I once had a friend that had the same myopic legal fixation as Choate. She had this love/hate relationship with the law. On the once hand, she was a libertarian and very skeptical of the government. On the other, she did things like become a notary to gain some sort of government-anointed prestige. One of the things she did to play lawyer was repeatedly circle the block in her car to make a left turn at an intersection with a sign that said, "No Left Turn--Except Buses" or something like that. When she finally got a cop to ticket her, she was ecstatic. In court, she pulled out a definition of a "bus" from a source totally unrelated to the traffic code. It said a bus was any vehicle capable of carrying 6 or more people. Well, her car seated 6 or more, so it was a bus, right? The judge was so amused, that he cut her loose. She counted it as a victory and thought her legal "reasoning" had won the day. I only pray that I live long enough to see Jim Choate in the docket someday. Of course, he's way too smart to hire a lawyer, so he'll demand a free lawyer. When that doesn't work, he'll begrudgingly representing himself. He'll strut about, use big words he doesn't understand and waive around a tattered copy of the Constitution. Maybe he'll be as lucky as my friend. Probably he won't. Whatever the case, I want to be there. God, will it be SO rich. S a n d y