There is no doubt that men are useful in a lot of ways. Unfortunately, men have two glaring weaknesses that could threaten an entire democracy — sex and women.
As a group, men cannot be depended upon to maintain composure and professionalism when the opportunity for quick sex presents itself.
As demonstrated so disgracefully in Cartagena, Colombia — the portion of a man’s brain that is responsible for good judgment shuts off completely when he is in the presence of a sexy woman.
For that reason, the White House is considering hiring more female Secret Service agents in supervisory positions over men.
Agents such as Paula Reid, a black woman who blew the whistle on the 12 agents for cavorting with as many as 20 prostitutes in Colombia.
Agent Reid — not Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan — is credited with pulling hotel records and ordering the immediate removal of the 11 agents from Cartagena when she heard about a dispute over payment to a prostitute.
Agent Reid, 46, is the head of the Secret Service agency’s Miami office. According to the Washington Post, Miss Reid and other black agents joined a controversial class-action lawsuit alleging that blacks like her were discriminated against by the agency.
In a recent interview, Agent Reid stood up for other women in the agency, saying “Women would not be remotely considered if we couldn’t do it physically – and we can.”
Republican Senator Susan Collins praised agent Reid for her work investigating the sex scandal, saying: “She acted decisively, appropriately, and I can’t help but wonder if there’d been more women as part of that detail if this ever would have happened.”
