From the Floor

Vowing not to vacation in Florida for the next four years.
Working through Kubler-Ross’s five stages.
Bracing for the next attack.
Curious as to why Ohio gets to decide its fate.
Writing out checks to support the ACLU’s fight against the Patriot Act.
Regretting that it wasn’t nicer to the fly-over states.
Wanting to see ANWR before the drilling starts.
Wondering what the hell is wrong with the 18-24 year olds.
Looking for a job overseas.
Planning on not having any more gay friends’ weddings to attend.
Concerned that Iran comes next.
Hoping that its children and grandchildren will be able to pay off this debt.
Pondering whether it too can create its own reality.
Preparing for the appointment of four more Scalias to the Supreme Court.
Resigning itself to seeing its parents fade away with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease.
Trying to figure out what exactly this Medicare drug benefit provides.
Wishing it earned its income from dividends, not wages.
Questioning whether “ownership society” is an oxymoron.
Watching the safety net unravel.
Thinking about secession.

(Inspiration from The Morning News. And, now, we return to our regular programming schedule.)