FUNNY, I always wondered about the word “loopholes’’ (“Financial bill under attack over loopholes,’’ Page A1, Oct. 30). But the other night I was watching a program on the History Channel about medieval castles. I learned that those narrow, vertical archer slots high up on castle walls are called loopholes, and then it all made sense to me.
From the loopholes, those on the inside of the castle (Congress and special interests) could easily shoot down anyone outside the castle (taxpayers). So, any special interest group that wants to pay to play on the inside could get what it wants, and have its special interest protected by those loopholes, while those on the outside get arrows in their rear ends.
Sounds about right, doesn’t it?
Mark Adams
Whitman 
