Great rant, I reckon.

The discussion is absolutely reminiscent (not surprising bearing in mind the Minnesota background) of how in Norway even the Conservatives are on the "Left".

It's only the Progress party (who get about 20% of the vote and are frozen out by all the other parties) who are identifiably on the Right, and even then only in some of their positions (eg immigration and taxation).

Keep on rockin' techno: you're one of my heroes!

"The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson