DeGaulle is reputed to have said of France, "Any country with 300 cheeses is ungovernable." Personally, I regard French cheesemaking as a reasonable excuse for governmental confusion, but that is neither here nor there.

What is here, however, is that the current thread, begun by Newman about Obama, has over 300 posts. It is my contention that any thread with more than 150-200 becomes unmanageable.

I offer this blog not to change the subject, but to provide a venue for continuing the thread in a more user-friendly way.