Well, ttr, it is indeed sad and troubling that democracy has totally failed as a system of government in the US. And there isn't any good news on the horizon as the educational system and TV is slowly but surely dumbing down American. I see the '04 election as perhaps America's last shoot of riddin' itself of facists who will, given time, follow in the footsteps of the facists that have come before.

Today, I held my nose as I affixed a Howard Dean bumper sticker to the back end of my old Toyota. But with the $200,000M that Bush has to spend and Diebolds promisin' to deliver, i must say that I am very concerned that we can't stop the Bush machine. But I'll be working the phone lines and knockin' on doors anyway...

Bobert