RS, you are probably correct we don't often like others to comment on our positions, even though we feel compelled to offer our opinions about everyone else's business. At the risk of creating a firestorm here I would like to request your opinion of the Canadian "socialist" medical system. We are told that it does not work very well at providing care in a timely manor. Perhaps we need to start a new thread for this but I think your first hand experience could help some of us better understand your system. I realize that the system we have (Ocare) is totally different in that we have left the private insurance company in between us and the provider and your system removed them from the picture all together but I think your "level headed opinion' may be helpful.
Now as to your comment; we are pretty divided at this point in history but thankfully it is short term. The Republican support comes mostly from the Old white male demographic, as many of the Republican political leaders have recently pointed out, and this demographic is decreasing in number daily while we have 50,000 legal Hispanics, new voters, turrning 18 every month. With more than 75% of the Hispanics supporting the Democratic Party it should not be many more election cycles that we have this ugly discourse. That does not mean that we will respect each other’s opinions any more but the stakes will not be as high as the elections will not be as contested with such polarized positions. That is provided the Republicans don't take over this election and change the Constitution as to who is an American citizen and eligible to vote, after all once upon a time only Male, White land owners were allowed to vote in the US.

I think it is very worrisome and odd that so many of you classify ALL Democrats or ALL Republicans as such and such. That is unreasonable, short sighted, NOT logical, and a few more adjectives, and just as bad as what you are accusing the others to be. And I see it as being another form of 'racism' to put it in simple terms. I AM NOT referring to the difference in color in the Presidential race. I am simply pointing out how awful you are in how you attack others, as many attack other races, which is totally unacceptable. Take a look at your attitude and see how it is similar to people who are racist.

Please people, examine your inane remarks and look at yourself and who YOU are! Become even a little more self aware. Of course I am not speaking to all of you. There are some reasonable individuals on this site, but they often are shot down by the above mentioned small mindedness.

I have used CorelDraw 11 graphics suite for a few years since it came out to do work for a commercial printer. I wonder if this would make it easier to learn Paintshop Pro X4,5,6 as opposed to trying to learn Adobe products i.e. PSE10.
I have no idea how well it does HDR though it says it does them in their internet description.
Anyone who uses Paint Shop Pro X4,5,6 I would like your input especally if you used any other Corel products prior to using Paint Shop.
Thanks in advance.
Bruce

I thought it was absolutely fantastic. There was no way we could have competed against all the thousands of Chinese conscripts from the last Olympics, and we celebrated being British. We knew that lots of our heritage would not be understood by people abroad, but we didn't put on this spectacle expressly for them, we put it on for the British people - this is OUR Olympics. We understood exactly what was put on: the National Health is alive and well - even if it doesn't always function perfectly - and our Head of State has enough of a sense of humour to join in, at age 86! Would Barrack Obama have allowed this seeming "loss of dignity"? Our Queen knows who she is, and obviously didn't think she would suffer loss of respect, and she was right. Most of us think that was the best bit of the show. Sorry if you think this is a "rant", but we didn't put on the show for you, we put it on for us. We paid for it as taxpayers, and most of us think it was marvellous, and money well spent.