Dear Nephew,

Passed Abe’s on my way to the store yesterday. Seems to have got his stone wall fixed up. His son, Don, back from college, was raking the yard - you recall, short ‘n stocky, was sort of a bully as a kid. He’s grown up now ‘n follows politics real close. Told me he’s noticed how the government mistreats its critics – smearing General Zinni for wanting more troops in Iraq, undermining Richard Clark’s integrity cause he’s critical of Bush.

 Don says what with Vanity Fair and the Washington Post both taking Bush & Co. to task, the administration’s now got a whole raft of persons to go after. Plus those guys on the 9/11 Commission might wind up targets too. 

Well, just as I think his character’s matured for the better, Don lays out this idea there’s a fortune to be made contracting with Bush & Co. to do character assignations. Thought he’d form a company, call it Selective Character Revelations and Updates, Unlimited (SCRU, U., for short).

 He even tried to incorporate but found out the company name was taken already. Fancy that. Some corporation, Hellsibottom, already set up a division just for that purpose. Staffed it with some unemployed execs whose corporations made quite a splash recently – financially downward that is. 

Naturally, Don’s disheartened. But I told him here’s another case where the big guys on the inside get to trump the little guys on the outside.

 Yours truly,
Great Aunt Maggie Pye