Samples of selected blogs, November 1, 2009:

. . .all i kno is i ws sittin n front of the tv with my bf and we were watchin a will ferrel movie n all of a suddn the tv changed and it was sum news guy talkin bout a bomb goin off in the capitol n i jus started 2 cry and my bf held me close n told me he loved me. . .

. . .You see, this is what you get when you close down all the black sites. Obama really screwed us over on this one.

. . .I think it’s hopeless. I’ve called my mother five times in the last hour and I keep getting those messages. I keep praying, please God, tell me she’s safe, give me a sign, but in my heart I know it’s hopeless. I love you mom.

. . .America’s power is gone…the time of America’s hyperpower, or even superpower, status is, to say the least, over.

. . .I may be a Pole, but if it’s one thing I know, Americans bounce back. For all its faults, the US is still the greatest country on the planet. They will come back from this bigger and better than ever!

. . .Happy Halloween.