Mid-term elections

Well, as of writing this the Dems have the House and seem like they could quite possibly take the Senate, as well. Historically, this is pretty standard stuff, I suppose. The 6th year into a re-elected president's term, there tends to be some reversals. This is especially so since the Senate and House were solidly Republican, anyway. It's nice to see that people are finally pissed off enough to vote the conscience, though.

I voted yesterday, which felt pretty good. I guess it sort of made me hopeful that there is a chance that we can reverse some of the horrible trends that have been championed so proudly by our leadership these last 6 years. Our international image needs a whole hell of a lot of work, and this will certainly be a positive step in that direction, I would think. A win in the Senate for the Dems would be pretty huge, as the whole legislative agenda could be shifted towards more productive ends, maybe pushing along things like alternative energy initiatives, an issue I find to be of grave importance, since the market really isn't adjusting quickly enough to address the issue (prime examples: Ford and GM).

I'm still lost on the whole war issue. I've thought it was a terrible idea since the very first time I heard the UN was going in to look for weapons, and it's gone terribly since. I really have no clue what we're supposed to do now that everything has fallen even more to shit, and loads of people are being horrible maimed and killed every day. I am wondering if anybody does...

Anyway, I'm receiving all of this with a pretty healthy amount of skepticism. It would be nice to see a "changed" Democratic party that will be held accountable for their actions, and make decisions based on that idea. There's a lot of shit that needs addressing, both domestically and internationally, and we'll have to see if a shakeup in Washington will solve anything. It'll be nice, regardless, to have Bush tone down is overzealous rhetoric as he can't push his crazy policies through so easily now.

So off politics...

Life is chugging along, unrelentingly... That is all for now.