Something Interesting

Normally I'm all gloom and doom about politics but today a couple interesting reports have surfaced that give me heart.

1) Here : Voter turnout in the US has barely risen, despite a massive swing to the Dems. This indicates that a fair chunk of the Republican party stayed home this election day, which tells me they were not all that scared about Obama being the Anti-Christ that they would vote for McPalin. This says about 2 % of the GOP isn't completely insane and about 39% of the US figured there was no point voting for either. Why would such a dismal report on their democracy please me? Well basically it confirms my belief that Americans are still not satisfied with their two party system and if they aren't satisfied, they'll be more receptive to the Third Parties next time round. Here's to hoping Nader, Paul, Bawldwin and Mckinney etc. can get into the debates and finally get some real discourse happening.

2) Here: Finally they're at least partially admitting what I have been thinking all along. Georgia was at least mostly responsible for the out break of hostilities in August. This is an example of one of the many arguments I have against America's foreign policy, but that's something for another time.

There we go, some positivity. I' m glad I have Google News, it was quite a pleasant find today.