>No offense intended to anyone who has been frequently posting on these topics... but I can't say I put much stock in the political theorizing of programmers. If we had so much to offer on the subject, we'd probably be in that line of work.

What a hoot! I remember a few years ago hearing a Libertarian candidate (and I'm not pro or con Libertarian so leave alone would-be flaming on-lurkers) say something about his party getting a strong foot-hold with programmers and the like because they were the "intelligentia" of today. I'm still smiling about that. :-)