I'm not religious particularly, but I like to believe that I'm a pretty moral person. I've read a lot of the stuff people have been saying about the death of Bin Ladin... And this link is possibly the best thing I've seen.

More people should think like this.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/03/my-take-bin-laden-died-long-ago/?hpt=T2

This is pretty close to why I don't worry like some do about the political situation in the United States. While it DOES take a while for things to happen, the balance does re-center itself. We now have a Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, A Senate which might have a 1-seat Democratic majority or a tie, a majority of Governorships going to the Democrats, and Rumsfeld has stepped down.

On the bad side, a bunch of illigitimate amendments and referendums passed affecting the rights of people living in same-sex partnerships and/or civil unions. I expect the Wisconsin one to die quickly, as it does far more than I think was aimed for. Basically, it nukes people who were joined as partners by the state as well 'same sex' partners. It won't last a year.

Here in Minnesota we DID elect one fruitcake, Michelle Bachman (R) to the House of Representatives. She goes the extremist-Republican line of anti-gay, anti-abortion, and essentially is a shrill, bitter harridan. The governor race here is still undecided to my knowledge, tho the Republican Pawlenty has a 1% lead over Mike Hatch, the Democrat.

We'll see how things shake out. But one thing is pretty certain- with Bachman out of state politics, there'll be no more serious attempts to ban gay marriage or civil unions here. :)

Oh- the House and Senate of Minnesota BOTH went Democrat.

From all of what I've said above some might think I'm bashing the Republicans. I'm not. If a Republican is in office, does a good job and actually expresses the tenets of the Republican Party, AND supports the needs and desires of his or her constituency, I've no problem. I DID vote for Governor Arne Carlson here twice, after all.

But when they start supporting an ideological agenda out of step with the desires of the majority? THEN I object. The so-called 'New Republicans' and the 'New Right' have done great harm to the Nation, and the people just told them in no uncertain terms what they thought of the performance.

I don't think the changes are over. I think its just starting.