Amos? Huh? What???? Say again?????? I don't even remember having you in mind at all when I typed that post. I was thinking about whoever did the editing job on the Palin speech, not about you. You must be bearing some deep resentments over my incisive analysis of the pressing psychological problems which prompted you to concoct the bizarre character "Chinga" and inflict her on me and my poor, hardworking buddy Chongo, who is only labouring day after day behind a hot desk so that people in Chicago can breathe easier and sleep better at night while he keeps the bad guys at bay. Yeah, that's gotta be it. ;-D Well, I feel your pain too, man. I do.

Do what I did. Get a poster of the upcoming Hillary vs Sarah steel cage match in...wherever it's gonna be...Miami? Las Vegas? Atlantic City? Fresno? ....and paste it on your wall. Just looking at it will do wonders for your morale.

Ebbie - Nope. (grin) It just means that I tend to resist crowds that are caught up in imitative group behaviour...gangs...swarmings...hazing of outsiders...bullying....cushy little self-congratulatory "in" groups of people that get their kicks by harassing those who are not part of the "in" group...that sort of thing. It stems from my early childhood experiences, mostly in school. There was no group I was part of...but BOY were there a bunch of tight little groups around me. Yessiree. And they all had their favorite dogs to kick. So does this forum.

In the sense of principles, I utterly oppose Sarah Palin's social and political slant on things. I also oppose the absolutely crass and destructive and vicious partisanship that BOTH the Democrats AND the Republicans constantly indulge in when they go after each other. I oppose political parties altogether, matter of fact. I'd like to see them all gone, and replaced by nothing but independent candidates of no party affiliation whatsoever.

And I think you'd know that, if you'd been reading my posts for the last few years.

Oh, one last thing: I like Barack Obama. ;-) I like him a lot. I like his style. I like his attitude. I bet I won't hear too many complaints about that here, will I? Maybe from Bearded Bruce, but certainly not from you or Amos. No...because now I am talking the gospel, right?