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We'll see how right you are by how many seats change hands in upcoming elections, JOS.

Wow JOS, I'm left wondering what event prompted this.  I consider myself a conservative, but certainly don't hate America.  I, like most of the people in our country, am not griping or complaining about the Nobel Peace Prize.  It became a sham years ago.  We simply don't understand the logic or justification behind awarding it to this President.  On what is it based?

As for the Olympics, Chicago certainly wasn't the right place at the right time, and the President and Oprah simply don't carry the clout that they think they do.  Certainly it would have been nice to think the windy city could have handled all the hoopla given their political base of graft and corruption, but it just wasn't to be.  Rio will be fine.  Again, I'm not cheering or taunting, merely observing. 

This coming from you, a person who usually seems to have  a pretty good grasp on reality, is a bit of a surprise. 

On a different note....don't know if you enjoy the occasional "fruity" beer.  I usually don't, but had the chance to try a Blue Paw Wheat Ale from the Sea Dog Brewing Company in South Portland, Maine.  Fantastic wheat ale with a touch of Maine wild blueberries. 

It's more of a snarky thing than anything, nigel. It's just funny to me that many of the conservatives that post here regularly used to play the "hate America" card whenever someone would criticize Bush, his policies or the Republicans who were once in charge of congress but now are openly hostile to Obama and anything that would reflect positively on him. It just makes it clear that their hyperbole about liberals hating America was just that - hyperbole, or they really are nothing more than a bunch of ideologues who put their political beliefs above their patriotism. If it doesn't apply to you, don't take it personally. That's always my philosophy.

As for beer... I'm not usually a fan of "fruity" beers either, but I do like wheat ales so I might have to give it a try. If you don't mind me asking, where'd you find it at? Speaking of wheat... If it ever warms up again to where you get the urge for a light, crisp, refreshing beer, you might look into Big Sky Brewery's Trout Slayer Ale. It's a filtered wheat ale that's about as pale as Miller Lite but has a lot more flavor. It's the same brewery that produces Moose Drool brown ale. Mmmmmmm... Moose Drool...