While I do not argue the possibility of what you are suggesting, it is the heart and soul of George Bush that we do not truly know. After all, he may be as you suggest, 'his father's boy', but he is also his mother's son. And Barbara Bush demonstrated on many occasions a tremendous advocacy of human spirit and responsibility. Therefore, there exists a 'chance' however slight it might be, that this man, George W., possesses a Mind of his own. What better place to educate a great leader than from within the very den of the 'powermongers'. To have them place him into power is the great irony.

In no way do I suggest this as an absolute. Only a longshot possibility. What I do know for certain is that this slim chance is better than the 'no-chance-at-all' that exists in the alternative, Al Gore. He demonstrates his power-mongering egotism every time he opens his mouth to tell us how he is going to 'take care of us'. "I'll fight for you!" He proclaims, but everything in his 'math' says: 'I'll THINK for you too'. And it is clear that most of those who voted for him desparately want to be taken care of. They do not want the responsibility of their own extraordinary ability for consciousness. After all, it hurts to think.
As I watch the pseudo demonstrators in Florida, I can't help but be reminded of the plant in 'Little Shop of Horrors': "You gots ta feeds me, Seymour!"(I fully realize that some voted for Gore because of idealism...i.e., what they WANT him to stand for, rather than what he does actually stand for...)

I, for one, do not want ANYONE to take care of me. I simply want to be left alone so that I can continue to grow and develop into my own perfectly creative beingness. That is our job, after all, individually and collectively as human consciousness: Demanding the freedom that belongs to our developing consciousness as we take responsibility of and for our own Minds.

And the government is simply in the way of this incredible revolution that is happening from inside of us. ...Or by being in the way, is it really just the catalyst?

There is, after all, a good side to its interference: By being in our way, this Federal monster creates a dam whereby many more of us awaken to who we truly are. It forces us to draw our own 'line in the sand'. 'This is a far as I will go,' we hear our own Minds say. 'You're not thinking for me anymore! You Nameless, Faceless THEY' (Look at the courage of Les Coleman and others who have put themselves on the line so we can reflect on this very personal Inner Revolution; face into our own fears as we experience our own Minds demanding that we stand up; stop crawling around on our painfully knobby mental-midget knees and use our new psycho-physical wings. Les Coleman, et al, are the living 'Christs' of our day! ...Hey, somebody needs to say it!)

In fact metamorphosis is the perfect simile to what is happening to us: The caterpillar has completely developed into the butterfly, but he doesn't realize it, until his new wings begin to push up against the walls of the rotting cocoon. I think that is what is happening right now to human consciousness...to us, collectively. Our new awareness is pushing up against the walls of the Socio-religio-corporate-military-scientific-government cocoon that has held us in place while human consciousness morphed into the butterfly. The Internet has a lot to do with this. Indeed, I think our collective consciousness created it and that we have far more control over our environment than we can even now imagine. You can see this phenomenon being played out right here on this forum!

I do not pretend to know that the person, George W., is this aware, though it would be truly wonderful if he were. What is important is that he is an icon (focus of energy) that will take us in a slightly different direction than we are now going under Clinton. This causes a kind of chaos in the machine, such as retooling does in a car factory. And therein lies a little more time for the 'butterfly' that is our emerging Awareness to leave the cocoon and fly.

No, I don't think this is what either Faction 1 or 2 has in mind. But I do think this: Faction 1 knows it is possible and is scared to death of our emerging Awarenss because they do not have the ability (the genetic structure) to take part in this. (hmmm, does that make the Rothchilds genetically INFERIOR to us...what a delicious idea.) Are they even human? I don't pretend to know. In fact, it is the fact of it happening that has thwarted their efforts to absorb us as quickly as they planned.

Faction 2 is actually Us, but with money and the power to change things globally. They still have a choice; they too are evolving. Faction 1 expected to absorb them as well, but have been largely unsuccessful. The fact is, many in Faction 2 are being affected by this evolution of consciousness as well. I'm not saying that it is a pretty sight or that there is anything simple about it, but it IS happening, nonetheless.

Esclarmonde