----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Lear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> This is a perfect piece of propaganda with Paquette, apparently > unwittingly, serving as a proxy for the truly rich --- how they must > be applauding him. > > > Bill ====================== [for another take, there's the below...] washingtonpost.com A Big 'Thank You' To the Wealthy Monday, January 13, 2003; Page A20 Last week my wife and I braved the inclement weather and went to the National Gallery of Art to view the trompe l'oeil exhibition. As we toured this outstanding collection and read the inscriptions next to each painting, I was struck by the number that had been donated to various museums by evidently wealthy people. Even the National Gallery itself was built with donated money. Rich people and their money seem to be a topic of constant criticism these days. I can only exclaim, "Thank God for the rich. How much poorer we would all be without them!" DONALD GRIESMER Annandale
