The devil to the rescue.

Legend has it that Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned. Well, it's possible that American politicians from all over the spectrum are fiddling while the American economy collapses. And it seems that an amazing number are saying, let it collapse. And then let's bury its dirty, rotten corpse to stem the stench. I think that's the attitude of some on the left, where I mostly reside. And some on the far right, meanwhile, stubbornly concur. Only because they don't want what'll be instituted to replace capitalism. Yes, that dreaded scourge: socialism. Even George Bush is calling for socialist rescue packages. Yes, I would never have dreamed it. George Bush. A Born Again socialist. Wonders never cease. Some of Bush's best allies now are on the left. Talk about strange bedfellows. For the far right, it's like the devil being asked to save god. --Jim Broede