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November 03, 2004
Election Day is gone
Well I went to bed early last night, thinking to myself "I hate to go to sleep without knowing who wins but Im just so exhausted. Ill figure it out tomorrow". With that I awoke to confussion and the first thing I wanted to know was who our president is today. I was shocked to see (however I shouldnt have been) that there was no winner as of yet. My first reaction was that Florida fucked it up again with their 3 democratic counties that had 90,000 absentee ballots that would not be counted till Thursday but I was wrong. Ohio hmmmmm..... I did find out later because of the long polling lines and time delays for voting(unconstituational from what I hear but Im no lawyer)did allow for many younger, new voters, to abandon ship without casting a vote. So I awoke.
I found once again (similar to 4 years ago) that the country is in a state of confussion and in my opinion the weakness showed to the terrorist countries and because of George W's tantrum with the recount, it allowed us to be attacked several months later. Yes thats my opinion. I accept those words and own them 100%.
So the sadness came when they did announce that Bush was re-elected. I guess I cant understand how a country is so full of hate. They want to teach the children about family values but hate is not a family value (I know you have heard that saying before). My guess is that people put others into catagories. They dont see individuals such as you and I, who think, feel, live, work, and breath. They see rich people, minorities, gays, unmarried, prochoice, and the list goes on. I wish they could see how personal it is. If they ever had someone from those groups ask them face to face, "why do you hate me so much", I wonder what their response would be?
So again I ask how? how could this happen? It makes me sad to think about how much we have to lose by this and not just as gay men. This isnt about gay marriage and the right to marry your partner. To me its the bigger picture. The country, the families, and all the people who will suffer.
The war? well the war is just a plot to take over the world which Ive associated both George and Dick with Pinky and the brain.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tonight"
Brain: "Same thing we do every night, try and take over the world"
Yeah, I dont see it as a war against terrorism. Its a war of the worlds. Luck would have it that Saddam Hussain was captured but what else has happened? Has he really protected us? Does the rest of the world fear him? laugh at him? or perhaps just not care. My perception is that the world looks at us as weak. If you are afraid of terrorism, and you voted for Bush, then in my opinion (yes mine alone and I own my opinions), you have just reelected the boogie man to keep your bedroom safe from monsters. On a realer analogy, you have reelected a pyromaniac to watch your house for fires.
Well I could go on but I wont. Possitive things, most of the propositions that I wanted got passed. The reform of the 3 strikes law still amazes me that it didnt get passed as well as the fact that mandatory DNA samples for criminal acts did get passed. Interesting....
To finish up real quick, got home, furnace guy (who I found out is originally from Spencerport), came on time, installed the thermostat, and now I have heat that works on its own. Im happy.
Hope everyone has a great night.
Posted by Des at November 3, 2004 07:47 PM
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