So the Bush administration is viewing the election as a mandate from the country to go ahead with their "agenda."


Grrrreat.


I voted for Kerry, but I'm not actually democrat. I wanted to vote for Ralph Nader, because I am a firm supporter of exercising our country's freedom to make our government more than just a two party system (even if I don't support or agree with American Independents, and certainly not Libertarians--although I think they have a right to be around and represented). But Nader didn't even make the ballot for the Green party in California. And I wasn't going to "waste" my vote by writing someone in. I really wanted Nader to get at least 5% of votes this election year, so that he would actually have some federally funded money to run in the next election. However, I don't think that's every going to happen. He didn't even get 1% of the vote this time around.


Even though I lament the fact that Nader wasn't on the ballot, I have to admit I am proud that I voted John Kerry--going against just about everyone at work, and even some close friends of mine. I may be in the minority of people who don't support Bush but don't necessary think the war was a bad idea, although that sounds horrible. What I mean is, I think something had to be done about Saddam and the situation over there. I don't agree with Bush's strong-arm tactics and essentially flipping the bird to the rest of the world. However, I firmly believe that if we had done nothing about the situation, we (or some other country, perhaps) would have been strongly attacked. And the president did what he felt he had to do. Bush made one good point during the three debates, and it was the only point I felt made any sense in his garbled answers, and it was this: That the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq sends a message that ripples across the world, heh, that Americans are not to be bullied! We're the bullies, ya'll! Boo-yah! (Insert best Conan O'Brien Talking Bush Head Impersonation here) And the Middle East is now a smoldering... crater... of freedom.


I think what bothers me most right now is that such a small number of my peers voted--and yet every single one of my friends claims to have done so. However, the statistics suggest that not even 1 out of every 10 voters was between the ages of 18-24. Our demographic represented not even 10% of the total votes. (This is according to CNN.)


I feel horrible. How can my generation be so apathetic? How can we not care about the environment, giving people who love each other the legal right to marry even if they're the same gender, back-door drafts, children from low-income families having no other choice but to join the military since they can't afford college?


Wow. I feel so dirty right now. I work for a company that creates the military propaganda for the Bush administration. We create videos that indoctrinate the new recruits and explain Operation: Iraqi Freedom and crap like that.


But we make Chevy, Nissan, Suzuki and Cadillac commercials, too!


I feel like taking a shower now...

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