Patricia Ireland What the Hell Happened to You? From Hero to Mute. By Geniusofdespair

Patricia Ireland, do you believe in anything anymore? 
 

Patricia Ireland was once the President of the National Organization of Women (NOW), from 1991 to 2001, Now Patricia Ireland is living in Homestead apparently laying low engulfed in her husband James Humble's shadow. Her days of preserving a woman's right to choose are sooo over!

Ireland's hubby, James Humble is much more active in the community. In fact I caught up with him in Homestead where he was having a meeting with the Mayor and with, of all people, his County Commissioner Lynda Bell. You have to get the irony of this. Lynda Bell is a commando against 'choice' for women while Ireland was one of the country's loudest voices for choice. Abortion rights is ghastly to Lynda.  In fact, Bell was the President of the State group Florida Right to Life. When she had extra campaign funds from her Mayoral campaign in Homestead, Lynda sent them off to the group in Altamonte Springs instead of giving it to needy groups in her City. According to their website Lynda Bell is still the President of the Miami chapter of Florida Right to Life. Lynda has been governing Patricia for years, first as Homestead Mayor and now as County Commissioner. Have you heard a peep out of Ireland? I would move or slit my wrists if I were Ireland -- but it appears she doesn't care!!

Patricia Ireland actually campaigned against Katy Sorenson at one time. Katy was one of the most supportive politicians in Florida of a woman's right to choose. What is wrong with Ireland? Her husband's doing? Is she a "stand by my man?"  I would think that if Ireland had an ounce of her old self left in her she would have done anything she could to keep Lynda Bell out of the County Commission. But ONLY being the good wife apparently is paramount for Ireland now.

I fondly remember having a drink with Betty Friedan and Frances Lear. Thank God they aren't here to witness the deafening silence of Patricia Ireland in Miami-Dade County on choice.

 The last time I saw Patricia Ireland was in a courtroom, she was trying to stop the Natacha Seijas recall. Ick.

More on Ireland.

Everything is Connected to Florida in a Bizarre Way. By Geniusofdespair

One of the most controversial figures in South Florida, James Humble, will be speaking tonight at 19316 SW 380 St. in a last minute panel change. In an odd twist, James Humble was a driving force in the women’s movement by influencing his wife’s feminism, she admits.

Humble’s wife, Feminist Patricia Ireland, was the longest-serving president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), a position she held from 1991 to 2001. According to http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/:

“It was Ireland's second husband, James Humble, who helped spark what she now recalls as her slowly "budding feminism." The artist and fruit farmer followed her to Miami from graduate school. After living together for awhile, they married in 1968. Ireland says that Humble helped open her eyes to the "disrespect" she was "subjected to on the job" every day.”

He is an odd one to be sure, but smart. He co-sponsored the Shiver fundraiser for Mario Diaz Balart. The "Homestead is Home" blog calls the sponsors: The “Axis of Evil.” Humble supports "property rights"...and appears on the right on a lot of issues.

Perhaps Ireland is not the traditional feminist we all imagined?