I've had insomnia for a few weeks and know that my posts have been less than illuminating :-)
It really is worth copying the Chair's opening to your e-mail and printing it out; it's superb!
We're going to a wine tasting/art show/dinner tonight and one of our guests is a big liberal and he's from New Orleans! So I just know this will be a huge topic of conversation and I want to have as much ammunition at my disposal as possible.