[AmericanInTokyo]

This will indeed be the "fumie" (pronounced "foo-me-A"; the article of faith such as Japanese demanded of Nagasaki Christians in the 1600s) for me for 2006 with any elected representative who is in a position to move up the ladder politically.

I will hold it as my own litmus test.

I'll ask it at public forums for candidates.

I'll get them on record. And by golly, I'll vote against any of them who waver or hem/haw with excuses, be they Deathocrat or PLINO-GOP. This goes for City Council on up.

[Jrabbit]

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

Just got a call from the RNC here in Texas. I told the guy, sorry, fundraising is the last thing on my mind.

[russesjunjee]

That's the attitude we are all going to have to take, but I wonder if enough of us even care to make a difference.

Americans are so spoiled and oblivious to what is going on around them. They just don't care about anything until it effects them personally, at which point its usually too late to do anything about it.