...and gosh darn it, people like me.

Franken wins

Apparently recounts work. Apparently the courts work. Apparently our democracy works. There are not many countries in this world where a contested election can be so easily and non-violently resolved. 

Will Democrats stop bitching about 2000 now? 

In local news...

Go Saxby

Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss handed the GOP a firewall against Democrats eager to flex their newfound political muscle in Washington, winning a bruising runoff battle Tuesday night that had captured the national limelight.

I voted today... in your face hippies!

Ron to the resuce

What is the future of the Republican Party?

"But that is the wrong question. The proper question should be: Where is our country heading? There's no doubt that a large majority of Americans believe we're on the wrong track. That's why the candidate demanding "change" won the election. It mattered not that the change offered was no change at all, only a change in the engineer of a runaway train."

South Park: Hitting the Nail on the Head

A synopsis:
South Park's liberals party in the streets while the conservatives shut themselves into a fallout shelter, appropriately named The Ark. When they awake in the morning, the conservatives open the door of The Ark to find that the world hasn't changed. They emerge slightly ashamed at how they over-reacted. Meanwhile, the liberals wake up with a hangover, and they too find that the world hasn't changed. Rubbing his head and looking for his pants, Randy Marsh is pissed off and slightly ashamed at how he thought things would be so different.

A perfect commentary on how one word, "Change", can inspire half a nation, yet scare the hell out of the rest.