Pat had his surgery yesterday, a long and involved process, but finally it's over. I was supposed to go to Leslie for a ladies' luncheon today, but it's at 1:00 and I'm not sure if I can go because Pat gets up about then and I have to help him dress.
Very down right now; don't feel like writing--maybe later.
But wanted to add, here's a clue why I'm voting for Nader (from Nick Nurse, emphasis added):
"Facing manpower demands on an overstretched military, the Pentagon is planning to ramp up the size of the armed forces by 92,000 over the next several years. That expansion comes with a sure-to-rise price tag of $108 billion. This step has the support of large majorities in Congress and both presidential candidates. John McCain has denounced the notion of "roll[ing] back our overseas commitments" and instead proposes "to increase the size of the Army and Marine Corps." Barack Obama agrees, but has been more specific. He has long touted plans, echoing the Pentagon's desires, to "increase the size of the Army by 65,000 troops and the Marines by 27,000 troops."
And this, from the Brit Alexander Cockburn (quoted on the blog "The Chestnut Tree"):
"Obama invokes change. Yet never has the dead hand of the past had a "reform" candidate so firmly by the windpipe. Is it possible to confront America's problems without talking about the arms budget? The Pentagon is spending more than at any point since the end of the Second World War."