[RJL]

Now we have Zoellick and he's not even taken office yet and the first thing out of his mouth is the irresponsibility and disgustingness of Hugo Chavez.

Zoellick gets it in a way Wolfowitz never did. Can you imagine wolfie denouncing Hugo? He was too busy posing for pictures with Geldof and berating the west for not giving more money to Africa.

Zoellick is a bigtime improvement. I'm championing the guy, he gets it.

It sounds good, and I hope you're correct.

Maybe there's good reason for him to be there, but I note he appears to be speaking from Mexico, not the United States.

[Kitten Festival]

That’s even better. He’s telling the mexicans not to get any ideas. Also, Mexicans hate hugo bigtime, he called them a lapdog of the empire. The mexico positioning of zoellick’s statements works out very well indeed.