URL: Millions of Afghans vote, defy Taliban threats (Reuters)

It’s really something seeing the people of Afghanistan take control of their lives and exercising one of the most basic freedoms of any democratic society:  voting.  Despite calls for boycotts and acts of violence from the Taliban bastards, the empowered citizens voted with gusto, especially women who will have 68 seats in the national assembly.  It will be interesting to see how this plays out over time.  Once people get a taste of freedom it’s much harder for terrorists like the Taliban to ever get as strong a foothold.  If only more Muslim countries could understand this.

In my opinion, polls tell us little to nothing about what people will do once they step into the election booth.  However, it is interesting to see some of the polling numbers currently cropping up these days.  In this poll, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, we see an across the board dip for Republicans in all age groups.  That can’t be good.  Of course, in the next question people are asked if they would like to see their congressional representative re-elected and more than half say yes.  Contrary people!

URL: Renee Zellweger cites ‘fraud’ in split to Kenny Chesney

As if we didn’t see this coming from a mile away!  Should anyone really be shocked these two are calling it quits?  Oh, well, all those women I work with who think Kenny’s "all that" will be happy he’s a single man once again.