Renaisauce speaks of "Fred Bortz school of polite disagreement."

While honored, I must state that I don't always disagree politely and I sometimes even agree impolitely.

But when Renaisauce posts, whether I agree or disagree, I always smile.

In this case, Ren, as far as I am concerned, you nailed it 100%. I'm an Obama supporter, but I'd prefer my fellow Obama supporters would stop their sermonizing and ranting and focus on the marvelous leadership the Senator showed when responding to the same issue that is the focus of this thread.

Obama turned an ugly situation into an opportunity to lead. Jacquescoley took the same situation and decided to rant some more. I quickly decided, as did Renaisauce, that this is not worth our time, unless there is a good joke to crack.

Speaking of cracking jokes, read this review of a book called Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach the author of Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife and a book I am about to read for review, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex.

Fred Bortz -- Science and technology books for young readers (www.fredbortz.com) and Science book reviews (www.scienceshelf.com)