Berlin Wall and Election Results

From USA Today: Berlin Wall now in pieces across USA
By Rick Hampson, USA TODAY
FULTON, Mo. — Twenty years after it fell, the Berlin Wall has spread around the world, morphing en route from an instrument of oppression to a symbol of freedom.
The wall is found across the U.S. — in scores of major fragments and sections on display in at least 26 states, from a community college in Hawaii to a floating restaurant in Maine to a park near the World Trade Center. [Click to read]

Remember when President Ronald Reagan said, "Mr. Gorbachov--tear down this wall!"?

I have pieces of the wall that I chiseled from it back in 1990, when I was on business in Berlin. It cheers me to see the wall in pieces! However, socialism has now come to the good old USA. Let's roll it back and tear it down, too!

From USA Today: Va., N.J. give GOP reason to celebrate
By Susan Page, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Republicans swept governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday, giving the GOP bragging rights by winning two key states that Barack Obama carried a year ago.
Democrats scored an upset in a closely watched congressional election in Upstate New York that spotlighted the GOP's ideological divide. [Click to read]

Is this a message to the Obama administration that he's giving us change we didn't expect, like "Health Care Reform" that wasn't even in his campaign message? Or quadrupling of the deficit, when he claimed he would be fiscally responsible? How will the moderate and conservative Democrats in congress respond? Will they continue to buck the party line? Only time will tell.

From USA Today: Maine voters reject gay-marriage law
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Voters in the northeastern state of Maine repealed a state law that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed, dealing the gay rights movement a heartbreaking defeat in the corner of the country most supportive of gay marriage.
Gay marriage has now lost in every single state — 31 in all — in which it has been put to a popular vote. Gay-rights activists had hoped to buck that trend in Maine — known for its moderate, independent-minded electorate — and mounted an energetic, well-financed campaign. [Click to read]

The people have spoken over and over again: "Marriage is between a man and a woman." It has been defined that way for thousands of years. There is no need to change it. There are other options for gays without calling it marriage.

On Burris & Blago, on Franken & Coleman

Note to Senate: Let Mr. Burris in! He’s been legally appointed. There is no evidence of wrong-doing on his part. And Blago has not been indicted. It’s also clear that the requirement for the Secretary of State to sign applies only to verifying an election.

On the Minnesota Election: It’s not over yet. Lots of irregularities. According to several websites and newspapers, there are 25 districts in Minnesota where there are more ballots than people who signed the roles. In others, there are ballots that have been counted twice. There are also counts provided with no ballots to back them up. There are ballots that magically showed up a week later. Ballots have been counted inconsistently: there are multiple ballots with an “X” in a filled-in circle that counted as votes for Franken, yet when the same markings appeared for Coleman, they are counted as “no votes.” Clearly, obviously, ethically, morally, and legally inconsistent! There is enough of this to turn the election around by several hundred votes. Ron Coleman’s website says he’s filing a lawsuit. Where is the national media on this? They are not reporting it.