var msgtext = "You will understand the game behind the curtain too well not to perceive the old trick of turning every contingency into a resource for accumulating force in the government. James Madison                                ";
var cur = 0;

setInterval("setmsg()", 200);


function setmsg() 
{
	var tmsg = "";
	
//	return;  Should be able to rewrite this based on absolute coordinates for smoother scrolling
	
	tmsg = msgtext.substr(cur, msgtext.length - cur);
	if (cur != 0)
	    tmsg += msgtext.substr(0, cur);
	document.date.msg.value = tmsg;
	if (++cur >= msgtext.length)
	    cur = 0;
}