Well, it's been fun bandying words with you all, and hope we could all still
have a friendly chat over a cold one if we ever met. I confess I still
don't understand the new conservatism. Maybe the conservatives that raised
me were just different. They valued personal responsibility, always take
the high road - the end never justified the means, stayed out of debt, and
above all, didn't trust the government regardless of who is in the office -
keep them on a short leash and throw them out the second they looked like
they were abusing their office.

Happy and safe 2006,

Dave