Tim, thanks very much, but where I'm moving to, it'll cost you more than the book to ship it to me
. I might just buy a copy in a week or two.
Kevin (I'm on first name terms with him now) mentioned that one of the reasons for the downfall of great nations in the past was religious fundamentalism, and he said that this country has that problem now.
I am constantly amazed at how blind the general public is to what's happening around them. My brother is an extremely successful doctor, very affluent, and you gueesed right, a Repub. His faith in the American Way and America's future is unshakeable, despite all the proof you can provide - financial and economic data, detailed analyses by experts, etc. He will just pooh-pooh all of that. On the one hand, I admire his optimism and faith, but on the other, I think he is in denial that his good life may get a wee bit nastier in the future, and that his kids may not have as good a life as he has. I think most affluent people, who should know better by virtue of their education and means to know, fall in this category. And then there are the poor innocents who don't know what's happening around them and are helpless to do anything about it anyway.
Walmart.com sucks, big time. I had ordered a couple of DVDs for my daughter (weren't available or priced x2 elsewhere), got a "shipped, here's the tracking #" email which in the same breath said to expect the package in 8 weeks. Naturally I follwed up with a reply and played tag for a while till they broke down and gave me an 800 number to call. I call that to cancel, and tell the lady "your company's service is very bad", and she freaks out, saying "it's not
my company, I only work here", etc. etc.
JEEZ! I had to explain to her that I wasn't mad at her, but at her employer. Dealing with her scared the shit out of me. Is this what we have stooped down to?
ps: If my typing resembles Eric's, it's because I've switched to my laptop, and am not used to this keyboard.