House Republican leadership have refused to allow a clean minimum wage vote. Close to 15 million Americans will be affected if we did this. Do Republicans really expect a family to live on less than $11 000 a year?

But 85 percent of the mosques have extremist leadership in this country. Most Muslims the overwhelming majority of Muslims are loyal Americans.

I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.

Most North Americans know that human-caused global warming is real even if political leaders don't always reflect or act on that knowledge.

While F.D.R. once told Americans that we have nothing to fear but fear itself Mr. Ashcroft is delighted to play the part of Fear Itself an assignment in which he lets his imagination run riot.

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of plus some that are beyond imagination.

Sometimes Americans don't quite get my sense of humor. My good ol' British sarcasm seems to go over their heads.

I don't know if my sense of humor goes over Americans' heads.

I love the diversity of America. I love the plain normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.

I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally there are exceptions... the Jewish Italian and Irish humor of the East Coast.