[MD] The American Ruling Class

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Platt} 

>  A politician is a different breed of cat from a businessman. 


Oh, if only it were the case.  Witness the revolving door between: 
Goldman Sachs/Wall St.-->the (Independent?) Federal Reserve-->Dept. of Treasury 

Dept. of Defense-->defense contractors 
Congress-->K St. lobbysts 

etc. 
  

[John] 
>  the presence of women - which is probably the defining 
> characteristic of any imprisonment. 


Unless you actually are in prison & find that you are the "woman". 
Craig