Culled from The Economist Magazine (March 18th-24th 2000) STUPID TUESDAY "I call it Stupid Tuesday. The taxpayers of Louisiana are going to spend about $4m so that maybe 40,000 people can show up to vote in a meaningless primary." Mike Francis,chairman,Louisiana Republicans,NYT,March 13th. BIZARRE ALLIANCE OF THE WEEK A Marxist-Leninist faction of the Reform Party, led by Lenora Fulani and Fred Newman, is supporting Pat Buchanan's bid for the party's nomination. Mr Buchanan ia an outspoken social conservative;Mr Newman is a vigorous opponent of traditional marriage who lives with two women. CANDIDATE AND SLOGAN OF THE WEEK Duke, a character from the Doonesbury cartoon, announced his candidacy for the Reform Party nomination. Duke's impressive resume include s ex-US ambassador to China, ex-governor of American Samoa and ex-Rolling Stone journalist. His campaign slogan? Compassionate fascism, or maybe coercive libertarianism. Larry King Live, CNN, March 13th Could someone please assist me in defining compassionate fascism and coercive libertarianism. I will be much obliged. sidi sanneh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------