Everything you said is gospel, the suggestion of going to see a movie to somehow ameliorate the situation notwithstanding. The trouble is, although very few have hit on the problem as well as you, it is simply another restatement of the problem. Until we get to the point where talk and deciphering that which we already know is finished--and we ACT!--they will keep destroying us and we will keep falling from the cliff. Having said that, MadHound, I am in no way diminishing what you have explained. What I am saying is when you have met the enemy head-on and he is standing in front of you with his finger on the trigger, you don't stand there marveling at the intricacies of his weapons. You lock and load yourself OR you lose the ability to even do that--