Come on Phil! You HAVE to know that most of my crap is just that...CRAP. Crap to spur conversation and maybe exchange a few inconsequential ideas. In this case, it was a way to emphasize to Matt that Humankind (HEY! how's THAT for PC-talk, huh?! HUMANkind!

) all over the world are basically pretty clueless, and that we should NEVER take ourselves THAT seriously!!!!!!
BUT, if you REALLY want to know why it may seem I especially "like" to denigrate americans....it's because WE have ALL the advantages in the world to be INFORMED in this country and it seems most of us don't take advantage of these opportunities here in the Good Ol' U.S. of A!!!(BTW...a country which I LOVE and of which I know I'm lucky to be a citizen)
(that's why it MAY seem that way, Phil)