The Elections

"There's too much talk in Congress. Many men seem to be proud that they can say so much about nothing. Their tongues keep working whether they've got any grist to grind or not."- Davy Crockett, famous frontiersman and Congressman from Tennessee, 1827

Well, the Dems have won Congress, as everyone says. It is a repudiatation of Bush, the war, conservatism, etc. But is it?

Many Republicans lost because of sexual and financial scandels. Many of the winning Democrats supported the war in Iraq and are opposed to abortion. It is a very interesting situation.

In the November 2006 edition of Smithsonian Magazine, a fascinating article recounts the mid-year elections of 1946. Democrat Harry Truman was not doing well and the country seemed unhappy with his policies. The Republicans swept Congress for the first time in sixteen years. Sound familiar? The point of the article though is they couldn't hold on. The next election saw them booted out because the couldn't get much done.

Will the same thing happen to the Dems?

We'll see won't we? Meantime, let us keep praying.....

Halloween 2006

Well, another Halloween has come and gone.

A commentary on our culture: our son dressed up as a Patriot this year, ala Ethan Allen with the three pointed hat. None of the kids at school got it. In fact, his fellow fourth graders didn't even know what a Patriot is (no, not the missle). And they never heard of Ethan Allen. They all thought he must be Jack Sparrow, of Pirates of the Caribeaan.

Sigh. I wonder if they have ever heard of Patrick Henry. George Washington? Mel Gibson?

And for a great article on what currently goes on All Hallowed Eve, even here in Cache Valley, Utah, read this link (I talked to a "warlock" on campus once. They really are out there-excuse the pun!)

http://www.breakpoint.org/listingarticle.asp?ID=798