I took advantage of the day of prayer to petition the diety(ies) to give Americans cynicism a-plenty to see through the crap that Boy George, the Commander-in-Thief, is going to try to sell the country like the second-rate snake oil salesman he is.

And instead of civility, give us civilty rights--the right to speak out and the right to have our votes counted.

Ambrose Bierce defined a cynic as one who sees things as they are instead of as they ought to be. (Hence the custom of putting out the cynics eyes to improve his vision.)

--Charlie Baum