Look, now.  We're all a bit numb from this.  Not only is it frustrating, but it's depressing knowing that the Republic, built on the sweat of generations and the blood of soldiers who died in battle to protect our freedoms, is dying a slow death because people like to elect the guy who gives out free phones and birth control.  However, the more I study history, the more it strikes me how the course of things ebbs and flows, so what is bleak one day is bright the next.  We have truth on our side, and that should give us a tremendous amount of confidence.  We all need to hold in there and not give up the ship quite yet.  While is seems like the next election is an eternity away, there is hope that things will get better then.

I wonder if Florida is slower than the rest of the country because of what happened there in 2000.  Perhaps they have a process in place which prevents that circus from happening again.Ski, why would you want to boycott those people you mentioned?  Yes, I got a bad taste in my mouth from Ann Coulter after she threw her support behind Romney back in the Spring by being really critical of Newt Gingrich.  But at the end of the day, she and those others are fighting the war as the rest of us. They (and Romney) are not to blame for this loss so much as the attitude of the average voter.  The consolation out of all of this is that while the Democrats may have won this political battle, they will never be able to win the battle for truth with many of their policies.  That in itself should be something to instill confidence and hope in all of us.

So begins a four year very dangerous period.  It never ceases to amaze me how stupid the American people can be.  I am so disappointed right now in my fellow countrymen.  I will be saying I told you so in 4 years when unemployment is still hovering around 8% and nothing has changed except the word is a more dangerous place. Apparently Americans are happy with a yellow-belly in the White House.  We deserve whatever happens in the next four years.  Forward! Indeed.

That is basically it – we reap what we sow.  If Americans want a leader who will bring the economy on a slow-motion train-wreck while he funds his pet social policies, then so be it.  They shouldn't be surprised when we end up a slave to China and morally devastated.  Americans have decided to sacrifice prosperity and greatness for things such as the right to sexual escapades on demand and free stuff from the government.

I don't think that Romney was a weak candidate.  He was about as good a candidate that the Republicans could offer, MEANING that he had appeal for voters who were economy-minded, to many conservatives, and to independents who do not consider themselves to fall squarely into the conservative camp.  Other candidates may have been better in terms of principle, but not necessarily in terms of political likeability (e.g. Newt Gingrich).  The problems is that a) it's hard running against an incumbent, b) it's hard running against an opponent AND the mainstream media, and c) the American voter has changed into a force which is more intent on getting “free” stuff than ensuring a prosperous future.

Karl Rove mentioned yesterday that he didn't think we'd know the results by 8 or 9 tonight, since some of these states will come down to the wire.  Incidentally, how do you find information about candidates of local offices when they don't publish them on their web sites?  For example, I don't want to put some liberal politician into any office if I can help it (even something like school board) but they don't announce all their positions to the public.

Interesting charts about consumer politics. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/what-does-your-food-say-about-your-politics-these-two-charts-might-surprise-you/

Catal Hoyuk goes back about 1500 year before that Bulgarian town, and it's not far away.  It would be interesting to see a town of that age appear in Europe somewhere west of the Balkans.