I have said many times on Mudcat that the American people can save humanity from itself. They have retained the bravery and naivety to challenge the political elite without becoming cowed.

We in the UK "know" our position is hopeless, we are in their hands, all politicians are ultimately the same. Conservative, Labour, even the hated BNP....all creatures of the system.
We have lost the concept of freedom, the concept that still runs strongly in American hearts. Our overarching cynicism is our Achilles Heel, we must follow America in speaking out against a political hierarchy which believes itself better than those who elect it.
The financial meltdown and the failure of the US govt's warmongering foreign policy, appears to have been a wake up call to "Joe Public" who is beginning to question the wisdom of the "liberalist", "rights for all at any cost" mentality.

During the Vietnam War, American sailors from the Holy Loch base near where I live were often jeered at by locals, who would shout to them....."Remember the Alamo"!......It looks to me that the long dormant American memory begins to stir!!..........Ake

Amos...I'm sorry that America has given you a thumbs down, perhaps we could exchange passports.....:0)