Some news buried in the back pages of newspapers:
- Army to phase out “stop-loss”
- US endorses UN declaration calling for de-criminalization of homosexuality
- New federal policies on medical marijuana
See, things are getting better ! 
It’s pretty telling that this post got no replies in 24 hours.
I am particularly curious to hear what those who say Obama is so anti-military have to say about the phasing out of “stop-loss.”
And also, it was an embarassment that we didn’t sign on to the declaration calling for the decriminilization of homesexuality and I am glad that time has passed as I believe we were the only western nation to to have signed.