Mr. Jackson wants the professional golfer to join his boycott and take up the mantle of outdated, 1960s, protest tactics because he is “too much a beneficiary of our struggles to be neutral.” But Mr. Woods isn’t neutral; he believes the club should accept women as members, but recognizes the club is private, and its membership is up to its members.
Mr. Jackson should be protesting against important things, such as:
*The dismal failure of public schools, especially those in inner cities. He and his entourage should organize picket lines outside the offices of Democratic Members of Congress, urging them to support school vouchers, the same Democrats who send their own kids to private schools. But then again, Mr. Jackson sent his own kids to private schools.
*The 70% illegitimacy rate in the black community. In protest against this deviancy, Mr. Jackson should picket liberal Members of Congress, urging them to support faith-based initiatives to encourage abstinence and promote marriage. It’s what a Reverend would do.
*He should be outraged that House Democrats passed over young, moderate, Harold Ford, Jr., for House Minority Whip, in favor of rich, far-left, California liberal Nancy Pelosi, who supports abortion on demand at anytime — and marriage between anyone and anything — the sort of thing a “Reverend” should oppose. Mr. Jackson should be equally outraged by his party’s tendency to select whites — especially white men — to positions of leadership, passing over qualified blacks.
*In the spirit of protecting America, he should organize protests outside businesses and organizations of Muslims who refuse to stand up vocally against the more radical members of the “Religion of Peace” who hate America and are trying to destroy our way of life.
*Mr. Jackson should muster all the reinforcement at his disposal to protest against the high crime rate in black communities. He should form picket lines outside the homes and hangouts of gang members and other thugs who murder, rape, and pillage in their own communities.
*Lastly, he should use his time picketing outside the offices of a despicable group like The North American Man/Boy Love Association, which advocates — among other disgusting things — lowering the age of sexual consent for boys. Man, boy love — get it? Unfortunately, even a low-life group like this one has the right to freely assemble.
Jesse Jackson is struggling to remain relevant in a world that has moved on without him. His latest, headline-grabbing “gender apartheid” cause is unhelpful at best, and distracting at worst. Freedom to assemble and associate is just as legitimate as freedom from racial discrimination. You have to choose, Mr. Jackson. Freedom for one means upholding freedom for all.
If the issues I mentioned are unworthy of Mr. Jackson’s time, perhaps he could take up stamp collecting or ice fishing. At least he’d be doing something productive.
