Yeah, I heard the Fair Trade Coffee initiative didn't go through; can't say I'm sorry as that's for the consumers themselves to decide, I feel. The consumers should be allowed to have a choice of whether they want to buy Fair Trade coffee or not; that's principle of capitalism and markets. I do wish we had touch-screen voting here, I loathe poking that little stylus into the holes as I'm always suspicious that maybe I punched the wrong hole, or that the chads aren't punched out all the way. But try convincing the local Board of Elections to spend the $$ when the budget is so severely cut. Kat > Voting was easier than ever, as my county > adopted touch screens and > electronic cards for ballots. Soooooooooo > much easier than trying to hold > a > stylus through California's impossibly long > ballots! We had 7 > propositions, > and 15 judges and local races as well! > > Mag