WOW !!!! How decisive can it be? "Throw the bums out" was the call of the day.
I never expected the full "run of the board" that occured.Then the swift removal of Donald Rumsfeld was another welcome surprise. As the latest inept move by Bush his letting Rumsfeld go after the election rather than much earlier probably cost the Rs at least a couple of important seats. Additionally it pleases me to see the repudiation of Rove, as the Napolean of politics, being humiliated. Another "nasty",
currently under investigation for some irregularity, who deserves humiliation is Grover Norquist, of the Americans For Tax Reform club. His quest for "tax reform" is to give the big money people carte blanche to keep their ill gotten gains and to hell with everyone else.
Now it is up to the Dems to produce some worthwhile legislation and help Bush find a more useful course to follow. Analysts have been talking about the need for each party to move toward the center. If that is where the majority of citizens are that is a good place to be. Moderate Rs and moderate Ds should be able to work together to accomplish good legislation rather than ideologic head banging. Time will tell.
It is imperative that the ME situation be resolved at least to the point of stability. It is in the interest of all countrys, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq to find a stable state of affairs. The Israeli, Palestinian problem requires outside influence and pressure to come to a viable solution also so there is much opportunity for sagacious heads to prevail and get past the deadly tit for tat that goes no-where.
I would like to see a thorough examination of the U.S. position and evaluation of our interest in the ME. Obviously oil is the prime concern but it is also our achilles heel. As long as we remain shackled to our dependency on oil from the ME, and the continuing felt need for our presence there, we will be faced with the dire consequences of being "occupiers" of sacred lands and for whom many jihadists are willing to give their live to drive us out. We have the basic technology to utilize alternative energy sources, what we lack is the poitical will to pursue it. That has to change. Hopefully the new Congress and Senate will face this challenge
I never expected the full "run of the board" that occured.Then the swift removal of Donald Rumsfeld was another welcome surprise. As the latest inept move by Bush his letting Rumsfeld go after the election rather than much earlier probably cost the Rs at least a couple of important seats. Additionally it pleases me to see the repudiation of Rove, as the Napolean of politics, being humiliated. Another "nasty",
currently under investigation for some irregularity, who deserves humiliation is Grover Norquist, of the Americans For Tax Reform club. His quest for "tax reform" is to give the big money people carte blanche to keep their ill gotten gains and to hell with everyone else.
Now it is up to the Dems to produce some worthwhile legislation and help Bush find a more useful course to follow. Analysts have been talking about the need for each party to move toward the center. If that is where the majority of citizens are that is a good place to be. Moderate Rs and moderate Ds should be able to work together to accomplish good legislation rather than ideologic head banging. Time will tell.
It is imperative that the ME situation be resolved at least to the point of stability. It is in the interest of all countrys, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq to find a stable state of affairs. The Israeli, Palestinian problem requires outside influence and pressure to come to a viable solution also so there is much opportunity for sagacious heads to prevail and get past the deadly tit for tat that goes no-where.
I would like to see a thorough examination of the U.S. position and evaluation of our interest in the ME. Obviously oil is the prime concern but it is also our achilles heel. As long as we remain shackled to our dependency on oil from the ME, and the continuing felt need for our presence there, we will be faced with the dire consequences of being "occupiers" of sacred lands and for whom many jihadists are willing to give their live to drive us out. We have the basic technology to utilize alternative energy sources, what we lack is the poitical will to pursue it. That has to change. Hopefully the new Congress and Senate will face this challenge
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