[Strangelet]

Well good showing as always, I don't think he realized what he was getting into. I've said this before but I envy your ability to stay reasonable and at least engage.

Cable news talked about Barney Frank's "outburst" as so sensational. For a statesman to say "Talking to you would be like arguing with a kitchen table" to a constituent?! Scandal!

I'm pretty sure we disagree on this, but I'm convinced America is fucked. I see no productive method of reasoning against the zeitgeist marketed by the handlers of America's kakistocracy. At this point its a foregone conclusion that Brussels, (and probably Brazil!) will be more politically powerful than us in 10 years and that our empire is coming to an end. Which is fine by me. America was never meant to be an empire. What I'm starting to worry about is whether or not any shred of the conceived republic will remain.

But this puts me in a position where I've nothing to offer dialog except raw emotion and the perennial desire to punch people in the face. Which is why I'm quiet and detaching until I can come to grips with the total loss of respect and patriotism for my country, its culture, and a large swath of its population.