> It is indeed absurd for
> a leftist listserv to bog down trying to ID which region of the US is more
> backward. As my fav quotemeister Dr. Johnson put it: "There is no
> settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea." The only
> thing worth fixating on is that the US as a *whole* today is a steaming
> heap of inequity at home and an armed and dangerous lunatic abroad.
Here indeed is a point upon which Carl and I can sing happy harmony.