I've tried to pull together all the juicy bits from today's news coverage into a Liberty and Power entry:

http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/9087.html

I'd love to know whether Thames actually wrote on the 1/16/04 letter, referring to his Kitchen Cabinet... it actually occurred to me when I first saw the PDF that "KC" could stand for kitchen cabinet... but I need corroboration on that before making a public statement about it.  Same goes for the rumor that SFT knocked back too many hurricanes after the football team won the New Orleans Bowl.

Robert Campbell

PS. Although there really are some juicy bits in what happened today, nearly all bode terribly for USM... and I wish there were happier outcomes to report.