<html> At 08:39 07-11-00, Carrol wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>What a dismal prospect. Katha's argument is one of utter despair. She has surrendered all hope of actual improvement in the condition of women, blacks, single mothers, workers in general, and is willing in desperation to settle for a slightly slower destruction of decency in the u.s. And she calls Yoshie's hope for popular mobilization naive! But any other policy is simply hoping for devine intervention in the Democratic Party. </blockquote> <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> More like a deus ex machina, in keeping with the farcical nature of the play. Joanna </html>