Thankfully Flap Happy my Friend , the politics at the local club are non existent and that's fine with me . We don't seem to have the problem of too many wanting to run the show and impose their view on the club , instead we have the same folks voted in year after year cause no one else wants the job . Now as to "real" politics , the whole left/right thing , yes sir I agree 100% that stuff is toxic to any RC discussion it's interjected into . Sometimes , political figures do something good for our hobby , like Sen. Imhoff did (hope I spelled his name right) and if mentioned without the left/right slant it's good to know we have political people on our side . But Obamacare ? No way , I can't see a single parallel that could be drawn between RC flying and how the country handles paying for health care . So it flat out don't belong here . Because once left/right politics is allowed in , the door is opened for all kinds of irrelevant social issues to creep in behind it , and then our forum ain't about RC anymore .

In closing , let me say , "keep full scale and RC like you'd keep vinegar and baking soda , great and useful when kept apart , and a disaster when mixed" .....