Sharon's question about the logical incoherence of the G.O.P.'s policies, and the implied question of why party lines in America have crystallized the way they have, reminded me of this article: Will God Save America This Time? It's from the official Hare Krishna site, and it's worth a look. I first read it last year, in an e-mail that was forwarded around by some of my company's employees based in India. It provides a passionate list of foreign grievances against the United States, and it's interesting because it represents a completely different combination of political grievances than the ones I'm used to seeing. The author condemns America's program of global imperialism, the illegitimate presidency of George W. Bush, prison overpopulation, and runaway defense spending, and also condemns abortion, women's rights, pornography, and single parenthood. In other words, it seems that when you come from totally outside the American political system (and Hare Krishna is, let's face it, pretty far out there), you can reasonably draw the lines anywhere you want.