I'm not lonely, John. I thoroughly enjoy my solitude when I can arrange it, which is frequently. I do enjoy being "right", of course, because I have an ego. I bet you're just like that too... virtually everyone is. When I want fellowship I go to musical clubs and local cafes and get together with friends...and sometimes I chat on Mudcat too. It's fun. Nothing more vital than that.

America is NOT the best country in the World. There is no such thing as "the best country in the World" and people would be better off giving up such self-aggrandizing notions and ways of looking down on other people. But that also arises out of ego, so there you go. The Lakota Sioux thought they were the "best" people in the World. I'm sure Custer thought the 7th cavalry was the "best" military unit in the World. Egotism is endemic. Being the "best" did not save Custer when he miscalculated, did it? It did not save the Lakota in the years following, when they were overwhelmed by the US Army. And being "the best" did not get America a military victory in Vietnam when the USA miscalculated either. I repeat, there is no such thing as the best country in the World and there never will be.

Now lookie here, Wilco, I already told you what Liberals are made of. They are made of blue denim and guacamole. And if that don't do it for ya, take an anger management course...

- LH