Say "Goodbye" to Compassion and Greener Energy ... Say "Hello" to Corporate Greed (Tax Cuts for Billionaires) and Future Unrest Worldwide ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio joyously discussing likely increases in lobbyist dollars in their Republican fists in the next few years as a result of the the historic Republican victory on Tuesday

Republicans picked up at least a record 630-plus state legislative seats nationwide. That's even more than the 472 seat gain in 1994, according to the American Legislative Exchange Council, and more than the previous record of 628 seats by Democrats in the Watergate election of 1974. Not since 1928 have Republicans held so many state legislative seats.

Not since 1928 ...

Need more be said?

But as unhappy as I am with the results, I recognize that the American people have spoken and, before, the second foot falls in 2012, we will have lost even the modest ObamaCare voted in by both houses and yes, the millionaires and billionaires will be rolling in money with stock market surges, deregulation of off-shore drilling and everything else that Republicans believe is necessary for America to be America.

President Obama deserves our applause for sticking to his "no-drama-Obama" guns and showing more concern for the country--and the world--than his personal or party politics over the past twenty months.

Hopefully, the inevitable "Tea Party" crash won't be as crushing as the Crash in '29.

And for that matter, we all have to remember all that Europe went through during the Nazi occupations to realize that Tuesday's Midterm Election isn't the worst that could happen to our beloved America! This classic photo of a Frenchman watching the Germans march into Paris is one of the most endearing memories of my childhood.