Rob,

Some excellent ponts there, bub! I'm in my broad-stroke mode, I guess.

But I AM thinking of taking up Mad's offer and using that airline ticket of his, but ONLY for a short trip to see a little more of the world than I already have.

You see...I figure, maybe, JUST MAYBE, when I return to the place I'm PROUD to call HOME HERE, AND in the interim, some of my fellow American's jingoistic eyes could possiblly have opened up, they might have gotten their heads screwed on straight, and SEE the world the way it REALLY IS, without those star-spangled blinders on that they are SO proud to sport.

NAAAAAAAW! Never happen!

Cheers,
Dwight

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)