Hi Del:
I bet you could come up with some good stuff about Sodium Chloride as well!
Easiest way to shorten a link is this: (use [ ] instead of { }):
{URL=http://www.cnet.com}CNET{/URL}
But then there is nothing new about ignorant politicians.
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?flok=FF-APO-1700&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20040315%2F0810573115.htm&sc=1700
Or ignorant SE member. Sorry Dave, I haven't figured out how to pick out what is necessary to shorten the link.

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