A Take at Real Political Commentary

Kami and I just participated in the civilized purging of GOP Senate District 60. Some good talent and many years of experience were voted out in favor of our band of libertarian-minded Ron Paul sympathizers. The gentleman who defended the establishment's war on terror by quoting Churchill and powerfully warning of Islamo-fascists was respected for bravery, given his unpopular position. In moments such as that we remember that we must fight for his right to say these things, even if what he is saying encourages the destruction of those rights. I would casually comment "what a silly system" if it didn't tend to perpetuate the bloody slaughter of youth in wars fought for the sake of political image, extremist religious ideology, and the bottom lines of well-connected CEOs.

Anyway, it was a small victory for those local courageous souls who continue to restore bits of integrity to the Republican party. Many suspect the same thing is happening throughout the country beneath the radar screens or interests of the people's media. Maybe one day those ideas that actually prevent terrorism will make it to the higher-ups...we'll see.

Some say that getting involved a bit is a lost cause, and that Republicans will never shed the intellectual chains of theocracy, corporatism, and nepotism. That may be the case. But right now, within a framework so shaken from the scourge of these things, with a frosting of stupidity, those with principle, will, and intelligence have an opportunity (or even an obligation) to step up and commit themselves to reconstructing a government who's power derives from the consent of the governed.

So, that's my expert analysis of the situation at hand, and will rightly return to the much more managable and exiting world of Anastican and Balthizan into the forseeable future.