<font color='#000000'>Okay guys, I'll bite, and chime in. Maybe because I'm having a terrible day at work today, but I have to agree with Mustang Steve and Vivaldi. I tend to think that much of our problems are due to what I consider to be a huge problem in North America, as well as well as the world - Entitlement Theory. Everybody feels that because they were born human, they are entitled to x, y and z, and the people that don't support that theory are simply mean old nasty republicans. Not so, people. You may have the right to educate yourself at your expense, buy whatever tools you care to afford with these earnings, and learn whatever it is that you can learn to do with those tools, but don't think that I have to make room for you at art schools, and music schools, etc... Or, that I have to listen to crappy programming on radio stations that feed us this uninspired drivel, masquerading as music, art or otherwise creative thought! My wife continuously tells me that I have to get hip or get old - I have to listen to the "NEW" music or I'm doomed to live in the past. Well, I keep telling here that when I hear good new music, I'll be the first to listen, but of late, all I've heard is crap. Also, I'm tired of being taxed to the hilt just to run entitlement programs to ensure that everyone gets their daily handout from the government. It's simply a death spiral that we're stuck in, crippling the people that it seeks to help, like some kind of welfare. Unfortunately, I just don't see it getting any better.
There, thanks for being subject to my rant. I actually feel a bit better now. This truly was the steam vent for me today.
Pat</font>