I'll let J.B. field this one but I'd only add I don't care about "being an american" and think nationalism is one of the worst poisons in the world....How long does someone have to live and work in this country for you to consider them an american?

As far as the comments about "bile" it's pretty rich considering I only really started using it as much in response to the bile that was already being spewed on a daily basis.

J.B. wants to seem to be some kind of peace keeper but it would be extremely hypocritical for anyone to not admit the average poster here emits about ten times as much as I do.