Proud

Today, I'm feeling proud to be American.

Really.

I know that sounds a little trite, but I'm really happy that after all the horrible things that have happened over the last several years, the mixed motives, the lies, deceptions and various other vagaries of our government...that finally the Iraqis had a democratic election today.

I was watching the news coverage this morning, and was surprised at myself at how good it felt to see things going well over there, if only for a moment. I know we're far from out of the woods....but it sure was nice to have a break in the bad news.

And now, back to our regular programming...

:-)