Well, the Mrs. switched out the cable modem. She got home and the damn thing wouldn't even power up so she had to go back. Turned out they had given her the wrong power supply. Insert loud, hostile grumbling here.
So, I've been offline for most of the day and what I wanted to write about earlier somehow has gotten deleted from my memory banks.
Instead, go read Michele. She's got a long rant out about the left that has a lot of good points. There's a few things I disagree with (there are plenty right wingers who are fueled by hatred rather than hope) but overall she's done a better job at writing than I can ever do.