it's completely clear that we got the house (wait... who is this "we" of whom i speak? what i meant is that they've lost lost the house... or... fuck. you know what i mean!). the senate is still up for grabs, which means it's still up for manipulation. south dakota shot down an incredibly restrictive anti-abortion bill (good news) but seven new states passed laws banning gay marriage (fucking nitwits). the terminator gets another round to play the role of governor of cali (sure, angiledes was no saint, but wtf?), and the army times (and navy times, and air force times and marine corps times) has called for rummy's resignation (wow. didn't see that one coming).
so where do we stand? how much better off are we today than yesterday. did it make any difference at all that we took back the house (there's that "we" again... i don't know where it comes from, i swear)? we're still mired in iraq, most of the fuckers that voted us into that clusterfuck are still in office, and there's still no coherent exit strategy.
we're still addicted to oil. we're still a fundamentally racist, sexist, classist and homophobic nation. we still (as californians) have abysmal public education (k-12 and higher ed), and nationally we are completely uncompetitive with pretty much all the other industrialized nations. our debt is soaring (in no small part due to our bloated "defense" budget), our reputation as both citizens and as a nation internationally is in the shitter and i don't think anyone outside of america is going to be fooled by a slight shift in the name of the majority party of the lower house.
now what? what can we do to really fix this mess? this is not a rhetorical question. i want to hear your ideas. bring it on!
UPDATE 1:oh yeah. almost forgot. this and this and this (via boinboing)
UPDATE 2: looky here... rummy resigns. how sweet it is.(via the rude one)
UPDATE 3: and now this. so when do we start the impeachment hearing? (thanks, junkfarm)
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