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I think Bush's policies are reminiscent or Saruman's care of the Shire. In the name of freedom he made everyone afraid and removed civil liberties. The names given to policies were the opposite of what was actually implemented. He locked people up without rights or trials for long periods of time -- at first with more obvious cause but increasingly because they defied him. Nature was despoiled at first for commerce and then in ways that "didn't even make bad sense". The travesty of the Bush administration isn't only on a global level, but on the personal level of our everyday lives.
And Dr. Rice makes an excellent Grima Wormtongue -- cowed and unsure of how he became aligned with such an obviously wicked person.
In my group of middle-class friends, very few people have diamond engagement rings. Mine was opal, my sister's amythyst, my best friend's sapphire. All three of us had input into what ended up on our fingers, though, and none of us have regretted our choices!
This was in part an economic choice -- none of us wanted to start married life in debt as a diamond engagement ring would've required -- but it was also an expression of our personal choices and preferences.
Amazingly, even though my engagement ring cost less than $100, I'm still happily married to the man who gave it to me.
