(November 14, 2011 at 4:42 pm)padraic Wrote: Mate,being dead is better than very few things. Which bunch of venal incompetents and hack careerists for whom one votes is not one of them .
Last time I looked, the incumbent in the white house is a Democrat--and what a bang up job Obama and the Democrats are doing. OK, Obama ain't dubya,but he IS a lame duck,.
Not a huge fan of the Dems either, but at least they're light years beyond the bible thumping Republicans.
And as far as being dead...If it comes to the point that the Republican is the best candidate, either because I start to think like them or everyone else is worse, I no longer want to live.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell