As surprised and pleased as I am that our nation’s largest employer will soon be held to the same legal standard of hiring practice as the rest of us, my half-empty side can’t help but look at the glaring 33, and be appalled that 1/3 of the United States Senate is hopelessly out of touch. The ratio actually increases if you look at the defeat of the ‘Dream Act’ that would have allowed a path to citizenship to educated, motivated children of illegal immigrants who only know America as home. Don’t get me wrong, I look at the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell’ as a major victory in the course of human decency. I hope that there will be further repercussions to influence state-by-state legislation with regards to the civil rights of all Americans. But, the new mood of bi-partisan, hug-around diplomacy is dangerously disjointed and ultimately bad for the country. I haven’t read the complete bill that will be sent to the President for his signature, but, as with the trunk load of legislation that has been and is being cranked out by the lame ducks, I would bet that there’s lots of extraneous crap inserted under the guise of compromise. These are all deals made by deal makers primarily representing the interests of the worst perpetrators of the shameful abuse of labor and the environment and the manipulators of our make-believe financial crisis. There’s just not enough good work being done on our behalf and the repeal of a moronic policy is not a glimmer of light at the dawn of a new day. That new day actually begins in early January and the forecast is for dense fogginess with an increased probability of stupidity.