>>following the early discovery of the principle of dog food migration, the flock divided into factions. Captain Mimo and Captain Rocky, each with a discovery to her name, got one regular follower apiece. Unlike dogs, cats paid heed to the sinking feelings of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison (see Federalist Papers 9 and 10) who regarded domestic political "factions" as inherently dangerous. George Washington, who was remarkable enough to have a town named after him, as well as some other locations and objects, warned that, "The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism." Dog eat dog, so to speak, is the entailment. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html