Mississippi voted today on this issue. Safe bet that the flag remains the official flag for the state. But, maybe I'll be surprised.

Again, I say, the flag is not the real issue. It is today's `tug of war. After the vote, there will be another tug of war over another controvery.

We can play tug of war til the cows come home and never resolve a damned thing because we are not dealing with the real issue.

That is what I meant by "biting our own asses".

Each person needs to understand personal responsibility, and perhaps the first step to that is to honestly look at, and deal with, the motives which one keeps in his own heart.

khandu