d) left the Old Country long ago This means that while to some degree I remain interested in, I am no longer committed to[0], the vagaries of a regime which, w

d) left the Old Country long ago This means that while to some degree I remain interested in, I am no longer committed to[0], the vagaries of a regime which, with its paucity of parties, shambles through a political Cupid Shuffle[1] every 4-8 years. [0] compare the pig and the chicken at breakfast [1] "...to the right, to the right / To the left, to the left,..."