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>I mean, how do you make sense of
>Americans' typical POV: "Yes, the ship of state is sinking fast, but
>my own cabin is warm and comfy. So put me down as being personally
>clam-happy."
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>Carl
Will this work?
"The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."
F. Scott Fitzgerald