This may be going against the grain of this "something else" thread but I, actually, do get something informative out of the political forums, occasionally. I agree there is a great amount of tit-for-tat animosity, but sometimes some very informed posters resist the temptation to retaliate in kind and actually offer good well thought out insights. I learn something from some of you guys. I also learn about what some hot-headed uninformed posters are thinking, and that is educational as well. (And down right entertaining at times.) For better or worse, you get a cross-section of what the "electorate"(term used loosely) is "thinking" (term used loosely). Don't forget, you don't have to get in the gutter with the haters. You can help keep the dialog elevated. And you don't have to step into that forum at all. It might help keep your blood pressure down.