>
> ...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.
>
> So, to paraphrase a presidential inaugural suggestion of
> long ago -- let the list truck on with malice toward none,
> with charity for all.
"Malice for all and charity toward none" fits the topic better.
Yours WDK - WKiernan at ij.net