Not me, Art. I would have spelled it vascillating. A few relevant quotes: "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent," Harry Callahan in Asimov's Foundation Trilogy; "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall inherit the earth," Jesus in the Beatitudes; "a politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man," e. e. cummings; "Bill Clinton has given a whole new meaning to the phrase "wag the dog,'" --seed in the threads.