Well, harpgirl, thnaks fir not pitching me in there with GUEST. I have been known to rant a tad.

But as to the basic question of "hate and rage". Maybe I just haven't been around the joint long enough to have an educated opion but I don't see much of it all. Yeah, I see a lot of folks who have passionate beliefs but considering the world situation, one shopuld expect this since these beliefs are the fabric of democracy.

Now as for "hate and rage" in general. The source for me are the extremists who highjacked democracy in the 2000 elections, are trying to gut the Bill of Rights and using threats of war as the centerpiece of America's foriegn policy. And it's not that I hate *them* as much as their idealogies.

Bobert