There’s the brain dead: the religious pompous fools that think they can dictate right from wrong based on old books written when we didn’t have a cure for trichonosis, let alone a word for it.

And then, there’s the OTHER brain dead: the kind-hearted souls that just want to go-along to get along, thinking that the deposing of Joe Lieberman has made a difference. Ding-dong, the witch is dead, now we get a happily ever after.

And then there’s the rational ones: those that observe and nod sagaciously (a word that only follows a nod), noting this as a positive significant event for the world’s future. They’re not so brain dead, as desparate to believe that this single event has meaning beyond the displeasure of a populace.

All of us trying to do what is right. Standing up, as it were, taking action because it’s Right.

You can only stand up for what is right when you have a strong belief in right and wrong - and the people who will beat you to it are those that buy into Manichean duality quicker and easier. Their reaction of right/wrong has been a darwinian survival trait - I feel threatened, therefore I kill that which is most alien.

Rational minds want to wait and rationalize, therefore WAITING as the pattern occurs… because knowing more, understanding the pattern is a darwinian survival trait - the smartest course of action will result in survival. Meanwhile if it’s a pattern of ensuing chaos where the exception of hope is used to delay action in the idea of “we’re seeing positive change.”

And in somewhere, Connecticutt, Joe Lieberman will no longer be in congress. The first brain dead ones have said, “This is bad!” The second have said, “The is good!” The rational ones have cautiously sought hope. And I, well, I think we’re in trouble.

The US is in a consitutional crisis point and the world is in a social crisis point:

The US’s last 7 years has been that of a defacto ruler (”world’s last superpower”), but the problem is that if you want to exert control, the THREAT of force is more useful than the USE of force. But because of 9-11 and our sore egos, we have allowed:
- Unbridled use of the war powers act
- Declared war not on a nation or an “ideology” - but a METHOD that rebels use, in fact, a method that EVERY rebel has used in the last 500 years. That alone is an act of desparate despots.
- As with any war, we’ve demonized the enemy, and then wonder why our front line soldiers rape and torture, which perpetrates a cycle
- Begun with the restriction to access of data, followed up with the unbridled monitoring of communication.
- We’ve “consolidated” Federal Services into an orwellian unit called “Homeland Security” - since when did AMERICA need to be a HOMELAND? How is HOMELAND different from “Fatherland” or “Motherland”. The United States of America used to be an Ideal, so that ANY territory can adopt to, internalize and apply to join, such as Hawaii, or New Mexico. We’ve capped our imaginations at a limit of 50 states.
- US education has suffered so much in the last 20 years that children are educated as an exception, not a rule. And while a single school board has stood up to the religious defectives, more school boards are losing the fight of religion vs. education.

Socially, the world has to decide:
- Do we grab for what is ours or try to work together?
- Do we continue to consume both lives and natural resources, or do we try to live peaceably with our environment?
- Do we allow the incredible prejudices of monotheist religions to continue to propigate genocide?

So, no, I’m NOT hopeful and I’m NOT happy about Lieberman… he’s just a very small pimple on the ass we’ve allowed this world to become.

If I didn’t feel so DAMN paralyzed about taking action (one more cook in the kitchen, the best plan sometimes is to do nothing), I’d feel a lot better about it.

So, yeah, ding-dong, the witch is dead… long live the new witch.

*thanks to Tamsen for the Name of the Article