Good job -- until I read your comment below, I figured it was another published piece.
I believe that this is my first full-blown essay here at Free Republic. Any comments from anybody, including critique of my writing style (such as it is), would be greatly appreciated.
73 posted on 12/16/2004 9:10:59 AM PST by GOPJ
(M.Dowd...hits..like a bucket of vomit with Body Shop potpourri sprinked across the surface--Goldberg)