I disagree: this was an absolutely EXCELLENT time for the fledgling USA.
We got the criminals, the dissidents, the outcasts of "society" who
crossbred with the prostitutes, the free thinkers, and the rebel outcasts.
What we got was the god-damndest melting pot of brainpower ever to grace the
face of God's earth, with the possible exception of the Mongol hordes that
invaded Europe some two thousand years before that impregnated Europe with
those sorts of genes.

Today we are melting Sikhs, Vietnamese, and probably (after last week's
events) Indonesians into that pot for an even better stew. Ukranians,
Russians, and the rest of the former USSR have been in the mix for a few
years and will contribute their genes to the USA swimming pool.

It is a good time. We are being revitalized, much unlike Europe. You ever
looked at Prince Charles? It was obvious that somebody in the Royal Family
KNEW somebody in the Royal Family.

Me? My native american great-grandmother (Mary Crow) married this damnable
ne'er-do-well Welch football player from Chicago, whose grandson married my
first generation German immigrant mother, who begat this poor son of a gun.
This combination produced a USC PhD in finance, a UC MS in history, and a
CalState BA in Physics/Math. Not bad for the European castoffs, is it?
Send 'em on over in droves, please.

Jim



After extensive (and fruitless) research, I've come to the conclusion that
he was on the run.

as so many others have been. this was not a good time ...