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Over the past 3 decades of bashing my head against the stout wall of public apathy, ignorance and stupidity (igorance can be cured but stupidity is forever), I sometimes found myself mutttering that "Like a dog that soils a carpet in the living room, these dummies need a SERIOUS dose of rub-your-noses-in-it statist socialism to get a good close look at the thing" But as I reflected on what I'd just said, it struck me that -- with much help from the government endoctrination centers called "schools" and the 501(c)(3) neutered churches yammering away on Romans 13 -- they might...

On the radio a couple of weeks ago, Hugh Hewitt suggested to me the terrorists might try to pull a Spain on the U.S. elections. You'll recall (though evidently many Americans don't) that in 2004 hundreds of commuters were slaughtered in multiple train bombings in Madrid. The Spaniards responded with a huge street demonstration of supposed solidarity with the dead, all teary passivity and signs saying "Basta!" -- "Enough!" By which they meant not "enough!" of these murderers but "enough!" of the government of Prime Minister Aznar, and of Bush and Blair, and troops in Iraq. A couple of days...

Nude hiker covers the length of Britain Thu Jan 22, 4:40 PM ET LONDON (AFP) - A hiker completed his naked quest to walk the entire length of Britain wearing nothing but a pair of boots and a rucksack on his back, reaching John O'Groats on the northern tip of Scotland to a rapturous welcome from local residents. Over the course of his 1,450-kilometre (900-mile) journey from Lands End on England's south coast, Steve Gough, 44, has been arrested numerous times, has made several court appearances and has served two jail sentences. "My body is part of me and it's...

So, I'm sitting here waiting for technical support from Norton because the new 2003 has destroyed my machine, (on their behalf, this is the first time I've had a problem) and parusing the threads.....I see this stuff about why I'm leaving and it reminds me of our dear, dear friends the french, who think we actually care.....Well, here's anouther point of view:I'm staying here because this is the best damned web site on the web....I have more friends and others who agree with me than I do in the Senate....I have faster news than anyone but AP, and more honesty...