During my favorite radio station's fund drive recently (http://www.wamc.org) a comment was made that a democracy has about a 250 year life span. It starts out as a democracy, then regresses to a oligarchy, then to a dictatorship. We are now clearly in the oligarchy stage (rule by the few), and overdue for dictatorship. The power of money in our society is disgusting. regards, Beth Perinatal Educator -- /\/\ Beth Johnson / o o\ Cosmic Wonderer ( / ^^\) Springfield, MA USA \ M_M/ "Ruling a country is like cooking a small fish-- you have to handle it with care."--Lao Tzu *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html