I always fear for Americans' safety whenever I read such comments. The thought of people going bankrupt over medical bills. Any appeal to decency and social justice on the matter seems to end with the comment that "we don't want 'socialism' in this country."

EDIT: I remember seeing this documentary about doctors providing free medical care in their off time in some US state. There were lots of tents set up and the unemployed 'poor' came from far away in their cars to get a long overdue check up. It was an unreal sight for a European.

Oh, and sorry, I'm not buying your DVD. ;-(  

I'd buy one (patron of the arts sounds like a good look for me - very Peggy Guggenheim) but you don't appear to be courting purchases outside the US with an all important Paypal link?

All the indifference on the Internet makes my brain hurt. I was horrified by how many people grumbled about the Lime Green Set, which was produced (and financed) in a way that was bordering on guerilla (a good thing). People are cheap and unimaginative, which is why the modern world is such a vacuous corporate nightmare.

I miss the days (in musicals mostly) when everybody had a dream and a can-do spirit and would invariably decide to "put on a show" when faced with adversity. 

Then you have no option but to get the gang together and put on a show. Picture if you will a frenetic montage of curtains, jazz hands, spinning dollars and smiling 1950s children clutching Flappy DVDs... It'll be very, now hop to it!  

I wouldn't have a clue how to use Paypal or buy from the US if it wasn't for Uncle Dave and his crazy (US based) schemes. I've also learned to use Babelfish (with 'ilarious results), pay larcenous import duties to evil capitalists and reason that perhaps the (now defunct) davidlynch.com store is (was) based in some parallel dimension where it really does cost $10,000 to send a DVD to the UK*

* but I'm doubtful

 Take heart from the fact that Uncle Dave must feel the same way about INLAND EMPIRE. It breaks my heart to think he probably has a spare bedroom (slash house) filled with unsold INLAND EMPIRE DVDs. 

 I once read that all the unsold copies of a (notoriously ghastly) Robbie Williams album were used in the construction of a motorway. I do remember Borders trying (without success) to sell copies for 99p.     

 Have you thought about putting 'contains strong sexual content' or 'banned in 25 countries' stickers on the front? That'd pique your ungrateful public's interest.