I comfort myself in the knowledge that, despite the assertions of your rubbish televisual media (print still has bastions of excellence), most Americans are sane, thoughtful and compassionate people.

Now if we can just convince politicians to turn the bloody television off!

And every country has its morons. Yours just has more cameras to capture them. Still, Barney Frank brought great joy to my week. I'm thinking of sending him a thank you card.

(BTW, *hugs!* OH! And the post office found my package, it is wending its way back here, and I will send it to you again!)