I suppose it could all be just happenstance, that they have succeeded in creating such panic as causes many to willingly surrender to the mindset of so strange a creature as John Ashcroft manifestly is.. and further accident that - the $$-God is in such fear and loathing that, the greatest job loss since [who cares] is upon us. Can they be credited for predicting Shrub's primitive mindset --> alienating most-all friends, as we have seen? Or was that just dumb luck (too)?

But on one level, I see your point. And well may that be a root attitude, you just described. But is that important, as to an appropriate response to the obviously very shrewd (or Very Very Lucky!?) *strategy* employed -- and our quite less ept automatic responses -- which have alienated so large a slice of the planet's billions? already.


Ashton