Mark marks:

> Wirt gives some fine examples of how difficult it is to tell the future.
>  Hmm, I seem to recall a couple of predictions made a couple of years ago:
>
>  http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind0103E&L=hp3000-l&P=R6756
>  Fri, 30 Mar 2001 16:41:52 EST
>
>  "Simply because the list is quiet this afternoon, let me put on my finest
>  show
>  of extrasensory perception and predict the future with aplomb, elan and
>  verve:
>
>  Prediction No. 1: Christie Todd Whitman, the new Environmental Protection
>  Agency administrator, will resign her position in less than three months."
>
>  <snip />
>
>  "Prediction No. 2: Colin Powell, current Secretary of State, resigns in
less
>  than a year, in order to pursue other opportunities."
>
>  <snip />
>
>  "Gentlemen, mark your calendars.
>
>  Wirt Atmar"

Let me say that Colin Powell has been my greatest disappointment in all of
this. Prior to his joining the current administration, I was one of his most
ardent supporters. I strongly felt that it was his duty to run for President,
if not only for the reason that he was among the most eminently qualified,
but that he would also put "blackness" behind us, in the same manner that
Kennedy put Catholicism to rest as a test for who and who isn't acceptable to
the American people for the office of President.

Although many people credit Powell with bringing a sense of rationality and
balance to the current administration, regrettably I would no longer vote for
him. He has sacrificed his integrity at the cost of being a "good soldier."

As for Whitman, she seems to be a genuinely decent person, but she does seem
to have a much higher tolerance for humiliation that I would in a similar
situation.

Wirt Atmar

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