Wow... it's comforting to see that not all Europeans look down on the US.
It's also wild that the average age here seems to be in the mid-20's! I'm used to sites full of 14-year-olds... no wonder the atmosphere seems so much more friendly here.
I'm with Fisher on the Dark Tower series; I am a huge King fan, and once you've read the Dark Tower books, a great many things in his other novels will make more sense.