Oh such sad lyrics, Daylia, and sadder because it's true. People are so consumed with arguing over how many angels will fir on the end of a pin, that they absolutely *refuse* to open their eyes to reality that very little has been done by the US to find peaceful solutions to complex problems.

Teribus is a prime example. T writes volumes about details and details of details but nothing about, absoltely nothing about the real possibilities for mankind with another tact. He accuses me of being a stuck record but doesn't see that the Bush administration has been telling the same *big lie* over and over and over for a year now. And when the polls say that folks don't believe the *big lie* they tweek it a tad or replace it with another *big lie*.

Well, the discussion needs to be moved from the center of the magnifying glass to the big picture.

And in the "big" picture, mankind (especially Bush and Co. who seem to be the only ones that really don't get it) *exhausts* diplomacy. All we're getting now is "Well, we tried it..." and then its back to the incesant pounding on the drum. Well, no, we haven't tried it.

You give me the White House and 20% of the anticipated costs of invading Iraq and I'd get the Middle East calmed down and on track. No, that wouldn't mean we'd be able to steal anyone's resources or kill anyone but that shouldn't be the cornerstone of a foriegn policy.

And, no, I'm sure the soft and hard money to get re-elected would dry up but who cares because I'd be working on real campaign finance reform and publicly finacned elections and TV debates like we used to have in the 50's and the corporations would be there for making products and not public policy...

So go ahead, Teribus, and tell me that "We've tried that." for the 10,000th time. What ever floats your boat... Don't make you right...

Bobert