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Intelligent Design wins in Kansas. I wish schools would stick to facts and represent all theories as theories. Evolution can't be proven as it isn't going on around us and there is no physical proof. Creation, which I believe in, can't be proven as we can't physically prove there is a Creator. They are both theories. The only facts we have are the historical writings that exist from historians of ancient ages and the physical proof of previous civilizations and people. Those are the facts. Anything before that is simply theory. Accept it. Teach it. Then you can believe what you want. If you can't 100% prove your point, say it's theory and leave it at that.

Same Sex Marriage Constitutional Ban wins in Texas. I firmly believe in the sanctity of marriage and apparently so do the majority of voters in Texas. As much as I may like watching two women get it on, it's still not natural. Just like pieces in a puzzle, men and women fit. That sounds simplistic, but it's natural. There is male and female and it takes them to reproduce. Marriage should also be something separate than a partnership. If you want to enter a partnership with someone of the same sex, sign a contract and keep it. Of course, I expect the same of a marriage. Marriage, too, is a contract. Keep your word. Marriage, though, due to the usual procreativity (granted, not in all marriages), should remain sacred and there are certain benefits that should be given to those that are married. That's my opinion and apparently many of those in Texas, too.

The Ohio voters decided that they want to continue to vote the same way they usually do. Apparently, there were some groups like MoveOn.org that sponsored some changes to the way people vote in Ohio due to some unusual claims of bad vote counts in the last major election. There hasn't been any proof of these alleged irregularities; just a lot of noise from those that lost in the election. It's good to know that most of the voters are satisfied with their friends and neighbors who set up and count their votes and that they trust them more than these outside special interest groups. I'm all for the people having control over their own destiny instead of groups trying to persuade them otherwise.

You will hear spin on the two governors races. New Jersey had a Democrat governor and elected another one. That's not news and it's not a referendum on Bush as you will hear people spin it. They just went from one Democrat to another. The same goes in Virginia with their governors election. You will also hear Republicans spin the same types of things about Bloomberg's re-election as mayor in New York, but it's not a surprise to elect the same party that was there before.

Arnold Schwarzenegger had several initiatives on the ballot in California that failed. This is no surprise as California is called the "left coast" for a reason. You will hear spin about this being against him and Bush, when in actuality it's due to the strong union support and a traditionally liberal base there. It was expected. He wants to cap state spending and give the governor more power to make budget cuts. He wants to raise teacher tenure to 5 years from 2. He would like to set up an independant panel to do any redistricting instead of allowing lawmakers to do it. He also wants to require public employee unions to get members' permission before dues could be used for political purposes. Those are all fantastic ideas! Cap spending and cut budgets? Don't we all have to live under a budget? Why shouldn't our governments? Raising tenure? How many jobs do you know that you can work 2 years and be guaranteed your job? I'm surprised he didn't ask to get rid of it altogether. Tenure is stupid and jobs, any job, should be maintained by merit and results, not how long you've been there. This should be especially true in educating our children. Redistricting done by an independant panel? Well, really, who cares? Why should a winning party get to distribute district voting lines along some pattern that sets them up to win more elections? Shouldn't this be a strict population related thing? Union dues? I'm all for getting rid of unions at this point. It used to be that unions assisted workers in getting better working conditions. Now they have long outlived their usefullness. Why are union jobs paying more than the marketplace allows? Isn't that what is driving businesses like our airlines and auto makers out of business? No wonder businesses want to go to other countries. The owners have allowed their businesses to be run by the employees and it's gotten out of hand. The same thing is going on in sports. We see these spoiled people still asking for more instead of allowing the market to determine what is fair.

Just my opinions and it happens to turn out that I'm right! :)