The following words of wisdom are from Maureen Dowd's column titled "Smoking Dutch Cleanser" published in the NYT Feb 11, 2006.

"Instead of just going after the 9/11 fiends, as W. promised with his bullhorn, the president and Vice President Strangelove have cynically played the terror card to accrue power and sidestep blame. They have twisted our values, mismanaged crises, fueled fundamentalist successes and violence around the world, and magnified a clash of civilizations."

Ms. Dowd manages to speak for those of us with no voice, at a time when the Administration and both political parties seem to be living in a parallel universe different from where the average citizen lives.