On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:56:38 -0500, in a place far, far away, richard
schumacher made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

In article ,
(Martha H Adams) wrote:

OK, there's a picture. So *why*? ??

Is America a space-faring culture and country? If it's not, then how
would you make it one?

Note from recent TV: America is the most Christian of all the
industrialized countries. ...Could that tell you something?

Yes, it says that in the US fear, superstition and tribalism have more
importance relative to science and humane progressivism than they do in
any other industrialized country.

"Humane progressivism"?

I just love these amusing caricatures of the US by people who are
utterly clueless of it.