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To: GST who wrote (136292)	6/11/2004 4:57:19 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

And your challenge, friend, is going to be far more difficult than mine.

To: GST who wrote (136292)	6/11/2004 5:17:09 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

GST, just in case you might be really interested, the line I used: "If a frog had a hip pocket he could wear a gun and keep the snakes off him at night" came to me from my dear departed father. Every time in my youth and young adulthood, when I forgot myself around Dad and said "If only I had this" of "If only I had done that" or something to that effect using the term IF, my dad would always reply: "If a frog had a hip pocket. . ."etc. My dad knew that frogs don't have hip pockets. He also knew that IF I weaned myself from the excuse of continually saying "IF only" then I might grow up and face the realities in that world that he knew so well. And once I was mature enough to face the real issues confronting me, I would no longer have to rely on the lame excuse: "If only etc. . ." If only you could prove treason; If only you could truly find some real live human being to condemn; If only the wheels of justice would grind fast enough to effect the coming November election; Then, you might, just might, find that leverage you seek to get rid of the man you obviously hate and the administration that you appear unable to support. "If only. . ." As Dad said so many times: "Son don't be afraid to grow up."