Orrin, I have been reading your blogs but this is no doubt your best post to date. Just the other night Tom Cullen said that when one man stands to his convictions it is easier for other men to stiffen their spines as well. Tom and Jenny are definitely a couple that stand for their convictions. It's amazing, I was in one of my classes this week and thought about how a country that was founded on taxation without representation could be resolved to trillions of dollars of debt. (My biggest question is that uncontrollable spending got us here. Now they want to take more of our money to solve the problem but not control the spending issue which is the deep roots of it all.) Now that you bring all of this up, it definitely makes it easier for me to stand up to this. And not just react to it (like the turtle) but take a proactive approach to it as Stephen Covey would say. I have engaged in the media war for a little over a year now and the information I have learned will help me to take a more proactive approach to all of this! Looking forward to 2008! Kevin