The latest posts made me wonder why I'd engendered such hostility, so I went back to the beginning of the thread, and I'm glad I did. I saw the stuff about the Real I.D. Act and I added a mention of that to the letter I'll send out to my representatives tomorrow. It will be good for them to see an example of how nullification stopped a criminal federal action. Once again I must thank the Mudcat name-callers for keeping me on my toes. Your vitriol is being put to good use.

Some of the vitriol seems a bit over the top, though. The persistent use of the term "redneck" is a bit disturbing. It alludes to skin color in a negative way, and I'm surprised to see it being used with such abandon on this forum. But it is being used, and since white people are referred to as "rednecks" here, should I be calling black people by something denoting skin color? And what about Hispanics? And Orientals? And should I use "redskin" when referring to American Indians? Advice on this would be appreciated.