[boris]

But did you like the tag? I made it up all by myself but am told that similar things have been said by others.

I like inventing aphorisms but I can rarely produce a good and original one:

Education is always painful;
Pain is always educational.

Radical egalitarians want to make everyone equal--
By making everyone equally poor.

I can try some others if you like.

--Boris

[Dutchgirl]

I like the tag, and I like the Tom Lehrer song, although I prefer "Poisoning Pidgeons in the Park" this one was appropriate, especially the line about "Reach out and lend a hand, to someone you can't stand." (Which just about sums up US foreign policy from WWI on...

As to author of this piece, he is sadly mistaken. MOST Americans have an impression of the British based on their TV exports. From his intellectual vacuity, he reminds me of this character...