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22 May 03 - 01:55 PM (#957777) Subject: BS: Drunk on Power From: GUEST,pdc I don't know whether this essay is a reasoned explanation of GWB's behaviour, or just a mean-spirited exercise. I do know that it's interesting. Drunk on Power |
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23 May 03 - 03:21 AM (#958063) Subject: RE: BS: Drunk on Power From: Wilfried Schaum Welcome to the Club, GWB! Le Roi Soleil, N. Bonaparte, A. Hitler et al. |
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23 May 03 - 10:19 PM (#958523) Subject: RE: BS: Drunk on Power From: GUEST,Clint Keller Sounds like a jazzed up & wordy rephrasing of what Lord Acton said: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" (if I remember rightly). I imagine it's true enough; There's a reason "drunk with power" and "mad with power" are clichés. clint |