Well Kent, that was quite full of holiday cheer. Just kidding of course. I will say that most of what you wrote you did not need to say as we do know you'll continue to move forward and attempt to cast light on the shadow forces.

Here's my Xmas gift to you...I've caught one of them there giant shape shifting reptiles and he's tied up in my basement. I've been whacking and prodding him with a long stick cause I just don't want to get too close...ok...just kidding again. I am trying to keep the mood a little light it is the holidays after all.

Sorry to hear something happened with your wife Kent. As it happens, my wife has been having some issues as well leading me to be spending a lot of time in doctors office waiting rooms and such.

The thing is there's nothing to do in these waiting rooms except read the magizines. So, I've been reading Time, Newsweek, and US News with regularity of late. In general I never read this stuff cause I always figure there's nothing in them that I don't get out of the three or four newspapers I read each day.

Well, getting to the point, in the Dec. 22, 2003 issue of US News (The Jesus Code is on the cover) there's an investigative report on the secracy of the Bush administration that was quite an eye opener.

This is where my Rogertick warning comes in...Roger reading this thing made my blood boil at times and I know how upset you can get so I'm just warning you before you go out to get this and read it...this one's gonna make you quite angry. I think it would make most people angry. So, maybe read it after the holidays if you have an interest in it.

So, this is my gift to you Kent. It does not confirm all the things you talk about but it does put into print in a major mainstream magazine that there is some very weird stuff going on. The thing you'll find though is that Homeland Security and the USA Patriot Act are not about invading our privacy, spying on us, or even protecting us...they are all about protecting big business and allowing these giant corporations to protect all of their secrets...most importantly if it will cost them money or reveal they are doing something that could harm consumers (making crappy tires like Firestone did not so long ago as an example) they won't have to tell the public. It'll be their little secret.

So it communicates the real and of course simple reason for it...greed. Ain't that a surprise that human folly could be driven by greed. It also reveals to some extent why Bush and Cheney can keep smirking no matter what happens...turns out thanks to the Homeland Security Act and other little tricks they have in place they can put a stop to any legal proceeding against them just by invoking the idea "state secrets" could be revealed in the proceeding so any case like that can be shut down due to "National Security". The thing is they never have to define any of this they can just say "state secrets" and it's all over...case closed. Sort of frightening really.

In any case I highly recommend the article to everyone. It's 100% Reptile free but it sort of shows why you might view these guys as reptiles.

                                                                 Reg

ps sorry I went here just before the holidays but I did recommend you read it in 2004.