quite a few of the races for the house and senate are/were extremely close, but it looks like the democrats have taken the house by a pretty solid majority. the senate is still close, but it looks like at worst it’ll be a 50/50 split. democrats also gained a lot of ground in the gubernatorial races… so good news all around.

ahhh, and big news for rumsfeld… the guy that bush said was staying at least through bush’s second term…. errrr… not so much. —> linky

looks like a lot of changes are about to happen. now let’s hope the democrats don’t royally fuck up this opportunity. this could go really well, as long as they’re not completely stupid about it. anyways, i’m a pretty happy camper right now… but we’ll see what happens over the course of the next several months.

as of right now, here are some of the tallies:
senate (1 seat still too close to call, but leaning slightly democrat)
democrats: 50 (gain of 5 seats)
republicans: 49 (loss of 5 seats)

house
democrats: 228 (gain of 28 seats)
republicans: 196 (loss of 27 seats)
independents: 0 (loss of 1 seat)

governors
democrats: 28 (gain of 6 seats)
republicans: 21 (loss of 6 seats)

and for the important amendments/propositions here in missouri:
amendment 2 (stem cell research): passing
amendment 3 (cigarette tax): failing
proposition b (min wage increase): passing

now think about this… if our current president were put in a similar situation, how would he have handled it? i’ll leave that up to you to decide.

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btw… i’ll try to post another blog a bit later. i know i haven’t posted much recently, but you all know i’ve been pretty busy with the school/work thing.

here is a clip of john stewart and stephen colbert at the emmy’s:

and here is a response… from none other than fred phelps of the westboro baptist church. he’s a real winner, he is. listen to his sermon. believe. *rolling eyes* i think he’s the real comedian here. lol (note: you only really need to watch the first minute or so… i got bored, too, after that. he just keeps going. geez.)

if you haven’t checked out nip/tuck, it’s on fx tuesday nights from 9pm - 10pm. it’s a fucking amazing show. and you know a tv show is amazing if i like it. lol go watch it. it’s good. paulie gives it two golden thumbs of approval. you’ll get hooked, though. and then you may hate me. but it’s so good you’ll forget all that. so really you’ll love me for it. and then you’ll want to hug me. and give me lots of money. and your first born child. maybe not that. but i digress. nip/tuck. watch it. you’ll help the earth become a better place by doing so.

elton john: “word up, my homies”

some guy in russia deposited about $74 to his account… but his receipt had a slightly different amount… i wish this kind of stuff would happen to me! lol

for those of you that like starbucks… you can print out this coupon to get a free iced coffee! i was a little skeptical at first… i took it in to starbucks today and asked whether it was real. the guy said that he’d give it to me if the coupon code worked… and it did! so i got a free grande iced coffee! hooray! happy days! it doesn’t expire until sept.30.two00six, so go print a couple and try ‘em out. i’m just doing my part to help out a caffeine-addicted america.

ok… this is kinda gross… but also funny in a i-wouldn’t-want-this-to-happen-to-me kinda way. poo!

and here is what every household needs… an iced out fridge. for those people that can’t quite figure out what to spend their money on next.

that concludes today’s program, kids. tune in next time for an extra special episode for those “extra special” people–you know who you are.

pjs of the future!!!!

life’s been going pretty good. i started school this past monday… the week went ok, but it’s going to be somewhat tough this semester. not because of the classes (i don’t think)… more so because i have to drive all the way to umsl monday through thursday. ugh. but hey… one week is down. only 15 more to go!

i got my yearly review at work yesterday (i’ve been there almost 7 years now… wow). it went well, so that’s good. maybe i’ll get that 50% raise this time. lol riiiiiiight.

tonight i am going to chill with one of my two absolute favorite drinking buddies. mary! yay, mary! i’m kinda poor, so i don’t know exactly where we’re going… but i know i’ll be drinking on the cheap. lol i haven’t chilled with her in a while, so it’ll be nice to catch up with her and see how things are going.

have a great day, and a fantastic weekend! hooray!

linky

i’m sure you’ve all heard about the arrests in the united kingdom yesterday… how they were going to use liquid explosives in gatorade containers to blow up some planes. ok, so that’s bad. i won’t argue with that. however, i do think that people are overreacting quite a bit with the aftermath here. no liquids? no shampoo? no deodorant? and in the uk… no ipods, laptops, or electronic devices… i just think this is kind of absurd. i mean… we’re going to end up with people being naked on planes soon. are we that scared that we can’t allow anybody to bring anything on an airplane?

i just get the feeling that too many people are being affected by the fear factor that our current president (and company) keep throwing out there. it really bothers me. i mean… any time anything happens, or if someone disagrees with anything the administration does… bush or someone around him throws out the terrorism card. every. single. time. it’s just getting a little old. too many people keep falling for it.

i understand that we need to be aware and somewhat on alert for possible terrorist attacks. i understand that we need to have intelligence out there to scope out possible terrorists. what i don’t understand is why we are now being ruled and directed by the fact that a terrorist attack will happen.

i just don’t think banning all liquids, etc., is really going to accomplish anything. there’s a certain point when you just have to say, “ok, stop.” granted, i think we went far past that point long ago. i read a blog earlier that stated that practically anything can be turned into a makeshift weapon. i firmly agree with that. but you know what? i’m not going to sit here and worry about it. if something happens, then so be it. i guess it was meant to be. trust me, i don’t want it to happen to anyone else either. i think that people should all just get along. the reality is, however, that people will not simply get along.

i don’t typically get all political in my blogs… i don’t like confrontation, and politics and religion usually stir up confrontation. it just really frustrates me to see how a lot of people react to this type of stuff.

ok, i’m done ranting… now let’s think happy thoughts!!!! here, go see some cute kittens!!!
linky