Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005 Here is a correction from the "Whole Earth Review" essay, above: Snopes.com has published a report that the 4,500 pound allgator allegedly found wandering the streets of New Orleans is really a 2003 photo of a crocodile from the Republic of Congo. While Snopes debunkings have themselves occasionally needed debunking, this seems reasonable enough, and offers actual specs on the photo. Note that in the original, the trailer's speed limits are apparently posted in kilometers per hour on the back of the vehicle, as is customary outside North America. I mentioned the 'alligator' as a humorous metapaphor for the reptillian, scavinging oil government now in power in Washington, with apologies to the critter. I'll update the text in the Web version shortly. Here is that Snopes link: http://www.snopes.com/katrina/photos/crocodile.asp e