[lbo-talk] Hersh

[Tommy Kelly]

[Hersh] * the country is being run by 8 or 9 people, in complete isolation 
from the rest of the gov.

I doubt that.  However, when you think about a lot of the corporate board of
directors, there seems to be a small network of people with a lot power.
[e.g. Vernon Jordan]
See "Linked: The New Science of Networks" by A.L. Barabasi. Chapter 14:
Network Economy.

[Hersh] * Cheney wants to run for pres in '08

Cheney will be luck if he doesn't have another heart attack before '08; also
he is not really liked my most southern conservatives - I know, I've asked
them myself all-the-time.