Good news roundup for today:

John Howard won re-election in Australia "convinvcingly" in what was widely seen as a referendum on his support for the invasion of Iraq. Considering that Austalia has suffered via the Bali bombings and the bombing of one of their embassies recently, it shows that the majority are willing to risk further attack for an ideal.

As a further rebuke to the naysayers who thought it couldn't be done, Afghanistan held it's first elections today. So far, not one significant incident of violence in the land that John Kerry says is controlled by warlords and druglords. And I don't want to hear any crap about the fact that the elctions were't perfect because if I remember correctly, we're having some problems here ourselves after 225 years of experience and having the world's most advanced technology.