Whew, I guess I've been gone for awhile. What's this? John Pavao ---------- As a memeber of a cabal, I think you're missing the midle ground. A conspiracy is an authoritarian (usual via oligarchy) organized plan to get "it" done. A cabal is a loose organization of people who have common goals. Low fat is part of the cabal. A good example of a cabal at work would be the Satanbusters(tm). The actual cabal consisted of unethical psychotheripists, preachers who saw a chance for a revitalization movement, and those who were out to make a quick puck (Geraldo, anyone)? While die-hard Satanbuster Bob Larson is still at it, most have fallen by the wayside as "Satanic Ritual Abuse" has been shown to share aspects with UFO abduction stories and fairy kidnappings. (See Carl Sagan's "Demon Haunted World"). I would not be too quick to denounce a cabalistic theory, as there is a lot of money to be made by keeping people afraid and ignorent. We live in an anticivilization where the tools of communication are actually tools of misinformation. The best thing to do to keep yourself informed is to never read a newspaper and turn off your television.