Lots and lots of mail. So much that there’s no way I can respond to all of it, so I’m posting this to thank everyone who sent supportive comments today.

In a rather amazing turnabout, the supportive emails outnumbered the hate mail by almost two to one. Apparently, there are quite a few conservatives out there who are equally disgusted with the craziness on their side, and quite a few liberals who miss having opponents who aren’t insane.

Me? Call me independent, and I won’t be unhappy. I have bones to pick with both sides, and big issues with the extremists on both sides. And if you’re a politician, you need to prove to me that you deserve my support, because it’s not a given just because you’re on “my team.”

Boring politics aside, I thank you all again for the supportive comments.

And server hamster-wrangler Stinky Beaumont thanks you for your PayPal donations, with which he will buy energy bars, water, new shoes, and methamphetamine for the hamsters.

Just kidding about the methamphetamine. Or maybe not.