I'll admit that a lot of my personal politics are liberal. Some are libertarian. JoeUser is , for all accounts, extremely conservative. It doesn't really bother me too much. I'm a democrat. I like Howard dean. I like Al Gore. I really really dislike president bush. Can't help it.

BUT something I have been wondering about. I read great news stories in TIME and see reports on BBC about how WELL the reconstruction is going in Afghnanistan. And today they voted to approve the new Constitution in Afghanistan.

So why doesn't the mainstream US press report this more often? You hear a daily tally of how many soldiers are dying over in Iraq, and yes it's awful and yes it's the administration's fault. We all know by now they hoodwinked us with the lies about weapons of mass destruction. But why not follow up the "Iraq is a terrible mistake" story with a story like "but Afghanistan is working out great!". because in all the stories I read and see, which is few, it really seems to be.

The Afghanis seem to have really taken to the idea of freedom a lot quicker than the Iraqis. maybe it's all the opium. It calms them down.

Anyway. Just thought I would share that. Honestly, I don't think the media is biased one way or another. I do wonder why more isn't made of certain stories, like why wasn't more made of Florida and Texas dropping all those voters off the rosters illegally, and now why isn't more made of the fact that Afghanistan is a huge success for Bush...

Hmmm. Some things are just weird.