Found this interesting bit of news:

A point of view … Barbara Walters of Television's 20/20 did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands.

She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. From Miss Walters' vantage point, despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women now seem to walk even further back behind their husbands, and are happy to maintain the old custom.

Miss Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, 'Why do you now seem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?'

The woman looked Miss Walters straight in the eyes, and without hesitation said,

'Land Mines.'

Moral of the story is .. (no matter where you go) .. BEHIND EVERY MAN, THERE'S A SMART WOMAN!

There is a very, very tall coconut tree and there are 4 animals,

a Lion, a Chimpanzee, a Giraffe, and a Squirrel, who pass by.

They decide to compete to see who is the fastest to get a banana off the tree.

Who do you guess will win?

Your answer will reflect your personality.

So think carefully . .. Try and answer within 30 seconds

Got your answer?

Now scroll down to see the analysis.

If your answer is:

Lion = you're dull.

Chimpanzee = you're a moron.

Giraffe = you're a complete idiot.

Squirrel = you're just hopelessly stupid.

A COCONUT TREE DOESN'T HAVE BANANAS.

This is a cheap check.
Obviously you're stressed and overworked.

You should take some time off and relax!

Try again next year.

With food prices spiking, gas costs rising and cost increases getting passed on to all areas of production, the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates.

The idea behind this move was to stimulate economic growth by making loans less expensive. However, checking the increase in the cost of foods and gasoline because of the already devalued dollar, seems that if real estate sales don’t pick up soon, we will have only a continued slowdown in consumer spending.

When consumers reduce their spending, capital expenditures usually reduce as well. Inflation-adjusted consumer spending slowed to an annualized rate of only 1 percent during the first quarter, versus 2.3 percent during the fourth quarter of 2007, while gross private domestic investments declined 4.7 percent.

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Consumer debt levels are approaching historic highs and inflation is rising it’s ugly head as consumers get walloped by $3 gas, increases in the price of bread, pasta and $4 milk with no end in sight.

If consumers account for 70% of the spending for goods and services, what happens when they are squeezed at both the gas pump and the grocery store?