Great article, but I have to take issue with this line... one does not defeat the Hydra by continuing to hack at it!! More creative alternatives must be sought.
Anyone for taking Hillary's snake-haired head in a burlap bag out to the Middle East? I'm sure turning them to stone would be a solution. Heh-heh-heh.
(IIRC, Hercules defeated the Hydra with the help of Iolaus, who basically cauterized the wounds as Hercules made them.)
* Middle East...Capitol Hill, restroom in Union station, bottom of the ocean...(we're bad, lol).
Kidding, DU tin foilers.