Here We Go

Well, it's the day after the election and the GOP (Group Of Peabrains) has taken control of the house of representatives. Wonderful. I guess this now means that congress will do even less, since no one will be able to agree on anything. The short sighted "Tea Party", that conveniently forgot that the whole economic mess was precipitated by Bush Administration policies, helped get people elected that will endeavor to reinstate said policies that will just dig us into a deeper hole. And then they'll complain that they can't find jobs and the government safety net they need isn't there since they elected people who want to get rid of it. Typical of the short sighted, pig ignorant (with apologies to pigs), gullible, uneducated and generally clueless American voter. As the old story "The Little Gun Shop" put it: "People get the government they deserve..." Well, the American electorate got a government that will most like screw the average person in favor of the wealthy and the voters will go along with it. So what else is new?

Election Day

Well, it's election day once again and yes, I got out and voted. There are those who think that in the grand scheme of things, one vote won't make a difference. Well folks, it does. It makes all the difference in the world. You have the right to vote, so exercise that right every election. If you don't vote, DON'T BITCH! If you didn't vote, then you have absolutely NO RIGHT to complain about who got or didn't get elected or which party (not that there's a lot of difference these days) has the majority. If you did vote, then gripe away. You've earned the right to complain. We live in interesting times and if you're familiar with it, there's an ancient Chinese curse that goes: "May you live in interesting times". The fact is that "interesting times" tend to be the most turbulent and unsettled. Uninteresting times tend to be rather calm and a bit boring. Once again, the US (and the world) are in a time of flux and change. It's going to be a while (a long one, from the looks of it) before things start to settle down again. Between economic chaos, terrorism, wars, technological change and social upheaval, things are a bit more interesting than most people like. Societies are very resistant to change, yet change they must to survive. If a society stagnates, then it eventually withers and dies. Maintaining the "status quo" is a sure way to kill a society. There are plenty of archeological sites of societies that kept the status quo. That's why they're archeological sites.