Little Hawk, I agree with much of what you say about what's wrong with the United States and what's right with Canada. But as far as that dreaded (shudder!) Socialism is concerned, I would go even further. I look at the Scandinavian countries and how well their social programs work. I am not a Socialist. But I look around the world and see what works for the benefit of a country's citizens at large and how well they get along with their neighbors on this planet, and I'm led to some inescapable conclusions.

But with all due respect, Little Hawk (not saying this specifically about you, but to all who continuously enunciate the viewpoint), "It makes no difference who you campaign for or vote for, the election has already been decided by THEM!!"—I regard as defeatism, nudged along by a mixture of laziness and cowardice.

"There's no use in my working hard, protesting and campaigning to try to bring about a better world because The Fix is In. I see it as a foregone conclusion. So I'll just crack open a beer, sit back, prop up my feet, and not strain myself."

Sorry, but that's the way I—and thank Zeus, lots of other people—look at it.

A few quotes by Margaret Mead ("a small group of people"), Thomas Jefferson ("an informed electorate'), and a few others. . . . Look 'em up.

One that I think is particularly germane is from that famous philosoper, Anonymous:   "The adage, 'you can't fight City Hall,' was started by—City Hall! Think about it!"

Don Firth