Little Hawk....You made some very good points in your posts, and its obvious you can still summon up real emotion on the subject.

Its a pity most of the sheep on this forum have their eyes too close together to see the bigger picture.
Here in the UK we've had our share of psuedo-socialist leaders.
They never do any real good, even the ones who mean what they say.

I love your phrase "American illusion".    WE have a British illusion as well,and these well meaning people simply keep the illusion alive...Ake