I agree with most of your 08 Jan 06 - 06:33 PM post, Old Guy.

pdq, I have only one complaint with the article in your 08 Jan 06 - 06:09 PM post...

Two things set the U'wa struggle and the Elk Hills sale apart from the corporate welfare so typical of the New Democrats

I think they are specifically mentioning "New Democrats" in order to differentiate them from "old Democrats", but the way they put it seems to suggest that this sort of thing is more typical of Democrats than Republicans, and that just isn't the case. Both sides of the isle are equally culpable.