change in u.s. politics

Congrats to the Dems, you've won back control of the House and the Senate after 12 years of Republican dominance. But this take-over, what does it mean? Somethings to consider...

First - the Democrats of recent have been known as the party without a spine, wishy-washy flim-flams who don't have the balls to stand up with an agenda of their own and get stuff done. Now that the Dems control the Congress, what will they do? I have the feeling that the American public isn't going to wait around and see if you can finally get your shit together. It was because of the lack of decisiveness that helped the GOP get elected in the first place. Time to grow a pair and put the country heading in the right direction.

Second - the right direction doesn't mean having American troops stage a race to see who can get out of Iraq the fastest. I agree that going into Iraq may not have been the best of ideas of President Bush (unless you look at this 'regime change' as a way to lock in an oil source) but pulling out troops just yet is going to lead to bad things. In the absence of a superpower, the vacuum left behind if American troops leave the country will probably produce a bigger threat to America's national security. Leave the troops there but there has to be a better exit plan than the one that is in place at the moment. Dems - its time to grow a pair and tell the CinC in the White House that he needs to get his act together with the troops he commands. There has to be a better strategy for progressive troop withdrawal that still leaves the Iraqi people with a country not mired in civil war.

Third - American politics are just that - American. I'm tired of reading of how the world reacts to our political arena and how everyone is a critic. Ya know what, if you don't like America, don't deal with America. If you don't like the way that Americans do business in the world, then do something about it. America is the superpower in the world right now for a reason, because we have the strongest economy with the greatest spending power, and a vast array of natural resources that drive the country. We also have the greatest military of the era and have spent billions upon billions to make sure that we have one. We are the mightiest because we worked our way to this position and if you don't like what happens in America, then do something about it. Seriously, if you don't like what Bush (or any American president) does, then create your own 'regime change'. Just be prepared to deal with the world's strongest and best funded military (which is at the direction of the Commander-in-Chief, the President). If enough countries are really that dissatisfied with how America does things, the US regime could be overthrown - just know that its going to take a war in which many countries are going to need to work together to overthrow the current administration (not just Bush's admin, but any admin) and that there are going to be a lot of casualties. The 3rd Reich was once a mighty power that did a great many things that people didn't like. Eventually the world had had enough of the antics of the Reich and overthrew it. The same thing can happen to the US and probably will one day. But until then, if you're a Frenchman and want to bitch about politics, complain about your own damn country. If you're a Cuban and want to voice your opinion about a dictator, speak up about your own dictator. If you're a North Korean - you've got enough problems to deal with considering the whack-job that is in control of your country so don't even think of talking shit about us. American politics are American and I don't want to hear how other countries want to see a change in our government. Worry about your own country and let the Americans deal with American politics.

I'm done with the rant for now, just needed to vent (especially that last part). Carpe Diem Dems, 'cause you may not get a second chance...