Still cold and dark
The sheepie got at least a temporary reprieve. Vet says it's probably one of three things, old age, injury, or Paralaphostrongylus tenius. He could find no evidence of injury, and the third choice is a parasite infection commonly called "brain worms" (ewww) that comes from deer. A typical parasitic worm, it has a two host life cycle that involves
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I mean he flew from Washington to Philadelphia, just so that he could take the train from Philadelphia to Washington, and retrace the route that Lincoln took. Nothing good can come from such blatant superficiality.
I remember how we thought about Bush getting re-elected and re-inaugurated 4 years ago, and how we turned our sights yet again to four years in the future for when brighter days might finally come. But now that that future we looked forward to is supposedly here, the victory rings shallow and hollow. It is a great disappointment. Possibly even a greater disappointment than 4 years ago, because now we really DON'T have anything better to look forward to than what we have now (with the possible exception of getting things back to how they were 4 years ago) which, to put it mildly, kind of sucks. :-/
Having said that, I am sure that things can only improve from this point, but as to whether Obama is going to be the cause of that, or whether the US or the world is going to get back to its full potential because of Obama specifically, I say no freakin' way possible.
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The only "hope" I ever had for Obama was the hope that we wouldn't have another Republican administration. The best I can say for him is that he is nothing like Bush, where McCain was nearly a clone of Bush, just a bit more warlike.
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