[arjay]

I have often been puzzled by the fact that it was the independent people who valued freedom who first moved to the west, and yet, the far west is one of the hotbeds of Liberalism.

How did that happen? Where did those original values go?

Seems strange to me.

[WaterDragon]

if you checked his student records I am more than certain you would have found the kind of letters from the Deans of his day that would have confirmed your thinking: "Boyington thinks too much on his own

There are plenty of Boyington's ilk in the Northwest....they just need to get together and make the sacrifices required to provide desperately needed leadership to Americans here.