I haven't read this entire post, or even a quarter of it: I will when I have more time, I swear. For right now:

I applaud your Rent quote. I applaud it into next week.

See, look at me, little miss agnostic leftist consummate liberal. I got online that day and found very little but people repeating "we got him" and "we got the fucker."

I just. This isn't what I care about. And the whole thing makes me a little uncomfortable. I have as strong an aversion to the man as anyone who dislikes, you know, repressive governments and massive amounts of murder. But I'm not really the sort to go around cheering about some guy being yanked out of a dirty hole, and the pictures of them swabbing his mouth being played over and over on tv. He didn't even look like he could comprehend what was happening. I don't sympathize with him, but my gut keeps wondering why showing us that over and over is so necessary.

Conspiracy theories? Ehhhh? It sure looks like him. My reaction to the news, which I heard on the radio first: Good, now he can't cause any more harm. Now can we put the swabbing footage away, please, and get on with the fixing the mess over there?

Yeah. I don't know if that's what you said, or what you said, but as always, you bring out in me the urge to share and compare.

Really must read through your post later.