I learned that the Bush administration cut funding for the CDC by 11%. They are our first line of defense against biological WMD or any pathogenic insults, from AIDS to anthrax to flu to ebola to West Nile to whatever. I don't remember, why did we attack Iraq? Something about biological (and chemical and nuclear) WMD? Neither did this crack terror-fighting team ever put together a terrorist watch list, a very effective, low cost anti-terror procedure which would have cost a few million dollars and taken six months. I'm just messing up my Friday writing this. Gotta go, Andy Amago ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html