I love the Pete Seeger line---and, sadly, the song fits (as do many of Phil Ochs' pieces) todays tragic situation. In fact I played it on my program recently for just that reason.

Though we have not a big fool today---sizewise anyway,.

What I really wanted to post about was that aside from all the other books that have come out about Bush, Iraq, etc; I interviewed the author of The Bushes---History of a Dynasty. This is a really interesting and supposedly "neutral" book. My take---and I did get the author to sort of lean that way---was the W is not the "brightest bulb in the drawer" and, unlike his father, has less leadership and control quality. A reason why CHeney is where he is today---and the old Sr. Bush crowd.   

Given the rest of this truly interesting history of the family going back to very early days you come to realize that they feel a sense of ownership of this nation. They accumulate the wealth and power and all others are relegated to keeping the structure in place.

One does have to admit, however, the intellect of senior is light years ahead of Jr.    He, too, at least, served the nation in combat---as did Kerry. As did JFK, as did LaGuardia, as did Grant, and of course we cannot forget dear old Geo. W of the wooden teeth.   Jr., well, we know of him do we not.

Let me relate a brief anecdote from the book and interview that might put Bush/Clinton into persepective. The author claims that W so honors the office of Pres. that he puts on a suit and tie when entering the oval office---even at midnight.    Clinton, he despises, for dishonoring the office ( as did JFK, FDR, Jackson,etc---in that sense). In Moore's film there is a shot of the younger W (while Sr. was Pres.) sitting like a hot shot with boots on and putting them on the Oval Office desk while talking with dear old dad. So---hyprocisy, too, runs rampant within the Bush persona. I gues he should be excused because it was before he found----what the hell ever it was he found. Who was it that said---and I quote: " Should we be proud because he stopped being a falling down drunk and finding God?"

Bill Hahn