Hi Boaz,

Hope all is well with you and yours and enjoying a Happy New Year. I agree with your statement and also believe that all those who were profiteering on this need to be held accountable. I'm not a huge fan of the Bush Administration, and I'll even go out on a limb here and state that there where things about them I did like, but overall I wasn't impressed. I feel the same way about the Clinton admin as well. I'm a fan of Ronald Reagan, perhaps its the old comic and actor in me but I liked him for his ability to communicate, he really made me proud to be an American. I like Kennedy too, he could have changed the entire outcome of the sixties and seventies.....

You are absolutely right I think, on the amendment and its purpose. As an advanced country, we should be leading the way in ensuring human rights abuses are not tolerated in any way shape or form. I've always thought that leading by example was the way to go, and not by dictating what others should do. That's my arguement with this congress and our current President, as well as the past eight years before. It's an elitist group, regardless of the ideology, they are not leading by example, and they are certainly not showing any sense of fiscal responsibility or accountability at all. Communism has never worked successfully in any country, and repackaging it and marketing it doesn't change what it really is. Just my opinion.

I wish you the best and hope you have a great week. Hopefully we'll meet in person one day and have a great debate over a wonderful bowl!

G