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Hmmm. If your lefties are leaving, perhaps its time I invested in some property in the States. South Carolina being my favoured location.

Regards, Ivan

C'mon over! Water's fine!!!

{Excuse off-topic rant,speaking of good states to live in:)}

Mississippi wouldn't be bad either, we really DO have beachfront property,LOL,(the Gulf Coast),and I have to admit that I'm proud that our leaders(and our governor was a 'Rat at the time!!!!!) had the integrity to allow the people to vote on the flag issue(state flag),and that even with all the threats of boycotts and everything else,even though we're the poorest state(though we annually top the list for charitable giving per income in the US),we voted to keep our old flag. For a lot of us,by that point it wasn't even an issue of "what flag", but an issue of not being blackmailed into doing or not doing something. I'm proud of Mississippi for this. And if anyone cares to look up the way the vote broke down,it wasn't as strictly as "black or white" as they might think-one or two majority black counties voted to keep the old flag,and one majority white county(not mine!) voted for the ugly "new flag". It was a matter of principle for Mississippians,ALL of us.We were all just tired of knuckling under to Jesse Jackson and his crew of extortionists.

Now if we could only do something about the chancellor of Ole Miss(my stepson's and step-daughter-in-law's alma mater),who has gotten rid of Colonel Reb,"Dixie" at half-time,and used a "no stick" rule to keep fans from carrying the flag(our state flag,mind you) at games.People don't understand,it's not just a matter of "holding on to the past",or heritage,or anything like that anymore,it's a matter of "where will it end?" if we keep on giving ground.We felt like the flag vote was as good a place to draw a line as any,since outsiders forced the issue.It's NOT always "the economy,stupid".