I like this blog mostly because it is somewhat of an escape from the usual politicalness of my reading.  Lately I have felt like I just need to get away from it all as the climate sickens me.  Bob summed it up:

I hope my readers understand (and I know most of you do) this systematic sickness that oozes out of the Executive Branch is redefining, in hideously evil ways, what this nation represents to ourselves and to the world.

Spying on citizens. The Patriot Act. Torturing captives. Lies to justify invading a sovereign nation.

This is like spitting on the graves of the victims of 9/11. This is like tonguing the ears of terrorists - turning them on with our willingness to dress like them, to hurt like them, to kill like them.

I’m just in a funk.