It's a rare occassion that you feel good about being American. When I traveled in Korea during the Bush years, I had to tell people I was Canadian, which led to an interesting comment by a taxi driver: "So many Canadians here! You Canadians love to travel!"

Anyways, I was chatting with the rykorp sysadmin (who is based out of Bosnia), who made me feel pretty good today:

The upside of capitalism!