rsamms7700 scribbled: There are patterns in a child's scrawl too, but no wisdom. The ONLY conspiracy of this scale that exists, is the conspiracy of ignorance to which this book is a contributor. Circumstance rules man, not the reverse. Herodotus opined that "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: The conscientious historian will correct these defects." Well, at least Mark Twain said that Herodotus said it. Now that's a conspiracy.