That's all I had in mind -- I wasn't being critical of you. With the clear examples of Germany and France, whose welfare states are supported (and now being consumed by) "guest workers," why in the world are American politicians allowing the same thing to happen here? One of the reasons "Iraq" Chirac is being such a royal pain is that he's trying to pacify Muslim "Frenchmen" brought in from the former colonies to work while French socialists vacation in Provence, the Riviera, or with their German friends in Yosemite and Yellowstone. While they play, the political mechanisms of their countries have been taken over by their "guests."