I Am Right.  Why Did Scattershot Go Dark?  Dear Scattershot,
Are you going to continue your blog?   Long Time Fan   Dear Long
Time Fan,  I know, you miss me, right?   As I suppose you can
imagine, it takes (took?) a lot of work, time and energy to keep
Scattershot going. The constant pressure (that I put on myself!)
to keep this balloon inflated ultimately got to me. But I think
what really led to my hiatus was that it became so disheartening
to constantly see the same stupid shit going down day after day
after day.  Healthy doses of snark and invective can only carry
you so far before a depressing thought starts to kick in:  None
of this shit is ever going to change. It's like shouting at the
wind.  Stupid people (and misinformed people) are forever going
to support cynical ideologues, against all their own best
interests, that much we know for sure. But the simple fact is,
the spineless, milquetoast Democratic Party is going to
disappoint passionate, principled liberals 10 or 15 times every
single day, whi