Okay, not so explosive after all.

[freshwest]

25. That kind of stuff is what makes Alex Jones and Glenn Beck rich, here. Are there any similar types

Influencing people in the UK to do what they do here?

That is, buy guns, stock up on food, ammo, seeds and medicine, move to the country, learn out to slaughter animals for food, run around in camo in the woods playing militia and join right wing churches, planning for the End Times and all of that?

I mean, there is a lot of money in this stuff. I have not heard anything like this going on in the UK. Although I have friends in Scandinavia tell me they have some similar types there.

This appears to be some kind of American romance with the wild west or the frontier which they want to live in like some fantasy world. Another part of the gun culture is the belief that they can actually ward off a government attack... Yeah, right.

Appreciate you putting me up to date about the Lords there. I'm not sure, but I thought that one of them had complained about the austerity cuts being made. In that respect, I think they'd be freer to say things that the regular politicians wouldn't.

And the House of Commons. Wow. I used to watch the weekly PM's questions program when Blair was there. I was pleased to see him having to explain himself, instead of how Bush hid behind his press secretary.

What I couldn't understand at that time, since I didn't know what he was doing in the domestic scene there, was why everyone I knew personally over there simply despised him. 'He's such a liar!' they'd say.

The Senate here just went nuts over him. I enjoyed Galloway telling the GOP off. Do you see any changes in the political scene in the UK because of his victory with the 'Respect' party?

Which I know nothing about...

I like him because like a number of politicians there, he appears to be passionate for peace, working people, the poor, etc. I don't delve into the I/P things, because it's a function of right wing religion here, but he's been outspoken on that region and the Middle East.

I'm a reluctant globalist, but not in the corporate sense. I want America to stay at home and try to set a good example instead of screwing around in other countries. Admittedly, we don't seem to be staying at home.

Thanks again for the information.