Yes we can!

Well, the elections come and gone and I'm mostly satisfied with the results. I'm happy with who got elected President. As Caitlin said, "This has gotten me interested in politics" which I have to agree. While Bush has been in office I've been hohum but now with Obama I feel he could hopefully make a difference with the country. I hope that he can get us out of the rut that we're in and have other countries actually like us and not hating us.

As for the Massachusetts ballot questions, I'm not all too happy with the outcome of them.

Question 1-Eliminate State Income-Didn't pass which I'm happy cuz that would cut state funding even more than its already getting cut and put the PD even more at risk

Question 2-Decriminalization of Marijuana-I have no idea how this passed but it did something like 70% yes...this is just stupid. People try to justify why its good but I'll never buy it. Especially with the field I'm in now we just let people who are smoking joints get away with it by giving them a $100 ticket. Whoop de do

Question 3-Banning greyhound racing-This is the one I felt most strongly about and now dog racing is going to be banned in MA. For several reasons. A)My mother in law has worked there for 20+ years and now will be out of a job B)Police details will now be gone once the track closes. C)Now because of the stupid ASPCA supporting this dogs will be sent off to other states without regulations and others could possibly be put to sleep. How could societies sworn to protect the rights of defenseless animals let this happen and support this? Why would you support something where dogs are going to be killed. This is absolute blasphemy and I wil NEVER support the ASPCA and I know that my mother in law will never give money to them again. It's an outrage.

Well, thats the end of my rant. As I said, I'm both happy and upset with the results.

/rant