In a message dated 5/13/2004 12:00:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, atri2715@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Rumsfeld the muscle. What is muscle? That Donald's muscle is gettin' kinda elderly there. If Rummy is "the muscle of the neocons," then Karl Rove is the unwanted back hair of the neocons, Trent Lott is their annoying hernia, and Richard Perle is their spray-dyed execu-hair. _____ Re Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz: .... Both embody the messianic belief that if tyrants are deposed and free market principles introduced all will be well. _____ But all will be well . . . after a couple centuries of turmoil preceding the rise of strong international unions, the universalizing of protections for workers, and the achievement of truly equal access to education. Until then, it's just Mesopotamian sky gods all the way down. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html