[mburbank]

" You even decided to tie the terms "neocons" "powermongers" and robber barrons" together."

I have no problem there. I could also add in "Born again brown shirts" and "war profiteers" without loosing any sleep or implying conspiracy. You lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.

"Whether that was all subconsious or not, you tried to imply that the administration is trying to pull a whole bunch of fast ones and using Shiavo as a smoke screen."

That's your reading of it, and I find it quite revealing. All I did was cut n' paste some of my first finds from a list of top stories, which is why I included the guy from Crowded house croaking. If you see in a list of major news stories nothing but things the administration might want to sweep under the rug I would suggest that maybe I have a point.

Again: I suggest nothing so coherent as a conspiracy. Instead I suggest a managament style that features a strong desire that people do not look to closely at ANYTHING IT DOES. I am not the first person to associatte this administration with a culture of secrecy. I think if you asked W at a Press conference what color his tie was he'd find a way not to answer. It's reflexive. And I think the steroid hearings and the Schiavo case are bread and circuses.