On the subject of Patch Adams, I used to give him a little money every month back in the 80s, even though I couldn't really afford it at the time. And I had an opportunity to talk with him on the phone once. I see he's not really any closer to accomplishing his goal now than he was back then. I don't think he is the answer to the problem of millions of people in the US not having health care. If all of the other industrialized nations in the world can have universal health care systems that their citizens value and appreciate (and they do), so can the people of the US. All we have to do is put our resources into our own country instead of pissing them all away on our own and Israel's imperialist ambitions.