So Tired...

Well, here I am, back for a post-election post. For me, this blog has been like one of those things that you need when you're low and when you swing back high again, you seem to forget all about. So, this time I ain't feelin' too shabby politically but after a long hard weekend of work, I'm sure tired enough to feel at bit of the "lows". Why not use it to post right?

Anyway, it seems that with the stunning victory of the "left" the country has found a way to regain some semblance of sanity for the time being. Hopefully the din of yelping from the fundies has died down enough to let us all think straight again and not preoccupy ourselves with such pointless debates as: "Are frozen soon-to-be-thrown-out embryos able to get the proper abstinence-only sex ed if their 1 in 10,000 chance of actually becoming a fully formed human ever comes to pass?" Things like this are really not that pressing when the blood on the streets of Baghdad is still flowing freely.

It would seem to me that the Dems really have their work cut out with this win. They must do more than pass pretty sounding resolutions. They must fight back the callousness of the folks in Washington that no longer respect the reason of why they work there for us. They must battle the idea that having real hope is considered quaint or meaningless. I say this because ever since Barak Obama has stepped up to the plate I've heard nothing but shallow comments like: "He's a vessel that people pour whatever they want into." Come on people, he's a good man, and preaching promise shouldn't mean you're vapid. He has goals, yes. He is shrewd, yes. But he represents something almost lost to us like Kennedy did, hope. Flaws are present in all of us, that's why a person like him is relatable. His dreams may not be totally formed yet, but neither are most of ours in the real world.

We can get there together though. We can rest up after this last battle for a bit, but then we must come out strong. Ready to do the really hard work of dreaming big.