1 APR, 2004 - 1615 CST Hello Jim... I'm a Republican died-in-the-wool believer in free enterprise. But, in view of several things the current occupant of the White House is doing/has done to our economy and our environment, I would amend your observation to read as follows... BPL may represent regulation at its worst. On the other hand, it is unbridled, greedy, damn-the-consumer, entrepreneurialism at nearly its best.