In the article "Babbling from Fitrakis," Scott Malone sounds like he's spent the last three years on the moon rather than here on earth. This is not about some sophomoric facts and figures as to the "President's" IQ; this is about the soul of a nation! Should the Democrats not be able to get themselves together, it's very true that Bush may very well win and win big. But if that happens, it would be precisely because of uninformed and surface-looking people like Malone rather than any inherent insightfulness in Bush's worldview. Mussolini and Hitler in fact exuded the same appeal to their people and employed the very same methods used by today's neocons. And, in both Germany and Italy we saw the voice of reason brutally silenced and the war machine put to use.

These "drug saturated anarchists" to whom Malone refers, include people like Chomsky, Fisk, Said, Krugman, Vidal and countless other scholars, each one of which will take pages to cite their contributions and achievements for humanity. They also include the overwhelming majority of the good people of the planet earth.

So, on this second day of our Lord Two-Thousand-and-Four, I wish peace, prosperity, and calm for all including the Bushies of the world. I also hope that Malone and his brothers-in-arms would become more informed so that we can weather this, the greatest of threats to the integrity of the American democracy to date.

To me, if you're not outraged, you're not informed!

Regards,
Kamm Kadem