Will attempt to deal with comments as best I can. Penny s:-women have what is called a hard-wired connection between logic and emotion, men don't. Any tradesman is inventing all the time, new circuits techniques etcetera because every situation is unique. I used to design and build industrial machinery, production always increased and people always decreased. That stinks. Canada was intelligent enough to stay out of Iraq, but will say American troops seem to follow the oil. I have neither the right or knowledge to comment further on another countries foreign policy, but my sympathies definitely lie with the poor bugger in the field who is paying the price. American women can only watch in envy the extent to which Canada has become a matriarchy, 5 billion was advanced for child care and will explode to 12 billion a year if the present government can't somehow reverse the process. We don't even begin to spend that kind of money on defence, our navy recently bought 3 used subs from the brits and while they were trying to bring them to Canada a man died in a fire, this, after they were refurbished. jacqui c:- Couldn't agree with you more on the politicians but would insist that women be included with the men, a woman can stop a bullet almost as well as a man. As far as jokes go, they almost always always victimize someone. As for dragging women by their feet, that isn't humour it's filth. As to whether you are a matriarchy, watch tv and compare the number of male bashing shows movies and commercials, as opposed to the female bashing. That's right girls, scary isn't it, especially when you take into account the number of times you depend on one these morons to save your life fix your car &&&&&&&&&&&&!!!!!!!!!. When the twin towers came down the female firefighters rep wanted her women included in the memorials that followed, this, even after she was told no female firefighters had been killed. I'm trying not to wander but the fields are so broad and the injustice so prevalent that one person can't even begin to address the problems. In parting, a huge number of inventions were made by unschooled men working full time to support their families and part time on their inventions. At this point in time I can't help but think of 2 bicycle makers who built some kind of flying machine part time. The reason most men don't invent anything is because they work at a dead end job that they hate so much it takes years off their lives. The main reason they don't take risks is because they are in debt so far that all they have to do is think about losing their jobs and they break into a cold sweat. Those women who represent the sole wage earner of their family should be able to identify with this situation. My deepest apologies for the ramble, I still remember the days when men risked their lives to save women they didn't know. And what about the Titanic, who the hell got all the damn lifeboats?