Election stuff
Nationally, I'm very pleased with the results. And I'm extremely pleased that the Democrats are stating their plans for the future and they are sensible things, like letting the military have more of a say in what happens in Iraq, and no, they won't be cutting the funding to the troops as that would endanger them--exactly opposite of what the Republicans shouted they would do. The Democrats are coming across as sensible which is very important as they have a big history of shooting themselves in the foot. They also want to increase the minimum wage, institute the recs of the 9/11 commission and remove the subsidies to the oil companies.
It's also quite nice the news isn't pooh-poohing Bush's little 'fib' that Rumsfeld will be there for the next two years--even while he was interviewing Gates for the job. I had thought Bush would drag his feet on getting rid of Rumsfeld, but I remember a conversation from last weekend, where B, from the local fan meeting said the Military Times, which is the mouthpiece of the Armed Forces' brass, had leaked that in their next issue was going to state Rumsfeld must go. Bush is the commander in chief of the military and as such, active troops can not by law state criticism of him. The fact that they felt pushed enough to go this far for the first time ever, demostrates a critical lack of confidence in their leadership. I just bet Daddy Bush heard this and gave junior a nanny whack hard enough to knock his eyes to one side of his face and make him look like a Picasso painting.
Locally, I'm disappointed that some creative, far-sighted propositions didn't go through, but at least 90 was stopped. And we still have the Governator. Well, at least he's quit calling the Democrats 'girly men' and telling them to sit down and shut up.
It's cooler today, 85, so I must go do some yard work.
It's also quite nice the news isn't pooh-poohing Bush's little 'fib' that Rumsfeld will be there for the next two years--even while he was interviewing Gates for the job. I had thought Bush would drag his feet on getting rid of Rumsfeld, but I remember a conversation from last weekend, where B, from the local fan meeting said the Military Times, which is the mouthpiece of the Armed Forces' brass, had leaked that in their next issue was going to state Rumsfeld must go. Bush is the commander in chief of the military and as such, active troops can not by law state criticism of him. The fact that they felt pushed enough to go this far for the first time ever, demostrates a critical lack of confidence in their leadership. I just bet Daddy Bush heard this and gave junior a nanny whack hard enough to knock his eyes to one side of his face and make him look like a Picasso painting.
Locally, I'm disappointed that some creative, far-sighted propositions didn't go through, but at least 90 was stopped. And we still have the Governator. Well, at least he's quit calling the Democrats 'girly men' and telling them to sit down and shut up.
It's cooler today, 85, so I must go do some yard work.