DF,
Glad to hear there's no slack in morale. It's a hard business sitting in the middle of it all. But politics and political masters are passing, sometimes for good, sometimes not.
Ronald Reagan, probably the most successful American president of the last century (I personally consider FDR, oft cited for this honor, to have been a lucky piker, and regrettably not enough people remember the great TR) was followed by Bubba, arguably one of the, if not the, worst American president of the last century. Bubba gave way to GWB, who may be one of the great American presidents of this century. And so it goes.
Can Jack &rew be long for the door? Whatever French pride dictates in sticking with her home boys, even the French have their limits, n'est pas?
Good luck with the play.
BTW, the garde arrière left at the xanga site is a hoot. He had to ask me to leave twice -- that's the whole spiel twice.
As always I offer my thanks for the good fight you fight.
Regards,
DGB