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Madison, Wisconsin? The capitol of what state? How about the state of self importance? How about the state of smug certainty of one's moral superiority? The state of self righteousness?

A recent Republican Governor said that Madison was a few square miles surrounded by reality. Madisonians hated him.

I suspect that the 1939 "Wizard of Oz" was a conscious metaphor for the illusion of socialism. The wizard was a powerless b.s.er and regular people, lost girls and confessed heartless, brainless, and courageless everyday people had to get the job done despite fear and incompetence. So I think of Madison as "the Emerald City".

LOL! You're from Wisconsin and you can d@amn well say whatever you want. I have a uncle in Manitowoc . . . we have to make every effort to NEVER bring up politics or the economy when talking to him . . . remember our earlier discussion on forms of "extinction level events"? There you go!

BTW, I was fasinated by your history rewrite on the "what if" question. I know you want to visit Gettysburg one day . . . read Newt Gingrich's history rewrite "Gettysburg" wherein Lee takes Longstreets advise and allows him to move his Corps down to Emmitsburg over Monocacy Creek bridge and into Taneytown in order to flank the Union and cut off it's supply routes. I don't want to give away the rest . . .