Two interesting conversations with office staffL one with a woman in word processing, probably in her 30s, who was saying, You hear whjat they found? I said, they planted it; I'd like to see if they let Blix and the UN look at it. She sent me a CNN link. Another with a young woman in her 20s, a secretary, I think, rather longer, I cynically laid out the oil theory, explained why I didn't think Iraqis were going to benefit from all this. She was shocked but open-minded, hadn't heard what I'd said before, said it was food for thought. I think 70% of the public will believe it even if it is retracted. jks  Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Brian O. Sheppard wrote: >There's something fascinating about a country that could invade another, >then scour the debris for "evidence" to make the invasion justified in >retrospect, isn't there? Yup. That might make a difference abroad, but the credulous 70% of Americans will probably swallow it whole. As you can see, my former optimism about public opinion is decaying rapidly. Doug ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/mailsig/*http://tax.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Tax Center</a> - File online, calculators, forms, and more