Questions I've been asked when traveling

Questions have all been since Bush's first term in office: "how do you live with this administration?" from a friend who is from New Zealand. A stranger in South Africa asked me, just prior to the November 2004 election, "Can't you people do something?" (Apparently not.) We are viewed as children by a lot of cultures -- fueled by greed, and focused on self. Just read that this Rodriguez woman who stars in "Lost" would rather do jail time than community service for her guilty DUI verdict. Sometimes I feel like I can't breathe.