Pat:

First off, thank you for the complement --- your friendship means a lot to me.

In my opinion two things happened:

01) Yes I have undergone some kind of a transformation during this past year.

02) As my good friend Andrea stated --- the tide seems to have turned here at the Infosource. Perhaps people are becoming more aware that the things I talk about aren't bullshit --- my placing footnotes and references in my messages was necessary to provide proper background and context.

02a) Plus, another thing that I believe --- and this is in my personal life as well --- everywhere I go, people ask me about things they hear or see on the news or talk radio or TV. Most intelligent people these days know that something is awfully wrong with the world --- but because they were never given the tools to do so, they do not know how to speak out or even how to organize.

Plus, just like David says on his ON TRIAGE interview, I am now past the time of tears --- I am now laughing myself silly --- there really isn't anything funnier than carpet bombing! Hans was right after all!

Seriously though --- I have been having a great year, and I am very pleased with the way things are going in my life at the moment. :)

P n' P = KDB