Kevin T, contrary, popular American opinion, talking down about your leaders is pretty universal and hardly unique to the USA. In fact, I think the exception are countries that do not allow this. And by the way, computers are all over the freakin' world too. I hate to burst your bubble but your problems are not only your own, but they happen to be spilling over into other countries. I am grateful of my country becuase I can say whatever the crap I want and I do not have to qualify it with "If I wasn't here, I'd be blah blah." You can be proud of your country. That is fine. Who cares? But just allow those of us, who think of most of it as a sh*thole to have our opinion please. And if you have any margin of political power you guys claiom to, tell your leaders to 'but out' of other countries' business.