Normally I resist these but if you haven't seen this one it was just too
good to pass up.

> > Subject: Woman Power 
> > 
> > Take all American women who are within five years of 
> > menopause - train us for a few weeks, outfit us with 
> > automatic weapons, grenades, gas masks, moisturizer 
> > with SPF15, Prozac, hormones, chocolate, and canned 
> > tuna - > > drop us (parachuted, preferably) across the landscape 
> > of Afghanistan, and let us do what comes naturally. 
> > 
> > Think about it. Our anger quotient alone, even when 
> > doing standard stuff like grocery shopping and paying 
> > bills, is formidable enough to make even armed men in 
> > turbans tremble. 
> > 
> > We've had our children, we would gladly suffer or die 
> > to protect them and their future. We'd like to get 
> > away from our husbands, if they haven't left already. 
> > And for those of us who are single, the prospect of 
> > finding a good man with whom to share life is about as likely as 
> > being struck by lightning.  We have nothing to lose. 
> > We've survived the water diet, the protein diet, the 
> > carbohydrate diet, and the grapefruit diet in gyms and 
> > saunas across America and never lost a pound. We can 
> > easily survive months in the hostile terrain of 
> > Afghanistan with no food at all! 
> > 
> > We've spent years tracking down our husbands or lovers 
> > in bars, hardware stores, or sporting events...finding 
> > bin Laden in some cave will be no problem. 
> > 
> > Uniting all the warring tribes of Afghanistan in a new 
> > government? Oh, please ... we've planned the seating 
> > arrangements for in-laws and extended families at 
> > Thanksgiving dinners for years ... we understand 
> > tribal warfare. 
> > 
> > Between us, we've divorced enough husbands to know 
> > every trick there is for how they hide, launder, or 
> > cover up bank accounts and money sources. We know how 
> > to find that money and we know how to seize it ... 
> > with or without the government's help! 
> > 
> > Let us go and fight. The Taliban hates women. Imagine 
> > their terror as we crawl like ants with hot-flashes 
> > over their godforsaken terrain. I'm going to write my 
> > Congresswoman. You should, too! 
> > 
> > 
> >