And FYI....I am an "old timer" and lurked almost a full year before I joined.
Well, ok. It's late, and I'm punchy. Maybe that's why we got off to a bad start. I am making less sense than usual, which could be bad as maybe I don't much to begin with.
I can sense your frustration about the crevo wars. I do think they might be at the cusp of the issue touched on by the article. Sometimes, I am a guilty party to them, other times I stay away. It is an issue that is dear to me, though. It may not figure highly into this upcoming election, or even in '08, but I feel it could become an issue in the future. I've long been an advocate of patching up relations between libertarians and Republicans, especially since 911. I've said before that religious and secular conservatives need each other, and I still believe that is true and will remain so.