As in the England right before the American Revolution, or is it just me? All the things that the founding Americans fought for seem to go against everything conservatives stand for. Women are X. Kids are X. Gays are X. Dark brown people are X. Light brown people are X. Obey the law no matter how pointless and/or irrational it is. Profit for insider me and not for outside thee. Do as I say and not as I do, blah, blah, blah. Secrets everywhere. Backroom dealing only. I mean, the friggin' "Tea Party" is named after a group of absolute terrorists from the British colonial point of view, right? They secretly plotted to hurt the Brits where it counted at the time, no? What is up with these people? Is this what it's like to belong to a race that is disappearing? I mean, literally disappearing into the sand. Do these people need ongoing, sustained confirmation that they are valid? Why is looking in the mirror and pulling some Stewart Smalley affirmations not enough for these folks? I mean, strength comes from character. It does not come from finding security in your neighbors' thinking exactly like you do on every topic--that's not even true friendship. I am so looking forward to the coming generations of mixed blood people. As I always say in my DK tag line, mix the blood and make new people. Maybe I need to start saying mix the blood and make new new people. That seems to be the one thing that stops race-differentiation-based stupid. I am a proud mixed blood dude, and I can honestly say I dig all three of my very American-yet-made-up-of-Japanese-Swedish-Dutch components. The sum of those IS my magnitude. I say that loud, and I say that proud. Peace.