It would still be considered poor form to tackle someone playing on your team. Reason (1), though, also has a strong echo with the actual case at hand. Even with Big Oil, which is all-in behind the Republican party and who profits the most heavily from the conditions that seriously hurt the Dow, he backs away and gives them space to play.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.