Let's Not Stop and Pat Ourselves on the Back

As I'm sure any of my readers would've noticed, it's been 10 days since I've posted. Not for lack of effort, mind you. I've just been extremely busy lately, and it's been a long week and a half.

Of course, since I last posted, we know that the Democrats have conclusively won the House and Senate (even if by a narrow margin in the latter). What will the next two years hold? I don't know that. All I can say is that it will, for certain, not be George W. Bush's agenda.

Bolton won't be confirmed. If (unlikely) any new Supreme Court seats open, they'll be our choices. The Republicans will no longer hold a chokehold over Iraq policy, and hell, we may even get to bring our boys home soon. This will no doubt be a costly withdrawal, seeing as how Iraq could become the very festering pit of terrorism it was said to be at the beginning of this war. That's why it's time for Iraq to stand up for itself, and the rest of the world to pitch in if they don't want to see that happen.

It's not all of America's fault that this happened. Maybe in the next two years (and hopefully many more after that) we can convince the rest of the world that we're worth their trust again.

Anyway, don't expect me, or other truly righteously minded individuals to fade away or silence ourselves just because we won. Now is the time to rebuild our country and our reputation. We saw what happened the last time we allowed ourselves to be shut down, and all we can say is to remind ourselves and others that "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."