It's funny, I guess.  Funny in that "don't-flinch-when-I-pull-that-sliver-out" kind of way, in some ways.

I am an unapologetic Democrat.  It's a part of my DNA, just as greed is a part of human DNA.

I will, unsurprisingly, vote for whoever has that (D) next to their name for president come November.

Most of this thought process is based on a simple thought: The sun will come up tomorrow.  I don't want my government run as a business because, eventually, I don't want my country having a "going-out-of-business" sale.

There isn't going to be an endgame or an armageddon to worry about.  Jebus is dead.  Jebus is risen.  Jebus doesn't care about the price of gas.  Jebus probably does give a damn about all of the killing being done in our (collective) name.

The situation we're in is the situation we've built for ourselves and we've got to ride this bastard all the way 'round.

This corner is one that we have to take:

The Democratic Party has been blessed with an abundance of good candidates this cycle, most or all of whom would probably have won in November and served the nation well in office. The tragedy, however, is that winning this one election probably won’t be enough to do what needs to be done after the last seven plus years of misrule. Putting America right — rebuilding a fair middle class society, addressing potentially catastrophic environmental issues, improving America’s dismal reputation in the world and so much more — will take more than one good president. It will take a committed generation.

The world belongs to the kids.

Teach them well.