Well, Rick, I'n not exactly a slave of Ted Turner's or Rupert Murdock's either, for that matter. But I am a slave to NPR. I don't think that is much of an improvement. Slavery is slavery, after all. I think the Congressman you quoted above is alas, correct. And here's another prediction: It won't in the final analysis really matter who is President. Congress is so nearly evenly divided that no meaningful legislation will be inacted for four years. Like my friend Chester Drawers who hails from Two Foot Falls, KS said to me, "You ain't seen no gridlock like this here gridlock."