Actually, I spent a number of months, which is more than I would wish on anybody, in North Dakota, and I have also travelled to every corner of the USA over the past 5 years or so. In fact, I'm pretty sure I have visited (and by visited I don't just mean passed through) more parts of the States than most people, including actual Americans. However, you obviously missed the part of my post that said:

Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
I know you're not all like that by a long shot

I have met many, many Americans with many different attitudes, both good and bad and would never tar everybody in such a large country with a single brush and I think if you take the time to re-read my original post you will see that that is not what I did. But don't try telling me there isn't a large ignorant and racist contingency in the USA, because I have met them first hand. And yes, there are people like that everywhere (there are certainly people like that in the UK) but I think my comment is still a fair one.

As for Obama getting assasinated, I hadn't even considered it until my friend raised the idea, at which point I recalled some of the things I had seen and heard in places like North Dakota and thought to myself 'hmmm...that could happen'. I doubt it will, and even if someone tried I'm sure he has shit-hot security surrounding him 24/7. But you raise another good point - there's no real need to kill him because there's enough prejudice still around to stop him becoming President simply by voting.

And for the record, I quite like L.A.