re: The Shit...
Sorry, had to sit back and fan myself for a while after that eloquent and rapier-witted reply.
Yeah, I do say that a lot. It's true. I do know that while a lot of people have fumed at me about it, nobody's managed to come up with a major exception to it yet. I was around during the 70s and 80s, remember? If the U.S.S.R. was still around, the Left in this country would still be parroting their positions on every foreign policy and defense issue. France and the U.N. just aren't the same, are they? But hey, maybe you can eventually adopt Chavez as a "hero of the progressive movement." He's got all the right credentials.