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157.2 million
The number of females in the United States as of Oct. 1, 2010. The number of males is 153.2 million.
Source: US Census Bureau
Earnings, women to men
$36,278
The median annual earnings of women 15 or older who worked year-round, full time, in 2009, up 1.9 percent from $35,609 in 2008 (after adjusting for inflation). Women earned 77 cents for every $1 earned by men, unchanged for several years running.
Source: US Census Bureau
Education, women to men
35%
Percentage of women 25 to 29 who had obtained a bachelor's degree or more as of 2009, which exceeded that of men in this age range—27%.
55%
Percentage of college students in fall 2008 who were women.
58%
Percentage of women 25 to 29 who held advanced degrees in 2009, which exceed that of men in this age range—42%.
Source: Educational Attainment in the United States: 2009
Political representation, women to men 112th Congress
16.8%
Percentage of women in Congress.
17
Number of women out of 100 U.S. Senators
74
Number of women out of 435 U.S. Representatives. (3 are Delegates) (Of the 74 women in the House, 50 are Democrats, including the 3 Delegates, and 24 are Republicans. Of the 17 women serving in the Senate, 12 are Democrats and 5 are Republicans.)
Source: Congressional Research Service
Rapes or sexual assault against women, 2007
248,300
The majority of US citizens are women; Women are more highly educated in the U.S; Women are continually paid less--by almost 25 percent--than men. Despite a vast pipeline of women in the professional workforce, they are relegated to non-alpha positions. Women are given miniscule representation in government even as they are the majority of the population. Women are largely relegated (most often by so-called progressives) to represent only Democrats in Congress. A staggering national assault occurs daily against women’s bodies with scant attention paid by male-dominated media.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice
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Chechen Rights Worker Natalya Estemirova is murdered; Camp Obama says Obama a Global BrandSaturday, July 18, 2009 at 3:19 pm — admin
 My favorite quote of the week via a WSJ op/ed: Exactly! From the Same Article: Obama speaking in Russia :
Link to both quotes: Now here is a tale of Russian politics that is more in line with reality: Chechen Rights Campaigner is Killed.. Before you read this please know that a trip to this area is like a trip back in time, to the USSR of old. Obama is child-like, and somewhat dangerous, to ignore that Russia was once a brutal place and the remains of that day are in FULL play in Grozny. This article makes it very hard to understand who is good and who is bad, and that is much the way of the old USSR. A void of misunderstanding and fear. For Obama, I recommend he note the nice part where the murdered woman was warned by the Kremlin-backed Chechen president to stop her complaints about a law forcing women to wear head coverings. And then she was dead. Obama’s talk on what ended communist Russia is like a talk one might give to the Romper Room. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/world/europe/18estemirova.html |
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Hi folks, HRW just put out
Hi folks, HRW just put out this release. read and go to their web site for take action link!
Justice for Killing of Natalia Estemirova
Dear Friend,
Please call on President Medvedev to ensure a comprehensive, independent, and transparent investigation into the murder of Natalia Estemirova.
[Video] Honoring Natalia Estemirova
Natalia Estemirova, a leading human rights activist in the troubled Russian republic of Chechnya and a close colleague of Human Rights Watch, was abducted near her home in Grozny on the morning of July 15, 2009, and carried off in a car as people on a nearby balcony heard her call out that she was being kidnapped. She was found shot dead later that day in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia.
As a researcher with the leading Russian human rights group Memorial, Estemirova had been at the forefront of efforts to investigate human rights abuses and seek justice for their victims for close to a decade. She worked closely with Human Rights Watch, including on its recent investigations into the punitive killings and house burnings against people suspected by Chechen authorities of having links to rebels. She was honored by Human Rights Watch as a recipient of our Human Rights Defender Award in 2007, and received many other international prizes in recognition of her important human rights work, including the European Parliament's Robert Schuman medal in 2005, and the "Right to Life" award from the Swedish Parliament in 2004. She was the first recipient of the Anna Politkovskaya prize, in honor of the slain Russian journalist.
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"The Cold War reached a
"The Cold War reached a conclusion because of the actions of many nations over many years, and because the people of Russia and Eastern Europe stood up and decided that its end would be peaceful."
ha, the Cold War ended because Communism Failed!
Obama is a great at truthiness, almost as good as Bush.
I like your term romper room.
I like your term romper room. When our Prez is talking to world leaders or to a group of students it must be accurate. This was to be the guy who spoke truth to power?
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