Actually, Doug, the USA could be the hope of the World...or it could be a curse upon the World...depending on which way the pendulum swings in the next few short years. If enough people of genuine goodwill step forward, it will swing in a positive direction. If not, it will swing us all into an abyss, and the USA will be remembered as a onetime promise of hope that turned into a monstrosity and devoured the World.

As I said, it all depends on people of goodwill...in the USA and elsewhere. It depends on each and every one of us in every thought and every act. It takes more courage to love than it does to hate. It takes a great deal more courage, because to LOVE one must overcome FEAR, whereas to hate one must only indulge it.

- LH