dave odell dealed government in the next election, bring in the new one and give them a try for a while. in other words some of that syndrome happened in our own country recently. on the other hand countries that have really strong, authoritarian regimes handle it by turning down the screws on the claims. if things get works economically it does not matter because the police and armed forces are so powerful and certainly north korea is in that category. although, north korea seems to be staying fairly busy these days mapping out the sea bed in the pacific with missile probst so they seem to have other things going on. but, it is the countries that have a combination of some of their-- authoritarian features and at least populist not democratic that seemed the most susceptible to change and loss of stability due to tough economic conditions. the new democracies of central and eastern europe are examples. ukraine in particular is under a great deal of political pressure due to difficult economic conditions. except for and yet many questions of south asia are similarly under pressure. virt