From a moderator:

-> I will grant that the third party has thrown his share of the mud or at
the
-> very least brought said ridicule onto himself.
-> 
-> But this echo is not the bash and ridicule Ross Sauer(that third party)
echo.
-> 
I am delighted to hear this.

I think it interesting than a dirth of political commentary has been
substituted with people writing to people that they don't like.

I do wonder if they do this in private life.

I don't understand it, but it is interesting. 

Well, it was for a while...

now it's a great tme-saver; one can just FLY throough an echo
with the right index finder poised ober the "n" key...

Lrssee...theres Alan Hess, Sauer, Sakowsky, two or three others...
The ones I enjoy are the ones most subject to the 'bash and ridicule'.

Spare pickins'

Sooooo.:

Politics:

I wonder what all the fuss is being made about Gen. Hayden
becoming head of the CIA...you gotta like someone New York
City named a planetstoum after...and Hell his, 40th Symphony
was great! He me MAN...for the CIA...
AND Chief astronomer...AND musical director!

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Or:

Political philosophy:

A society of sheep must in time begat a government of wolves.
(I forgot the author)

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Or:

Religion:

An apology for the fevil: We've only heard one side of the story...
God has written all the books.

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Or:

Mortality:

 It is impossible to experience ones death objectively and still carry a
tune.
---Woody Allen

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Or:

Wisdom:

To speak ill of others is a dishonist way of praising ourselves.



Wisdom I'll try to keep in mind :-)