On 3 Feb 2006 16:12:43 -0800, "Bob" wrote:

But hey, the purpose of your post was to criticize me and for you to
sound intelligent.

Nah. It was to call attention to the mindlessness of populist rants
portraying boat owners, or any other group, as victims of some vast
conspiracy by "the corporations" to wring that evil thing "profit"
from their wallets.