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DEMOCRATS TAKE THE SENATE!
I'm not even American, and I am so happy today. They said it'd be upwards of three weeks before they were sure about the Senate, but now they're pretty much confirming it... things are a-changing south of the border, and it's making me happy. I was excited when the House was taken by the Democrats last night, my jaw pretty much hit the floor when I read that Rumsfeld resigned today, and I'm now so very pleased that the Senate will almost definitely go to the Dems. This is a good, good day... :) Only 2 more years to go, and things are definitely swinging out of the Republicans' favour. Fingers crossed, ya'll.
On the minus side, afaik 7 states voted to ban same-sex marriage and Arizona was the only state not to. On the plus side, go Arizona! Also on the plus side, South Dakota voted not to pass that frightening abortion ban, which would have banned nearly all abortions, even in the case of rape or incest. Scary shit, but fortunately it was voted against.
Now we just need to do something about that jerk in power up here, preferably before he tries to take away our same-sex marriage rights. Bastard. Guess I should just be happy that we even passed it in the first place, considering that the US routinely votes on banning same-sex marraige, never mind voting to allow it.
Ahh, politics. Sigh. A few days ago I barely even knew there was an election down south, or what it was, but I did some research (ie. I looked it up on Wikipedia) and I followed the coverage last night (ie. I watched The Daily Show/Colbert Report 'Indecision 2006' report, and occasionally checked CNN). Plus it's all over my friends list... ^^; It may not be as crucial as 2008 will no doubt be, but it was still pretty damned important and certainly signalled a shift in power down there. Go Americans. :)
I really need to start following politics/news more... I'm terribly out of touch with what's happening, hence the not even knowing about the election until about a week ago. And I don't really know enough to talk about politics in any really informed way. Times like these make me think that I should really be paying more attention and gathering more knowledge about the world these days. I'm sick of young people thinking that it doesn't matter and doesn't concern them, because of course it does. This is the world that we're going to have to live in, and American politics impact us as well, and it's important that we actually have some kind of clue about what's actually happening. Okay, lecture over. XD Now I just need to start taking my own advice... maybe I should start watching the news while I make dinner instead of Friends. ;p
And hah, is it bad that I'm amused that the new electronic voting systems had problems? No shit, I could've told them that... that's what they get when they use machines for voting... yeesh. Really, how hard is it to design a voting system that doesn't either break down or result of never-ending recounts...?
Oh yeah, and Lost was good tonight. Made up for last week's episode. 3 monthes to wait now... le sigh.
I'm not even American, and I am so happy today. They said it'd be upwards of three weeks before they were sure about the Senate, but now they're pretty much confirming it... things are a-changing south of the border, and it's making me happy. I was excited when the House was taken by the Democrats last night, my jaw pretty much hit the floor when I read that Rumsfeld resigned today, and I'm now so very pleased that the Senate will almost definitely go to the Dems. This is a good, good day... :) Only 2 more years to go, and things are definitely swinging out of the Republicans' favour. Fingers crossed, ya'll.
On the minus side, afaik 7 states voted to ban same-sex marriage and Arizona was the only state not to. On the plus side, go Arizona! Also on the plus side, South Dakota voted not to pass that frightening abortion ban, which would have banned nearly all abortions, even in the case of rape or incest. Scary shit, but fortunately it was voted against.
Now we just need to do something about that jerk in power up here, preferably before he tries to take away our same-sex marriage rights. Bastard. Guess I should just be happy that we even passed it in the first place, considering that the US routinely votes on banning same-sex marraige, never mind voting to allow it.
Ahh, politics. Sigh. A few days ago I barely even knew there was an election down south, or what it was, but I did some research (ie. I looked it up on Wikipedia) and I followed the coverage last night (ie. I watched The Daily Show/Colbert Report 'Indecision 2006' report, and occasionally checked CNN). Plus it's all over my friends list... ^^; It may not be as crucial as 2008 will no doubt be, but it was still pretty damned important and certainly signalled a shift in power down there. Go Americans. :)
I really need to start following politics/news more... I'm terribly out of touch with what's happening, hence the not even knowing about the election until about a week ago. And I don't really know enough to talk about politics in any really informed way. Times like these make me think that I should really be paying more attention and gathering more knowledge about the world these days. I'm sick of young people thinking that it doesn't matter and doesn't concern them, because of course it does. This is the world that we're going to have to live in, and American politics impact us as well, and it's important that we actually have some kind of clue about what's actually happening. Okay, lecture over. XD Now I just need to start taking my own advice... maybe I should start watching the news while I make dinner instead of Friends. ;p
And hah, is it bad that I'm amused that the new electronic voting systems had problems? No shit, I could've told them that... that's what they get when they use machines for voting... yeesh. Really, how hard is it to design a voting system that doesn't either break down or result of never-ending recounts...?
Oh yeah, and Lost was good tonight. Made up for last week's episode. 3 monthes to wait now... le sigh.