As you know, I don't own a TV. But there are some times when a TV comes in handy. One of those times is election night. So I took myself downstairs, and sat in front of the big screen TV in the lounge that I basically almost never watch. I'm not going to fill you in on all of the news of who won what. I'm not one of those political bloggers who CNN invited to a blog party. No live blogging the election results for me.

I just have a few pre-bedtime musings.

Less than a week before a controversial ballot measure in Colorado to legalize same sex partnerships, one of the key opponents to that measure, Ted Haggard, is accused of having a three year sexual relationship with a male escort, Mike Jones.

I realized I hadn't written a blog entry in a while, and as usual, I was perusing my (very big) RSS feeds that I read regularly for some tidbits that I felt moved enough to post about.

• There's a new, very heavy, kid on the block. Element #118 was created by a team from Russia and California.
• Bring in the clones. Er, in your refridgerator, that is.

As you know, I waver on my interest in politics, and my faith in our political system. Some days, I think it's worth thinking about, and that it might potentially be working. Other days, I think we don't have a democracy anymore.

But today is one of the days I'm thinking about it, and I came across a new Gallup Poll, which shows that the White churchgoers, which are the most faithful of Republicans, ain't so Republican anymore.

The Christian Alliance for Progress is an organization I've blogged about before, and I've met at least one of the regular bloggers there.

Here are today's links for ya:

Sarcasm is my favorite mode of humor, and Stephen Colbert is, I think, the king of sarcasm. In my post about the torture compromise I said I was speechless. That was speechless with indignation and distress. Colbert made me speechless with laughter about the same topic in his sketch on the issue. Watch it. It really hits that funny bone.

First, watch this on YouTube, which is Jon Stewart on the interview of Clinton. Then, watch this:

He is good. Really good. And don't forget "Good night, and good luck."

I've been pretty out of the news loop for the last few days. I did hear, though, that Chavez' mention of Noam Chomsky's book Hegemony or Survival (which I've read, by the way, and is a very good book) sent it from an Amazon rating of 20,664 to number 1.