The best American avatars of 2007

The Beast, America best's fiend.

Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them.
Lily Tomlin
US actress & comedienne (1939 - )

I was not inactive here

There are Active Worlds

Nothing is worse than active ignorance.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 - 1832)