Well, fooles-t, behind just about evry decision being made by the folks who run the show is about money... And they understand that at times you have to spend some to get even more... The cornerstone of getting more is holding on to power and that's why when the support among senior citizens for Bush began to slip he plugged the slippage with the Medicaid perscription program...

But not to fear, it isn't going to paid for by the moneyed class who continue so enjoy a redistribution of wealth to them at the expense of the poor and middle class...

But back to the Supreme Court... What John has brought up about the manner in which things were "framed" in the 20's in Germany is interesting... I agree that it was a gradual process that took a lot of "freming" and "reframing" of issues until one day things which once seemed utterlu rediculous new seemed mainstream... I belive this has been happening to the United States for the last 30 or so years...

Affirmative Action, once thought to be at least a beginning toward some kind of repairations, has been attacked by the right for so long that now even some folks who might consider themselves moderates are firmly against it... The sad part about this is the much of the wealth and infastructure of the country was created on the backs of black people and yet rather than have a discussion about slaver and race (which IMO is long overdue) our society is now ready to accept one of the keys of repairations...

And I might add that repairation isn't strictly about blacks getting a fair shake but also in making the effort our society gains on the whole toward greatness and purpose...

Yeah, for those who can't see the parrellels between the US and Germany they will never see them just as folks in Germany didn't see them either and went merrially along with what was evolving becuase the movement hadn't come after them yet or asked them to sacrifice yet...

Bobert