Wow! I've finally made it big! Elvis has imitators and now I have mine!

I do, however, think that GUEST,Don Last has captured the spirit of modern political in-fighting. Not quite as nasty as the time-honored Renaissance method of dealing with political opponents: a dagger thrust in the dark, a crossbow bolt fired from an upstairs window; but sufficient unto the era is the nastiness thereof.

Don Firth (Firth in the hearts of his countrymen. . . .) has left the building (for now).