And 'tis a pleasure to meet you, too, Ebbie. And you also, Foolestroupe.

And by the way, Robin, I love that shot of you and the l'il curtain climber in the "Member Photos and Info" section. What a little charmer in she is!

Yes, I, too, read Orwell's 1984 early on (I wonder if GUEST has?). And back in the late 60s, I read a slim volume entitled Report from Iron Mountain (no author indicated on either the spine or the title page) along with a whole lot of other people. It caused quite a furor. In fact, it was quite a wake-up call! It didn't really matter that the "Report" turned out to be a hoax. The alarm it sounded was loud and clear, and hoax or not, it opened the eyes of a lot of people to the nature and purpose of a lot of governmental shenanigans. I doubt that GUEST has even heard of it.

It's obvious that GUEST does not read very thoroughly. He/she obviously missed (or simply ignored), where I say in my long post above, "Stay alert. Be watchful. Be politically active."

Just because I don't squawk a lot and run around like a headless chicken doesn't mean that I am politically naïve or unaware.

Don Firth