Woot!
Democrats take control of house for the first time in 12 years (gaining 28 seats!).
Democrats take majority of governorships for the first time in 12 years.
Democrats take control of senate (almost certainly)
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld anounces resignation.
House representative Nancy Pelosi from Califorinia will be the first madam speaker in U.S. history.
'Richard Pombo, who led a crusade to kill the Endangered Species Act and called the Environmental Protection Agency "jackbooted thugs," is out of a job.'
Maybe now we can impeach Bush and Cheney? *drool*
It could only be better if Schwarzenegger hadn't won as CA's governator... and if prop 87, the gas tax to fund alternative energy, had passed. But prop 84 passed, which funds a lot of environmental stuff, including building an educational nature center for The Children's Nature Institute, the organization I work for.
I like this article: World reaction: Democratic win welcomed
The thing that bugs me is that I read that historically, in the second term of a president's office, house control shifts by an average of 31 seats towards the opposing party. Apparently people always find something to get mad at the president for and decide "it's time for a change". So was this inevitable? It makes the country seem so wishy-washy. Americans don't seem to stand for anything in particular, they just get disgruntled at the problems of the day and hope the other party will do a better job. I don't like to think this will just happen again in 8 or so years if Democrats gain control of all three branches.
Environmental defense is urging me (and friends) to e-mail Nancy Pelosi urging her to take meaningful action on global warming, because time is running out (we had a record-shattering 95 degree day here in SoCal yesterday).
In other news, I'm poised to go flying again this weekend. I'm going to do the first hour of the FAA Wings program, which is three hours of flight training and a seminar in lieu of a biannual flight review. It works out nicely since I haven't flown in 3-4 months so training is timely, and I need to ride with an instructor at the new airport I'm renting from anyway before they'll rent to me, so the first hour of training had to be paid for regardless. I'm a little bummed though that my original flight instructor is moving up to central CA to train for a little while longer and then becoming a commercial captain, so I might not see him again. But it's good for him, since teaching students can't pay the bills, and he said I could call any time.
Democrats take majority of governorships for the first time in 12 years.
Democrats take control of senate (almost certainly)
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld anounces resignation.
House representative Nancy Pelosi from Califorinia will be the first madam speaker in U.S. history.
'Richard Pombo, who led a crusade to kill the Endangered Species Act and called the Environmental Protection Agency "jackbooted thugs," is out of a job.'
Maybe now we can impeach Bush and Cheney? *drool*
It could only be better if Schwarzenegger hadn't won as CA's governator... and if prop 87, the gas tax to fund alternative energy, had passed. But prop 84 passed, which funds a lot of environmental stuff, including building an educational nature center for The Children's Nature Institute, the organization I work for.
I like this article: World reaction: Democratic win welcomed
The thing that bugs me is that I read that historically, in the second term of a president's office, house control shifts by an average of 31 seats towards the opposing party. Apparently people always find something to get mad at the president for and decide "it's time for a change". So was this inevitable? It makes the country seem so wishy-washy. Americans don't seem to stand for anything in particular, they just get disgruntled at the problems of the day and hope the other party will do a better job. I don't like to think this will just happen again in 8 or so years if Democrats gain control of all three branches.
Environmental defense is urging me (and friends) to e-mail Nancy Pelosi urging her to take meaningful action on global warming, because time is running out (we had a record-shattering 95 degree day here in SoCal yesterday).
In other news, I'm poised to go flying again this weekend. I'm going to do the first hour of the FAA Wings program, which is three hours of flight training and a seminar in lieu of a biannual flight review. It works out nicely since I haven't flown in 3-4 months so training is timely, and I need to ride with an instructor at the new airport I'm renting from anyway before they'll rent to me, so the first hour of training had to be paid for regardless. I'm a little bummed though that my original flight instructor is moving up to central CA to train for a little while longer and then becoming a commercial captain, so I might not see him again. But it's good for him, since teaching students can't pay the bills, and he said I could call any time.