I appreciate your frustration. It's not easy for me to know what to believe either. I have this enormous feeling I've been had by the people from whom I stepped back and said, "OK, you have the authority and I'm going to trust you." It must feel something like that.

When I said what I did about "second-guessing" I guess you know I knew I left myself open. The way I look at it, it's easy to admit when you're right and harder to admit when you're uncertain, and hardest of all to admit you're wrong. I don't believe the group with which I sympathize the most has it all right, because the world just isn't like that. I mean, even in World War II, when this country was fighting very bad people, we still turned away Jewish refugees and imprisoned our Japanese citizens. Nobody is right all the time.

So I put a little feeler out there to see what would happen. It's very gratifying to me that, after a couple of cream pies in the face (one each), we can talk. Thanks.

Humble regards--
Mary Anne