Paul O'Brien writes:

> I have gone for years, Nay, decades without having a clue as
> to the political
> affiliation of many of my birding friends. And you know what?
>   It's really
> better that way.   Religion, too.   There are plenty of ways
> to vent one's
> spleen without bringing it into the safe harbor of birding.
> I would vote to keep
> it that way.   Besides, Norm is dusting off his six-pound
> sledge as we type.

Thank you, Paul.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!