[SnarlinCubBear]

OMG, you were wonderful!!! I can not THINK that fast, esp under pressure with a curmudgeon.

I know you gave him a lot to think about, and maybe, just maybe he will soften his tone.

[NordP]

Yeah, I was thinking the very same thing...maybe something I said will impact his thoughts---I can only hope.

Thanks for your kind words, SCB and mystery-ak!

I'm sorry about your experience mystery-ak. You'd think people would have more decency. I wrote on a different thread on FR that perhaps WE failed President Bush, instead of it being totally the other way around. President Bush simply held us to a higher standard of understanding. ---A different take on all this. I like to look at both sides. There's plenty of blame to go around for people not understanding why we're doing what we're doing, and some of it has to do with capacity to comprehend the bigger picture, too.