that i rode to a couple of people who work for fox news, which i deeply respect, by the way, and just so you know, i have the tendency of correspondence with karl rove, who, by the way, responded to an essay that i said to him. he thanked me for sending the very strong essay. i can go on. i'm publishing a book, but that is irrelevant right now. anyway, i have my glasses, but i'm not going to get them out just for the sake of speeding this up. here's a really tough question for you to ponder, and as you wonderful people ponder it, so i again as i am preparing this little essay to read at san francisco city hall again this coming thursday were mental health budget cuts will be discussed. it is a question reasonable people, if they wrestle with it, cannot, i believe, reasonably disagree. the question is -- is america's money more important than america's meaning? pardon me while i go through my kitchen for a tall glass of h 20. i wrote this last night. in the budget debate here in san francisco and in washington, the question of what holds america's most together are meaningful after diaz, public and private, for economic at to be its public and privat