To betray the trust of a wide eyed kid & rob their innocence is despicable

[zonkers]

Foley and all his protectors should serve time. And I know the following thoughts are not original but I just want to say...

The fallout from Foley's crime goes way beyond Dems being able to pick up anothre seat in congress or busting another "Family Values" hypocrite. Something precious has been tainted. Before all this, in my mind, the "page program" conjured up images like in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". Now, I think of horny old men trying to bed young boys. I wonder how many outstanding kids, tommorrow's great leaders possibly among them, would have been part of the page program, but now won't be. It's hard to calculate just how much we are losing here. Just like, on a bigger scale, its hard to calculate how much we're losing by our recent "repeal" of the Geneva Convention. These are sad times.

[Heidi]

1. If you allow this situation to skew your own view of what our country

can be, they will have robbed you, too, my friend. Just sayin'.

[zonkers]

2. I have no illusions. IMO, we've peaked in every way that counts. Morally,

artistically, scientifically... and a few other ways I'm too tired to think of.

(Hi Heidi!)