Rick, I know that denial isn't just a river in Egypt, but I too get the feeling, underneath all the controlled media hype, that this administration is getting a LOT more opposition than it imagined, and that "spin" is getting harder and harder to manipulate.

I quit watching TV news a long time ago, but was gratified to see that my local daily paper carried front page reports of the protests worldwide. I think the networks have been bought and paid for for a long time but at least the printed word still has a little autonomy.

And the very fact that the powers that be are trying so insanely hard to ignore these protests says to me that they are worried...66% of Americans may feel some sort of intervention necessary in Iraq(if polls are to be believed), but a much larger percentage is aghast at the econcomic situation this country now finds itself in. And re=election time just keeps getting closer and closer...