A Day in the Lounge- Thursday, July 10, 2003

[TSIAS]

Hello everybody. I hope all my fellow DU’ers had a very enjoyable 4th of July. I had a pretty good holiday. I stayed home and lit off fireworks with my family and neighbors. Luckily, we had no injuries, but there were a few close calls. Saturn missiles don’t always go straight. :)


This Date In History

1890- Wyoming became the 44th state.

1985- The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was bringing back the original Coke and calling it Coca-Cola Classic.

1989- Mel Blanc, the “man of a thousand voices”, including such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles.

1991- President Bush lifted sanctions against South Africa.

1991- Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as Russia’s first elected president.


Famous Birthdays

1920- David Brinkley

1947- Arlo Guthrie

1980- Jessica Simpson





Journalist David Brinkley



Political Trivia: Women in Politics (Answer as many or few as you wish)

1) Who was the first female president in the world, which country was she president of, and what year did she aquire her presidency?

2) Who was the first female president of the Philippines, and what year did she aquire her presidency?

3) Who was the first African American woman in the U.S. ever elected to the U.S. Congress and later ran for nomination of vice-president on the Democratic ticket?

4) Who was the woman that Walter Mondale nominated to run as for vice-president of the U.S.?

5) Who was the first female president of the Republic of Ireland and what year did she gain her presidency?

6) The first female member of the U.S. House of Representatives was who? And, what year was she instated?

7) Who was the first black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and in what year?

8) Who was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate and in what year?

9) Who was the first woman nominated to be on the Supreme Court and in what year?


Questions

1) What's your favorite/least favorite feature on DU 2.0?

2) Who is your favorite/least favorite television pundit?

3) What is your favorite/least favorite color?



I hope everybody has a great Thursday and I look forward to seeing you next Thursday.

Taylor :)

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Thanks for this post!

I give it a 5!:-)

on edit:

in answer to the last three questions.

1. DU features?

Favorite: I'm enjoying the polls!

Least favorite: I am sorry that so many have chosen to completely hide their profiles. They may reveal all sorts of intimate info on the threads, but they choose to hide their post count!:crazy:

2. TV pundits?

Favorite: There is none that represents me. David Letterman occasionally gets in a few punches.

Least favorite: Everyone carps about Bill O'Reilly. I think Joe Scarborough is worse.:grr:

3. Colors?

I love purple or blue, but lime green makes me nauseous.:puke:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. OK here's where I ROCK!

1) Who was the first female president in the world, which country was she president of, and what year did she aquire her presidency?

If we are including Prime Ministers then I belive it would be Golda Maier, '69


2) Who was the first female president of the Philippines, and what year did she aquire her presidency?

Corazon Aquino, 1986 and she needed less shoe space

3) Who was the first African American woman in the U.S. ever elected to the U.S. Congress and later ran for nomination of vice-president on the Democratic ticket?
Shirley Chisholm..God love her!


4) Who was the woman that Walter Mondale nominated to run as for vice-president of the U.S.?

Geraldine Ferraro

5) Who was the first female president of the Republic of Ireland and what year did she gain her presidency?

Mary Robinson, 1990 who then moved on to the UN

6) The first female member of the U.S. House of Representatives was who? And, what year was she instated?

Jeanette Rankin, 1916

7) Who was the first black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and in what year?
Is this a trick?

8) Who was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate and in what year?
Hattie Carraway 1932

9) Who was the first woman nominated to be on the Supreme Court and in what year?
The first woman NOMINATED was Florence Allen in 1937?

1) Least favorite feature- thread ratings

2)Can't decide. I'm pretty sure I hate em all!

3) What is your favorite/least favorite color? Favorite..green..least favorite pastel anything

[TSIAS]

5. You're good

You got all of them right. I'll give you #1. The first "President" was Vigdis Finnbogadottir (Iceland, 1980). But a "Prime Minister" should also count.

:hi:

Taylor :)

[ZenLefty]

3. Hello

1) What's your favorite/least favorite feature on DU 2.0?

Fave - DU time now synchronized with my local time zone. :)
Least fave - rating threads. :(

2) Who is your favorite/least favorite television pundit?

Fave - Don Cherry (for entertainment value only, not hockey wisdom)
Least fave - Barry Melrose

3) What is your favorite/least favorite color?

Fave - purple
Least fave - white

[TSIAS]

4. Hi ZenLefty

I don't follow hockey real much, but I've heard of Cherry and Melrose. I heard that Cherry was pretty angry that Canada opposed the Iraq war.

:hi:

Taylor :)

[ZenLefty]

7. Don't know anything about his politics

But he's such an asshole when they have him on TV that he's funnier than hell! :D

[FuriousMNDem]

6. Hi!

1. I love the polls, but not the... well, I like pretty much everything.

2. I like Bob Schieffer, but not Bill O'Reilly.

3. I like maroon (Go Gophers!), but not black.

[TSIAS]

9. Hi AngryMNDem

:hi:

Taylor

[pmbryant]

8. Thursday Thursday

1) Who was the first female president in the world, which country was she president of, and what year did she aquire her presidency?
2) Who was the first female president of the Philippines, and what year did she aquire her presidency?
3) Who was the first African American woman in the U.S. ever elected to the U.S. Congress and later ran for nomination of vice-president on the Democratic ticket?

(1) No idea
(2) The woman who came after Ferdinand Marcos. Don't remember her name. It was back in 1985 or so... very roughly.
(3) No idea

4) Who was the woman that Walter Mondale nominated to run as for vice-president of the U.S.?
5) Who was the first female president of the Republic of Ireland and what year did she gain her presidency?
6) The first female member of the U.S. House of Representatives was who? And, what year was she instated?

(4) Geraldine Ferraro, but everyone knows that!
(5) Ack, don't remember her name, but she's at the UN now. The year must have been 1994 or so ... roughly. ;-)
(6) No idea.

7) Who was the first black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and in what year?
8) Who was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate and in what year?
9) Who was the first woman nominated to be on the Supreme Court and in what year?

(7) Is this a repeat of question 3? No idea.
(8) No idea.
(9) Sandra Day O'Connor, 1981. But everyone knows that!

Questions
1) What's your favorite/least favorite feature on DU 2.0?
2) Who is your favorite/least favorite television pundit?
3) What is your favorite/least favorite color?

(1) Favorite: Better searching! Least favorite: Hard to read names of posters in the conversation tree!

(2) Favorite: none. Least favorite: many many many! I don't like TV pundits in general. I've seen Paul Krugman on the NewsHour so maybe I'll call him my favorite, even though he's not really a "TV pundit".

(3) No strong opinions, really, so I'll skip this one.

Have a great Thursday and thanks for the trivia, TSIAS. I'm looking forward to the answers to all those questions I had no idea on.

:hi:

--Peter

[UrbScotty]

10. Happy Thursday!

1) Indira Gandhi, India, 1984

2) Gloria Arroyo, 2001

3) Shirley Chisholm, 1968

4) None other than Fox News contributor Geraldine Ferraro

5) Mary McAleese, 1997

6) Spongebob Squarepants

7) I think this is a repeat of question 3.

8) Again, Spongebob Squarepants

9) Sandra Day O'Connor, 1981

I think I did better this time than last time, didn't I?

[UrbScotty]

11. Kick

:kick: