Quote of the Day

"I am as strong as a man. I am as smart as a man. I demand the absolute respect of a man. If you understand this, we will get along well."—Peggielene Bartels, a secretary at the Embassy of Ghana in Silver Spring, Maryland, also known as Nana Amuah Afenyi VI, the lady king of Otuam. Bartels inherited the kingship after her uncle died and the elders determined she would be his successor. She suspects the corrupt elders thought they would find her easily manageable because she's a woman. Ahem. [Via BeckySharper.]