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To: energyplay who wrote (63831)	5/14/2005 3:26:51 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 74559

Tony Blair is on a "sticky wicket" imho. bartleby.com The term comes from the game of cricket. A game we invented but it turns out, as usual, most other nations are better at. Unlike your baseball, the ball is bounced off the turf before the batsman attempts a strike at the ball. If the ground is wet and muddy, it's almost impossible to anticipate the direction of the ball after the bounce. Iraq, Thorp, Galloway, backbenchers with reduced Commons majority, Tony has got to be on his top form for the next few "overs". Otherwise we will see the bails flying imho. Over -- A series of consecutive balls. bowled from one end by one bowler. The international convention for an over is now six balls, although overs of four and five balls were common before 1900, and Australia and New Zealand only recently abandoned their customary eight-ball overs nakedwhiz.com nakedwhiz.com

To: energyplay who wrote (63831)	5/14/2005 4:26:49 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Re: How shakey or solid is Tony Blair ? The Labour backbenchers may raise a ruckus, but they are powerless to remove Blair as leader. A very wily conservative, Tony Blankley, editor of the Washington Post, feels that Blair can survive for at least a couple more years. Others feel that Blair may be forced out by the time of local elections in late 2006. At any rate, Blair is in no immediate danger of losing his job. He is, however, much closer to losing his mind. The dirty bastard has his nose right up George Bush's rump in the run-up to another criminal incursion into Iran.