The fact that he is responding is a major plus.
Rog, honestly you're outside of my realm of experience.
I live in NY state, and the usual behavior for self-identified liberals is to come out cursing and screaming about the usual talking points of 'Enron', 'Halliburton', 'Bush lied', and such.
I haven't seen you do that.
So I must say "Thank you" for actually discussing things.
This is... unique in my experience.
Fluke happens.