LOL! I think we might be considering that - in the sense that the flea might try to 'annex' the dog it's living on ;)

My favourite mainstream media is BBC World, as Europe seems more prepared than North America to take a hard look at a range of issues (not hard enough IMO, but harder than here).

Well, if you read news from Russia, Asia and continental Europe, odds are that the portion they agree on is possibly true. :-)