[Dantilla]

I help support a villiage in Nicaragua.

They are growing crops, the biggest being shade-grown coffee. They are building simple houses. They just finished building a water system for the villiage.

Everything they are doing is sustainable.

While the land is rich, the political system they have suffered under for decades has prevented them from thriving. I was there. I met former Sandanistas working side-by-side with former Contras.

For the first time, they are able to purchase land, and provide adequately for their families. Their future is bright. While they have few material goods, they are happy. At least to this outsider, they appear more happy than many Americans.

No ipods, no video games, no cell phones, no teen angst. The kids work hard at school. Many of them, I suppose, will eventually end up living in Managua, a modern city.

I'm not sure what my point is, but I have no clue what yours is, either.

"living proof of the missing link"? Absolutely not! They are as intelligent as you or I. We just have the great privilege of living in the USA.