It's good to be reading your rantings again. Yeah this weeks articles have been spot on. The Kerry one on the war was especially eye opening. Around the world and including here in England it's become quite popular to dislike America and in particular Bush. The usual insults are used like you outlined in Bush character article. So a lot of people here would prefer Kerry in power based on their misconception of his military past. "He's a war hero, he'd sort out Iraq", without knowing what his stance is.