Well I for one am proud to live in a country where dreamers and entrepreneurs can do what they did in the mojave desert. What is so wrong with being proud of that? I'm glad I'm not a european who lives on a decaying continent whos governments stiffle the lives, dreams, creativity and entrepreurial spirit of their people. I for one am proud that we are different then the rest of the "developed" world and share a common spirit and bond with our countrymen and are proud to be American's! It has served us well over the last two centuries.
Stick to rum and cigars, Gwynne.