Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada.

[IrishAyes]

34. Why does that not surprise me?????

You should take a fast peek at the tiny MidWest town where I retired for financial reasons (dirt cheap). One guy started bragging to me that his girlfriend almost made it through the 11th grade. The old fella generally considered a genius because he'd read a few books in his day was about as ignorant as they come. When they'd start preaching at me, I wouldn't argue but would simply start asking them easy questions which I knew they couldn't answer - such as what's the difference between micro economics and macro economics - until they'd shut up and leave me alone.

There are some nice people here, even a few basically intelligent ones. But 99% sound like rabid teabaggers and there have been days when I almost begged God to put me out of my misery. But after 7 years I've made a few actual friends and know several more congenial acquaintances, so I'm staying. They're gonna love it when a family (from elsewhere) of Catholic Workers inherit this place!

Just one example I don't think I've repeated lately, at least. The matriarch of one quite wealthy family told me how they set their daughter up in a posh Chicago lakeside apartment when she first went off to college, but baby girl 'wisely' came running home after a few weeks because all those people in Chicago scared the tar out of her. And she's never left home again!

Imagine; the world handed to that kid on a platter, limitless horizon ahead, and she runs home to hide under the covers. That's what mama bragged about.