Thirteen days since...

Okay, it's been thirteen days since Democrats have won a major replacement race in the US government. What does this mean for US citizens?

So far, not much. There's some feather fluffing going on, such as calls to increase the income tax, and to bring back the draft. Some Democrats are seeing this as an opportunity to push through their long repressed desires, while others are taking a more cautious, patient, approach.

Looking outside the US will give us some idea of what the recent election means:

"Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday called U.S. President George W. Bush's defeat in congressional elections a victory for Iran."

Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, praised the American people for handing victory to the Democrats, saying: "They voted for something reasonable in the last elections."

It's obvious how terrorists feel about the election results, which I can only hope sends a clear message to the Democratic majority in congress, just as the election results hopefully sent a clear message to Republicans.

An Israeli commentator said this of the results: "Women in the US that voted for a Democrat might as well go out and buy a burka, because that's what the end result will become."

I hope not. But looking at past Democratic attitudes, it may be a true statement;

1. Which party has defined the war on terror as a “law enforcement” issue to be handled by U.S. courts and law enforcement?
2. Which party would work to outlaw NSA wiretapping, aggressive interrogations of terrorist detainees, and other intelligence tools vital to preventing a repeat of 9/11 or worse?
3. Which party would work full time to obstruct U.S. intelligence agencies, and the U.S. military in their efforts to win the war on terror?
4. Which party would withdraw (“cut and run”) from Iraq, thereby handing Jihadists a major victory, both strategically and psychologically as Clinton did in Somalia?
5. Which party has constantly compared the war in Iraq to Vietnam in an attempt to further weaken the resolve of the American people?
6. Which party has continued to devastate U.S. troop morale by declaring that America cannot win in Iraq, or by accusing American soldiers of terrorist acts against Iraqi civilians?
7. Which party has compared conditions at Guantanamo Bay to Nazi prison camps during World War II, and accused the Bush administration of violating the Geneva Convention?
8. Which party has persisted in their attempts to give captured terrorists and enemy combatants trials in our federal court system rather than under military tribunals?
9. Which party has blamed American foreign policy for 9/11 and the war on terror in general?
10. Which party has opposed the strategic missile defense system initiative?
11. Which party has historically opposed and cut military and intelligence spending?
12. Which party opposes military recruitment on college campuses?
13. Which party has a history of appeasement of our enemies rather than confrontation?
14. Which party has stated that we are creating terrorists and implied that if we withdraw (“cut and run”) from Iraq, the terrorists will leave us alone and not attack us anymore?
    

The answer to all these questions is Democrats. The same group which is now in power.

What do we have to look forward to in 2007? We shall see. Like him or not, we have NOT had a repeat of 9/11 under this President, or the Republican dominated congress. Will we be able to say the same under a Democratic congress, or after 2008?

The human condition

As I was doing some housekeeping on my pc, I came a cross an old link, one I hadn't visited in a while. It's a shame, because this site is one of the best I've seen that really shows the human condition, culture, and society.

The site I'm talking about is FOUND.

FOUND is essentially a database of stuff. Stuff that's been discarded, lost, or forgotten, and once again found - but not by the original owner, or recipient. This rediscovered stuff - notes, letters, pictures, signs, etc. - are sent in by the finder, sometimes with a comment. The website allows viewers to leave their comments and observations.

You never know what you'll see next, and often the language is vulgar. At one time, this type of language wasn't socially, or publicly acceptable. Today it's tolerated, and in a lot of cases, accepted as proper expression.

Sometimes sad, sometimes funny, it makes a good study of who we are. FOUND is a look in the mirror of society.

The human condition.