Americans are extraordinarily charitable.

There are 25 people who are interested in Bulldog Pipes and Drums, but it's tough because our club is literally being born right now.

The rain was on a grander scale than any of these systems were designed for. It challenged all their capacities.

We want to make sure that no bureaucratic obstacles stand in the way of these relief efforts. We are also working to ensure that regulations issued in the normal course of agency business do not have unintended consequences that might impede relief from being delivered in the aftermath of the hurricane.

Surely no one thought they were about to rob a bank?

Canada's looked towards as an example. This really is a signal to the United States that this kind of attempt is not appropriate.

They'll have some, but that's not going to take place until probably 2007 when the total thing is combined, ... I don't know if there was enough, but when they designed this the first time, teachers had the opportunity to give input.

Which is more demanding than the (current) 27.5 miles per gallon for passenger cars.

We are not sure how to get funding, and we encourage people to contact us by e-mail with fund-raising ideas. Our eventual goal of course is to perform.