Entering the lobby, which was decorated with Christmas lights at the height of the desert summer, a stranger gets the feeling that amphetamines might be pumped through the central air-conditioning.
But with the way the political parties have been bickering back and forth at each other over the summer, I was getting the feeling that things were as bad as they could possibly be.
This category is designed for families and others in search of that Norman Rockwell hometown feeling--vintage Americana suffused with parades, country fairs and summer evenings playing kick-the-can.
The intelligence findings follow Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff statement on Wednesday that he has a "gut feeling" that the United States faces a heightened risk of attack this summer.