ah, deadserious, please don't tell me you want to dish it out but not take a bit in return.

I promise, nothing's happened to me - same ol' me!

please read my recent apology to 2aggie and consider it applicable to you. Honest, I'm sorry if I offended you.
I do have to say, the further this political stuff goes, the more I see the entire discussion more as humor and less as serious debate - so that might explain a bit about why I'm more inclined to join in with the joking and goofing off as opposed to trying to encourage serious debate. The latter seems rather unachievable at this point.
But I am touched that you thought this topic deserved a whole entire thread of its own!
