P.S. I'll admit that I looked up "amuck" in the dictionary. You got it right....I didn't want you to get any more grief today. ;^)
I also have to say that this is an important topic and we should not quibble about spelling. Remember that most of us learned our spelling from the public school system.
I think that it is horrific that we have stood still while the (mostly left) enviro whackos demonized substances like asbestos, DDT and CFCs and we let them cost us billions of dollars and millions of lives by letting them control the guns of government in relation to these substances.
It is unbeleivable that we let the (mostly right) drug warriors prosecute the War on Drugs that has financed very dangerous enemies in both the middle east and South America. If you remember, we were spoiling for war in Columbia until 9-11.
Now both left and right are getting together to tear up the constitution-for the emergency, of course- to battle terrorism. None of which will help one bit.