bad statistics. and it s not doing too well in terms of the numbers of women in power. i m struck today. look at the front page of the new york times. two very powerful women angela merkel, prime minister of germany and head of the imf dealing with a lot of stuff. and perhaps the impact on this country. though may change. this may be w.h.o. w.h.y. like 1992 was. we have this chart that shows this sort of comparatively about where the u.s. ranks with 17% of members of congress in both houses are women and that ranks 78th in the world tied with turkmenistan. this was cited by lisa ho. i have a custom when i think about these issues. it s become a kind of