Barrel Strength

Amidst all the foofarah of Obama, world doom, and Mighty Subjects of Pressing Concern, I noted the following on Monday, November 10th, 2008. A survey of  2,360 Czech women showed that the length of foreplay was irrelevant to the number and strength of womens’ orgasms. It all depends on the quality and duration of intercourse.

Thirty-five years of feminist propaganda down the tubes. This reminds me of the old Australian joke: “What is the definition of Australian foreplay?” Answer: “Brace yourself, Sheila”.

Here is what the report said, courtesy of the Telegraph:

“In the study, reported in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, the academics quizzed a representative sample of 2,360 Czech women of all ages about details of their sex lives, including orgasmic consistency with a partner along with estimated duration of foreplay and intercourse.

“Results show that for the women in the study, the average duration of foreplay was 15.4 minutes, and intercourse, 16.2 minutes.

“The researchers point out that 16.2 minutes is considerably longer than reported in American studies, where intercourse was found to last on average seven minutes.

“They added: “It could be that this reflects, a greater appreciation of intercourse and sensuality by Europeans than by Americans.”

“The researchers looked at frequency of orgasm in the women, and foreplay and intercourse data. They concluded the links with foreplay were insignificant. Instead they suggest that the longer intercourse lasts, the greater the probability of orgasm for the women.”

Or is this the proof of Nelson’s dictum: “Never mind manoeuvres, always go straight at them”.

No definition of foreplay was supplied, so it is not possible to know what the researchers meant. But fucking them long and hard is always recommended. Sound doctrine and policy. Women appreciate the performance, it seems.

Now, back to the recession, inflation, and world doom.

GM is on the ropes and the condition is so dire that they even had to scale back their presence at the LA Auto Show.  There are reports that the company may not survive till January, without an immediate massive infusion of cash.  The One pressed Bush to provide bailout funds given the urgency, but was rebuffed by Bush.  Even if Bush was to approve the bailout-for-billionaires, it is unlikely that it would be approved in Senate given this report in WaPo.

A stumbling block may be the Senate, where Republicans control 49 seats until the new Congress is seated in January. Many Republican senators were attacked on the campaign trail by Democratic opponents for supporting the original Treasury bailout legislation last month and probably won’t be in the mood to expand the program to the car companies, Senate aides said.

A USA Today/Gallup poll taken over the weekend found that helping the auto industry and other big firms ranks low on the public’s list of economic priorities, with just one in five of those surveyed saying such assistance is “critical” or “very important.”

Reid seemed to acknowledge as much yesterday. “Senate Democrats are committed to doing all we can to help the auto industry,” he said in a written statement. “But until next year, we still have the slimmest of majorities in the Senate; this will only get done if President Bush and Senate Republicans work with us in a bipartisan fashion.”

That is right, let bygones be bygones.  After all it was 9-days ago that we were attacking you.

When trying to understand what happened to Detroit, this article is a must read.