Oh - I heard him say one other thing - something to the effect that the polls had been rigged.  I wanted to ask, "you mean the ones that said Romney would win, or the ones that had the race too close to call?"  But it felt too much like pulling the wings off a fly so I let it go; I was afraid if I said "Nate Silver," he'd fall over dead.

He really thought Romney was going to pull it out, so I think he's in shock.

Then there's my other useless obsession -- well some consider it useless, or a nonproductive use of my time:  reading about reincarnation cases.  

For instance I recently learned that Nikola Tesla has been back for a while -- in more than one body.  Highly creative inventor Patrick Flanagan, and Nobel Prize winning astronomer Saul Permutter. Original Tesla spirit apparently too powerful to reincarnate as one person. Flanagan has quite a compelling and personal story.  

I respect how he identifies himself more than I respect the way that anyone else would choose to identify him.  I mean how does that work:

Obama: I am black.

Anyone else: No you are not.

Obama: Uhhhhhh. I think I should know.

Anyone else: No you don't.

Obama: [confused look]

Not suprisingly, she self-identifies as Latina. That she is also German-Irish-Welsch is completely lost on most gringos.

I have a couple uncles in rural northern Illinois who freely refer to Barack Obama as "that ni**er president." That's why Obama is black and not "half-white," and all your insistence to the contrary doesn't make it any different.

Because racism and xenophobia are not genetic in origin. Both are acquired states of delusion which allow some people to see only what they want to see when looking upon someone else who's multi-ethnic, which is increasingly the case today.

He gets treated as a black man, not a white man. He has experienced all the same cr@p society deals out to blacks, especially black males.

The cast has also caused problems. First he ended up with an infection and now, the metal splint has caused a wound on his paw. The vet hospital is a little more than an hours drive one way. So, along with the time it takes to change his bandages, it takes up four hours of my day every three days.

The cost is also adding up. We are over 5k at this point. But,
every time I feel like grumbling about the cost, I remind myself that we are blessed that we can well afford it and that there are many people out there who cannot afford to feed
their families let alone spend that much money on a dog.

I too feel bad complaining about losing power for a few days when some people have lost their homes. I cannot imagine how devastated they must feel.

2010
Ryan 68.2%
Heckenlively 30.1%

2012
Ryan 55%
Zerban 43%

And if GM had not left Janesville -- or if Obama had made reopening the plant (for which we in the state had paid a lot to appease GM, not that long ago) part of the auto bailout -- that lovely, historic, and now-beaten-down town would not have had severe population losses (including Feingold, who got his start there, where his father was a revered local lawyer, but Russ left Janesville and didn't step in to speak for it, either).

And then, there might have been enough Janesvillians to beat Ryan.  But looking ahead was too much to ask of Democrats, nationally and in Wisconsin, which went entirely red in its state government yesterday.  Entirely.  Republican.  State legislature, where great candidates could not get a cent from the Dems who had to send it all to the Obama campaign.  State Supreme Court, when we couldn't get help to staff the recount.

And, of course, governor -- when we had to beg and plead to get help too late from national Dems.  Of course, if someone had kept his promises to find his comfy shoes. . . .  But after coming to Wisocnsin three times in six days, the state won't see him again for years.  Now Obama doesn't need Wisconsin anymore.

Donald, haven't I said on here more than once that I wish they both could lose?