Time for some mindless amusement…..

OK, the Lion of Babylon was on the run for 9 months before he was dug out of his 'spider hole'. From the video, he seemed well-fed and healthy, which begs the question: just what does a maniacal, authoritarian despot need to survive on the lam? What, exactly, is needed in a Tyrant Survival Kit (TSK)?

My TSK suggestions:

Emergency Devices Group, Food and Shelter Group:

- Several trunks stuffed with crisp, un-circulated C-notes
- Pistol
- A couple of trusted minions with assault rifles
- Well used taxi

Medical Group:

- Jack Daniels Black Label

Signaling Group

- Cassette recorder, blank tapes
- Al-Jazeera's phone number


Other suggestions? I'm sure several of you (OK, most of you) could do better.


…..CLIFF