Bush è il vampire dell'olio

How much clearer can it be: Bush has more than doubled oil prices and will probably kill the economy.

È completamente chiaro. Bush ha raddoppiato il prezzo di benzina ed ucciderà l'economia.

the despot alone

The Snow man busts with some inadvertent truth:

In the totalitarian states the despot alone has the opportunity to declare what he or she wants to do. And frankly, they are much more warlike.

Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

"I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I'm the decider, and I decide what is best."