Although I have abdicated the responsibility of using my public forum as a cut-and-paste service for liberals, I would be remiss if I didn't point out the significance of the N.Y. Times in our country. The Democrats have pretty much abandoned any efforts at being a serious opposition movement, the Greens are basically just the left wing of the GOP, so the "Gray Lady" is pretty much it right now. Particularly with respect to the pending invasion of Iraq, the Times is asking the appropriate questions, and providing the same skepticism about what may be an unnecessary war that it did last year in covering W's tax cuts for the rich. It is what used to be called, "speaking truth to power", and that is why the far right is so pissed.