Whenever I read a comment that includes "the real world," I think of Martin Luther King and Ghandi.

Both realised that there was change of consciousness   just beneath the surface of the real world each of them lived in.

So they acted in defiance of the "real world," eventually paying for it with their lives.  They, however, changed the real world.

The same is happening in America today.  The people voted for change, they didn't vote for Democrats they voted against Bush.  Weakness, excuses for inaction doesn't impress American voters....and political junkies aren't typical of the voters.

Arguments that support the status quo which is what I'm reading here will go nowhere.  Facts aren't the whole picture, interpretation of facts needs to be considered.

Facts con't constitute the real human world, if they did, we wouldn't be in Iraq today and we wouldn't be losing in Afghanistan.

Non binding resolutions will not influence a madman like our President.  

And this debate doesn't impress John Q Public.