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["Toni Hawryluk" <tonihawr AT msn.com>]

Why, Gene, I would never shoot at a gentleman :

> Women have most of the nation's money. 

Can't prove it by me or any of the other
ole ladies I'm acquainted with ... not even
the ones who are widows-with-pensions-
from-wage-earners ... which I am *not*.

> They have, um, ways to cause men to do their bidding. 

*Some* of us prefer gentlemen. (like you).
And won't settle for less. Too late for me -
I didn't understand gutwise the difference
between manager/manipulator and *leader*
until I was past fifty - took that many years
of employment to finally run across *one*
"leader" - sigh - - - exceptions prove the
rule. Again. My list of leaders is *so* short -
one - positive and so far (since then) three
possibles. But I didn't know those for long
enough to be sure *by their actions*, *not*
their words. And for all you "Christians", no,
Jesus is not one of them - although from
a historical viewpoint he may have been
the first ...

> And of course it is the mother who has the greatest psychological impact on 
> the man-child. 

Only until the children's non-mothering
parents take over (you will notice I said
"parents" and not "mother-female" ?
there are *some* fathers who nurture) - - - - 

> If you women want greater clout in the back rooms of power, you better get 
> better educated, organized, and motivated. 

the various sires, sports coaches, teachers
who favor boys, employers who ignore
women and impose "glass ceilings", etc. -
if you don't know, read "The Gender Knot".
There's a lot of re-iteration, but after
some thousands of years, *that* is what
it may take. For those who are able to
handle it ....

> Study Barbara Bush closely.

**BINGO !!** and look what 'she' produced ... sigh ...
(not all her fault, she was brought up under
the patriarchal system and "believed" in it,
I "ass-u-me") another patriarchal system "success" - 
it is now "President" - - - and look what the __it was,
is, and will continue promoting ...

> Now taking cover.

Not from me, I hope.