An interesting couple of weeks...no doubt

There is some sense of calm this evening. I'm not quite sure from where it stems. Perhaps it is the time of year, perhaps it is my lack of sleep, or perhaps it just is. Isn't that interesting? The thought of things being just because, well, they are.

Today, in this country, we changed some things that just are because, well, they just are, and forged a different path. I figured it would come sooner or later, but it is interesting that it comes at a time when so many deals are being made in Washington. I don't mean to take away from the striking down of such an overtly callous law such as DADT, but it does seem odd that there's been some interesting compromise going on inside the Beltway over the past few weeks.

Perhaps it's just me, but stranger bedfellows have rarely been seen. Don't forget...we let the national debt increase by some $700B (chump change?) by continuing Dubya's tax cuts and by cutting nothing (that would be political suicide for either set of loathsome creatures). Democrats and Republicans parried over a spending bill that had earmarks from both parties. We killed an immigration bill in a country made up of mostly immigrants from one era or another. I'd shake my head, but that would just be pointless.

Regardless, much was accomplished today in the name of freedom. Maybe there is more to come. Cheers.

As always, be thankful for what you have, buy only what you need, and work diligently for peace. From the river and the woods of New Jersey, I bid you all a great weekend!