Have a Rum drink to celebrate Rumsfeld stepping down!

I'm just glad that Rummy has stepped down. And we have the house! And maybe the senate!

The Rumster has interesting timing though, for sure. I just hope the recount in Virginia doesn't get screwed-up, and that Webb is really in. We won the house, and that's a major step in the right direction. Let's hope we don't hit any landmines, here or in Iraq.  And we're pretty damn close with the senate...according to one thing I read, we have the senate too. But the majority leader (Reid) is in the mob's pocket...so is it the syndiate that's running the senate?

On a state level, yay for the new gov'nah, but additionally, here in MA they're looking at repealing Gay Marriage rights. It is such bull! The last act of an evil Govenor Romney admin. They need 25 out of 200 to say it should be changed and to have it on the ballot AGAIN in 2008. So what happens to the some 2000 couples that got married while it was okay?

Religion and Government aint supposed to be a couple...or am I treading on thin ice here? (Are they like a same sex couple, inter-racial, or two different species?!)

-jes

QUOTES FROM AP & STUFF:

Quotes from AP Wire:
Nov 9, 6:24 AM EST
Democrats Win Control of Congress

"Democrats had 229 seats in the House, 11 more than the number necessary to hold the barest of majorities in the 435-member chamber."
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"Democrats will have nine new senators on their side of the aisle as a result of Tuesday's balloting. Six of them defeated sitting Republican senators from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Rhode Island, Montana and Virginia. The other three replaced retiring senators from Maryland, Minnesota and Vermont."

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Nov 8, 9:09 PM EST
Reid set to be Senate majority leader
" WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Harry Reid regulated gambling in his home state of Nevada when the mob controlled casinos. "
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"With the election giving Democrats control of the Senate following four years of GOP dominance, the gold miner's son from tiny Searchlight, Nev., is in line to become majority leader. "
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Opponents of equal marriage rights are trying to strip away the protections of marriage from gay and lesbian couples and their families. They need only 50 out of 200 legislators on November 9th.
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Link to a version of the news story: [link]