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MARTHA BURK --- OPPORTUNIST
For today’s vocabulary lesson today we will deal with the word “opportunism.” The word comes from the noun “opportunist.” An opportunist is “one who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.”
Our opportunist of the day is Martha Burk. You remember her, don’t you? Martha Burk is that woman you never heard of, until, that is, she hit on a great plan to thrust her name in front of every unsuspecting man and woman in the United States. Martha Burk is the president of something called the National Council of Woman’s Organizations (NCWO). There are many member organizations of the NCWO that restrict membership to women only. That seems to be OK with Martha Burk. What isn’t OK with Martha Burk is Augusta National Golf Club not having any women members. Never mind that Augusta National is a private organization -- tax-paying private organization. If Martha Burk decides that Augusta National ought to have a woman member, then by God they need to get a woman member.
For a few months Martha Burk was glomming some pretty strong publicity for her cause. That was then. This is now. There’s a war going on. People are concerned with far more than whether or not a private golf club in Georgia with a membership of about 300 has a woman among those numbers.
So .. Martha Burk, publicity hound, becomes Martha Burk, opportunist. Did I say that there was a war going on? Why yes! I did! And Martha Burk has decided that since this war is the number one news story out there today, she will use that war to try to restart her personal quest to become America’s prime feminist voice.
So, how would an opportunist take advantage of the war against Saddam Hussein to further her own end? It was rather simple, really. Martha Burk just abandoned principles, as the definition said, and marched herself to the news mecca of New York to convene with some members of the New York City Council. There Ms. Burk announced that it was just appalling that women who were fighting in Iraq would face discrimination at Augusta National. She takes a shot at CBS saying “Broadcasting the Masters now and showcasing a club that discriminates against women is an insult to the nearly quarter million women in the U.S. armed forces.”
Wow! Pretty nifty, don’t you think! Since the war is taking all of the attention away from Ms. Burks petty and ridiculous little crusade, why not try to tie in with the men and women fighting in Iraq? Women in combat! Women as prisoners of war! Let’s exploit them to crank up the Burk publicity machine again! They won’t mind!
Martha Burk has become a desperate and unprincipled opportunist because she senses that people have just lost interest in her private cause. She recently made a visit to Atlanta, Georgia where she held a private meeting with Atlanta’s Mayor, Shirley Franklin. Only one reporter from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution was allowed to cover that meeting. Burk is depending on Atlanta’s feminist community to help her save face in Augusta. It seems that she hasn’t been all that successful in rounding up bodies to put on the protest lines in Augusta. Her plan is to use Atlanta’s Mayor to fill a few busses with protestors for the two-hour drive to Augusta. It remains to be seen whether or not Franklin will allow her office to be exploited, or if she will support Martha the Opportunist in this matter.
Martha’s next grand move? She’s reported to be looking for a way to exploit women suffering from breast cancer in her personal crusade against Augusta National.
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AND WHAT ABOUT THOSE CHARITIES?
Let’s look at that definition of “opportunist” again. An opportunist is “one who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.”
What are the possible consequences of Martha Burk’s Masters publicity grab? How about those Augusta area charities who received over $3 million from the Master’s tournament last year? Due to Burk’s actions, Augusta National had to make the decision to forego all television advertising for this year’s tournament. No sponsors, no money for charities. There’s the fulfillment of that “no regard for consequences” part of the definition.
Well, the members of Augusta National have stepped forward. They will guarantee that very same $3.5 million to charity this year … even though the sponsor revenue won’t be there. The Augusta National membership is not going to allow charities to suffer from the actions of Martha Burk.
I wonder how much Martha Burk contributed to charities last year?
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WHO IS MARTHA BURK?
Martha Burk should not be in the news. Her cause is petty and her goal is nothing less than an increased sense of self-importance that comes with publicity.
Martha Burk is the hyper-feminist who has decided that her path to fame and perhaps fortune leads to Augusta National Golf Club. Burk wants Augusta National to accept a woman member. Augusta National is a private club. It pays taxes. It donates millions of dollars a year to charity. It’s very limited and exclusive membership is all-male. A very happy hunting ground indeed for a bitter woman who has a record of seeking public prominence through protest and outrageous conduct.
So, how does a woman like Martha Burk manage to find a place on the public stage? She is supported by an eager media. Media types revel in bringing down the powerful. Members of Augusta National are seen as powerful, so there is no small number of editors, producers, reporters and media owners around the country that would like to slap these men around a little bit. I’m told that some newspaper editors are telling their sports reporters that they will not be permitted to cover the Masters tournament at Augusta this year if they do not agree to file at least one, if not more, Martha Burk story.
I thought, then, that you might enjoy some information about Martha Burk that surely won’t be in those mandatory stories filed from Augusta during the Masters. Hold on, it’s a dark and depressing ride.
Conservative organizations are not permitted to join Martha Burk’s National Council of Women’s Organizations. It would be more aptly named the National Council of Leftist Women’s Organizations.
Several member organizations in Burk’s NCWO restrict membership to women only. These are tax-exempt organizations. Burk sees nothing wrong with this.
In 1997 Martha Burk campaigned for the forced sterilization of all men in America. She proposed that this forced sterilization begin at puberty and that a panel of experts, presumably appointed by people who share her views, would then determine when this sterilization could be reversed and the man permitted to father a child.
Martha Burk is a fan of racial and gender quotas. She believes that men should be limited to one-half of the top jobs in business and government.
Burk is demanding that the wife of any professional golfer who plays in The Masters withhold sex from her husband.
In an effort to show how really out of touch she is with reality, Burk has suggested that The Masters be moved so some other golf course.
Later Burk admitted that “I don’t know very much about this club.”
Burk has stated that she wants to enlist motorcycle gangs to help her with her protests against Augusta National. Then she acts surprised when Augusta city officials try to put restrictions on when and where she can demonstrate with her motorcycle pals.
To get an idea of what Martha Burk thinks about conservatives, just look at her comments about the Independent Women’s Forum, a group that George Will refers to as “indispensable” and The Chicago Tribune called a group of “… very, very smart women.” Burk calls the IWF “ .. a right-wing organization formed by the wives and handmaidens of conservative politicians” and a “pack of she-wolves.”
Martha Burk, like so many other activists, has attempted to wrap herself in a cloak of patriotism by exploiting the presence of women serving in our military in Iraq in her campaign against Augusta National.
In February Burk made a taxpayer-funded trip to Estonia to participate in a conference on women’s issues. While there on the taxpayer’s dime she slammed President Bush. At one dinner session Burk toasted to “having a different U.S. President” when the next conference rolled around.
Burked has made derogatory remarks about the appearance and even the accent of Augusta National Chairman Hootie Johnson. One can only imagine what happens if someone commented Burk’s appearance. Hint: She’s not attractive.
Burk tried to aim her protests to the PGA Tour. Tour commissioner Tim Finchem told Burk that The Masters was not a PGA event and that the PGA Tour had nothing to do with it. Burk then called Finchem “amoral.” “Amoral” means without moral standards or principals. So – Tim Finchem explains to Martha Burk that cold, hard fact that the PGA Tour is not involved with Augusta National or The Masters golf tournament … and it means that he has no moral standards or principals.
It’s is clear that Martha Burk is just another leftist-feminist activist out to make a name for herself. Polls show that the vast majority of American people, men and women, aren’t the least bit concerned over the membership policies of Augusta National Golf Club. No law is being violated, and most people think that they should be left alone. Without media support --- without editors and producers ordering their writers and broadcasters to do “Martha Burk stories” during the Masters --- she would fade back into the obscurity she so richly deserves.
A side note: In an effort to avoid controversy Augusta National has cancelled all tournament sponsorships this year. In the past those sponsorships have led to multi-million dollar charitable contributions by Augusta National. This year the members have decided to dip into club coffers to make sure that these charities are still funded at the same rate as last year. Evil men, aren’t they?
*****
MARTHA BURK --- OPPORTUNIST
For today’s vocabulary lesson today we will deal with the word “opportunism.” The word comes from the noun “opportunist.” An opportunist is “one who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.”
Our opportunist of the day is Martha Burk. You remember her, don’t you? Martha Burk is that woman you never heard of, until, that is, she hit on a great plan to thrust her name in front of every unsuspecting man and woman in the United States. Martha Burk is the president of something called the National Council of Woman’s Organizations (NCWO). There are many member organizations of the NCWO that restrict membership to women only. That seems to be OK with Martha Burk. What isn’t OK with Martha Burk is Augusta National Golf Club not having any women members. Never mind that Augusta National is a private organization -- tax-paying private organization. If Martha Burk decides that Augusta National ought to have a woman member, then by God they need to get a woman member.
For a few months Martha Burk was glomming some pretty strong publicity for her cause. That was then. This is now. There’s a war going on. People are concerned with far more than whether or not a private golf club in Georgia with a membership of about 300 has a woman among those numbers.
So .. Martha Burk, publicity hound, becomes Martha Burk, opportunist. Did I say that there was a war going on? Why yes! I did! And Martha Burk has decided that since this war is the number one news story out there today, she will use that war to try to restart her personal quest to become America’s prime feminist voice.
So, how would an opportunist take advantage of the war against Saddam Hussein to further her own end? It was rather simple, really. Martha Burk just abandoned principles, as the definition said, and marched herself to the news mecca of New York to convene with some members of the New York City Council. There Ms. Burk announced that it was just appalling that women who were fighting in Iraq would face discrimination at Augusta National. She takes a shot at CBS saying “Broadcasting the Masters now and showcasing a club that discriminates against women is an insult to the nearly quarter million women in the U.S. armed forces.”
Wow! Pretty nifty, don’t you think! Since the war is taking all of the attention away from Ms. Burks petty and ridiculous little crusade, why not try to tie in with the men and women fighting in Iraq? Women in combat! Women as prisoners of war! Let’s exploit them to crank up the Burk publicity machine again! They won’t mind!
Martha Burk has become a desperate and unprincipled opportunist because she senses that people have just lost interest in her private cause. She recently made a visit to Atlanta, Georgia where she held a private meeting with Atlanta’s Mayor, Shirley Franklin. Only one reporter from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution was allowed to cover that meeting. Burk is depending on Atlanta’s feminist community to help her save face in Augusta. It seems that she hasn’t been all that successful in rounding up bodies to put on the protest lines in Augusta. Her plan is to use Atlanta’s Mayor to fill a few busses with protestors for the two-hour drive to Augusta. It remains to be seen whether or not Franklin will allow her office to be exploited, or if she will support Martha the Opportunist in this matter.
Martha’s next grand move? She’s reported to be looking for a way to exploit women suffering from breast cancer in her personal crusade against Augusta National.
*****
AND WHAT ABOUT THOSE CHARITIES?
Let’s look at that definition of “opportunist” again. An opportunist is “one who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.”
What are the possible consequences of Martha Burk’s Masters publicity grab? How about those Augusta area charities who received over $3 million from the Master’s tournament last year? Due to Burk’s actions, Augusta National had to make the decision to forego all television advertising for this year’s tournament. No sponsors, no money for charities. There’s the fulfillment of that “no regard for consequences” part of the definition.
Well, the members of Augusta National have stepped forward. They will guarantee that very same $3.5 million to charity this year … even though the sponsor revenue won’t be there. The Augusta National membership is not going to allow charities to suffer from the actions of Martha Burk.
I wonder how much Martha Burk contributed to charities last year?
*****
WHO IS MARTHA BURK?
Martha Burk should not be in the news. Her cause is petty and her goal is nothing less than an increased sense of self-importance that comes with publicity.
Martha Burk is the hyper-feminist who has decided that her path to fame and perhaps fortune leads to Augusta National Golf Club. Burk wants Augusta National to accept a woman member. Augusta National is a private club. It pays taxes. It donates millions of dollars a year to charity. It’s very limited and exclusive membership is all-male. A very happy hunting ground indeed for a bitter woman who has a record of seeking public prominence through protest and outrageous conduct.
So, how does a woman like Martha Burk manage to find a place on the public stage? She is supported by an eager media. Media types revel in bringing down the powerful. Members of Augusta National are seen as powerful, so there is no small number of editors, producers, reporters and media owners around the country that would like to slap these men around a little bit. I’m told that some newspaper editors are telling their sports reporters that they will not be permitted to cover the Masters tournament at Augusta this year if they do not agree to file at least one, if not more, Martha Burk story.
I thought, then, that you might enjoy some information about Martha Burk that surely won’t be in those mandatory stories filed from Augusta during the Masters. Hold on, it’s a dark and depressing ride.
Conservative organizations are not permitted to join Martha Burk’s National Council of Women’s Organizations. It would be more aptly named the National Council of Leftist Women’s Organizations.
Several member organizations in Burk’s NCWO restrict membership to women only. These are tax-exempt organizations. Burk sees nothing wrong with this.
In 1997 Martha Burk campaigned for the forced sterilization of all men in America. She proposed that this forced sterilization begin at puberty and that a panel of experts, presumably appointed by people who share her views, would then determine when this sterilization could be reversed and the man permitted to father a child.
Martha Burk is a fan of racial and gender quotas. She believes that men should be limited to one-half of the top jobs in business and government.
Burk is demanding that the wife of any professional golfer who plays in The Masters withhold sex from her husband.
In an effort to show how really out of touch she is with reality, Burk has suggested that The Masters be moved so some other golf course.
Later Burk admitted that “I don’t know very much about this club.”
Burk has stated that she wants to enlist motorcycle gangs to help her with her protests against Augusta National. Then she acts surprised when Augusta city officials try to put restrictions on when and where she can demonstrate with her motorcycle pals.
To get an idea of what Martha Burk thinks about conservatives, just look at her comments about the Independent Women’s Forum, a group that George Will refers to as “indispensable” and The Chicago Tribune called a group of “… very, very smart women.” Burk calls the IWF “ .. a right-wing organization formed by the wives and handmaidens of conservative politicians” and a “pack of she-wolves.”
Martha Burk, like so many other activists, has attempted to wrap herself in a cloak of patriotism by exploiting the presence of women serving in our military in Iraq in her campaign against Augusta National.
In February Burk made a taxpayer-funded trip to Estonia to participate in a conference on women’s issues. While there on the taxpayer’s dime she slammed President Bush. At one dinner session Burk toasted to “having a different U.S. President” when the next conference rolled around.
Burked has made derogatory remarks about the appearance and even the accent of Augusta National Chairman Hootie Johnson. One can only imagine what happens if someone commented Burk’s appearance. Hint: She’s not attractive.
Burk tried to aim her protests to the PGA Tour. Tour commissioner Tim Finchem told Burk that The Masters was not a PGA event and that the PGA Tour had nothing to do with it. Burk then called Finchem “amoral.” “Amoral” means without moral standards or principals. So – Tim Finchem explains to Martha Burk that cold, hard fact that the PGA Tour is not involved with Augusta National or The Masters golf tournament … and it means that he has no moral standards or principals.
It’s is clear that Martha Burk is just another leftist-feminist activist out to make a name for herself. Polls show that the vast majority of American people, men and women, aren’t the least bit concerned over the membership policies of Augusta National Golf Club. No law is being violated, and most people think that they should be left alone. Without media support --- without editors and producers ordering their writers and broadcasters to do “Martha Burk stories” during the Masters --- she would fade back into the obscurity she so richly deserves.
A side note: In an effort to avoid controversy Augusta National has cancelled all tournament sponsorships this year. In the past those sponsorships have led to multi-million dollar charitable contributions by Augusta National. This year the members have decided to dip into club coffers to make sure that these charities are still funded at the same rate as last year. Evil men, aren’t they?
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