[Aurelius]

"At least you have been more polite..."

Either you have encountered some very nasty people or you have forgotten your sarcasm alert. Sometimes I get a little carried away. To try to go back and express myself a little more tactfully: I think there was more to Hoppe's message than what you expressed in your post.

I would acknowledge that in the first exchange on a thread, one should probably be more restrained than I was.

[VOA]

I would acknowledge that in the first exchange on a thread, one should probably
be more restrained than I was.

Aurelius,
Sincerely, I apologize.
I was also terse...and my post definitely was flippant in tone.
It's been a long day...started with my cousin calling me to tell me to turn on
the TV and watch another disaster. And the day just went into the tank from there.
My apologies. I was venting a bit. And at the wrong targets.

But don't think I'm gravely offended...without the "rough and tumble" of
www.freerepublic.com...we'd never "wrestle" out way to a good approximation of the truth.

And, as has happened many times before...please don't have a heart attack when you
find me agreeing with you on another thread/topic.

NOW, let the debate continue con gusto!!!

Cheers for now, Aurelius