leave the region aside...
if you think "compassionate-conservative-moralistically-correct-republican-party" has heighten ANY aspect of America in the past 8 years...I'm talking economic, worldwide leadership, religious, immigration, social security...ANYTHING AT ALL....then you need some serious sit in the corner time.
I would suggest that they have come close to destroying this country. This administration has been horrid. And I don;t care if the Patriot Act has given the legal right to access your server to know my name and address.