I spent New Year's Eve with some neighbors. There were folks from Brooklyn, Staten Island, Puerto Rico, Nashville, British Virgin Islands, and St. Croix. A most unusual mix. They were all very nice for people I suspect to be Bush Haters. I do not think they cared for my opinions.
That was their problem, however. Once I get my lip hung in a jug, my compadres' job is to shut up and listen to me expound my worldview. I believe they intuitively understood this, and were quite gracious about the whole thing. I'm having them all over this weekend to reciprocate.