I turned the show off after the opening segment, then tuned back in to catch the end of the Weekend Update hip-hop skit. It looked good, and I wished I had left the show on, but I don't like Saturday Night Live much, and it wasn't worth waiting for. Tina Fey is a more endearing Sarah Palin than the "real" Sarah Palin. It was good to see the comparison.

It seems SNL already had something cooked up for Tina Fey to do, and that Palin forced herself on the show. She looked like an idiot (surprise), and only reinforced what we all believe about her.

In a few weeks, it will all be a distant memory. I'm not exactly thrilled about Obama, but I think he will catalyze a lot of good things, especially about "race" and maybe religion. One thing I would like to see him do is go after hate media, including indictments and one key de-citizenization and deportation to "Australia."

I don't feel so bad now about not renewing my "premium" subscription to Salon. If people are getting paid to muse about the political future of Sarah Palin, then my money is well-saved.

If the fortunes of "conservatism" in any way depend on or are enhanced by the presence of Sarah Palin, then it only confirms the emptiness of their "philosophy." Times haven't gotten tough enough yet that we would still have the luxury of discussing such meaningless topics.

Significantly, the title of the article is a question. This clearly marks it as an exercise in word masturbation. Who would care? The author presumes that we are all out here with time on our hands, with nothing better to do than wonder about any meaningless topic that comes to mind. Not fooled, I did not read the "piece."

This author, like just about anyone writing about politics, makes the mistake of assuming that "fundamentalism," "conservatism," and "Christianity" are real concepts, tangible realities, and entities that have some kind of permanence, a constancy over time.

Actually, they are all unreal, intangible, and temporary. Figments of the imagination. Fundamentalist Christianity is all made-up, flights of fancy, obsessive, hysterical beliefs manufactured by a succession of opportunists over the span of centuries. The history of Christianity, indeed, is a history of piling up of ritual and orthodoxy to create paranoid cults that try to outdo each other in madness and conformity.

"Conservatism" is hardly any better. Supposedly a collection of beliefs in "freedom" and "individuality," it is actually an association of bigots and greedheads. The reason that "liberals" and "leftists" don't effectively pull back the curtain on all this fakery is that "conservatives" give them an enemy, an "ideological" opponent to fight against in the supposed forum of "ideas."

This will all change soon. Climate change changes the underlying support infrastructure that makes this phony divide possible. As the ecological support base weakens, the planetary superstructure that makes industrial culture possible no longer makes it possible.

Put another way, "fundamentalism" and "conservatism" are luxuries, just like trophy houses, trophy wives, and trophy automobiles. The age of luxury is about to end.

Here's an idea: do something else. Without revealing too much, I have my car parked legally at my polling place, with a "Tammy Baldwin for Congress" yard sign behind my windshield. It looks great. Obama is recommended by implication. I voted early, so I have the day free to go bike riding, and then to my Tai Chi/Chi Gong class in the evening.

The only thing to be concerned about is vote fraud, but I don't think it will be enough to give the election to McCain. Though I look at the "Republican" party as a criminal operation, their day is over. The planet will not stand for another stolen election, to say nothing of another series of fraudulent wars. It would look kind of funny when Obama wins by 60% in states like Wisconsin, then loses the election.

One thing worth keeping in mind is that it took an era as bad as that of the Bush regime to bring the change that is coming. There's a beauty to it, really. I believe the momentum for change is strong enough to bring the Bush gang to justice. If this can be done, a great national cleansing will take place.