*12-18-09 Read this again. To my delight, it is holding up well* I'm rapidly running out of ways to criticize Barack Obama. Over the past two years, I've been lamenting at various times (and in no particular order): Obama's inexperience, questionable associations, stated policy goals, inept...

So this is farewell, of a sort. I've chosen to stop posting here regularly. It's not because of any person or persons, nothing so trite. It's just time for a change, to paraphrase the likely new president. It's been nearly 23 months, and in that time I can't say I've seen much improvement in my...

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