Number IX, Number IX

I got an e-mail from the Democratic Party pointing out that the Bush administration has tried to gut Title IX, the part of the education law meant to achieve gender equity in scholastic sports. Apparently, Bush has tried to eliminate funding for a law that funds programs to help female high school and college students gain access to school sports programs, and despite the fact that the Republican-controlled Congress keeps restoring the funding, Bush eliminated the agency set up to carry out the legislation.

And yet, the women keep carrying the load in the Olympics for the U.S. They won the gold medal in softball (i.e., women's baseball), while the national baseball team - did I happen to mention Bush is a baseball fan? - couldn't even qualify for the Games.

So much for favoritism for the guys. :-0

P.S. Does anyone other than I find it funny that so many of the first women who benefited from Title IX (passed during the Nixon administration) are from places like Orange County, California, and that their fathers vote for guys like Bush??