And now, phase two begins...

...yeah. Election day and all that. Projections as of this moment predict the re-election of Mr. Bush as President of the United States. S.N.N. projects massive dust clouds as lawyers attack the results over the next few weeks - provisionals are yet to be counted. When the dust actually settles, let's see who wins. I would advise the Kerry campaign to make no official concessions until after all challenges and cases are resolved. Things are going to be close. Amerika needs to brace itself for phase two of the election.

I did my civic duty and cast my ballot. Which leads to projection number two - Proposal Two, the amendment to my state constitution to define marriage as "one man and one woman for any purpose", is projected to carry. My apologies to those who will be affected by this, and my sympathies for those who will be afflicted by similar measures passed in their own states. This matter should never have made it to the ballot, and is a clear instance of one religion imposing itself, through the measure of law, on all people. It is a very precise example of the need to separate church and state. It may also be a strong case for civil disobedience, depending on the uses such language is put to.

On a slightly more upbeat note, I was promoted to C rank (the first rank) of trombones through a most excellent challenge, apparently. So I'm in my final Big House marching band show! WOOT! And the thesis work is progressing at the moment. Things will hopefully settle down now on schooling's front (although with the examination on Friday, things never get fully settled) so that I can finish the semester strong and get all my work done. Which includes my graduate school applications, now that I think about it. Maybe sometime this week I'll get to those.

And perhaps, after I cast my net for schooling in-state, I will begin to look for building a career in Canada. The United States, at the moment, while unique in its own ways... is lacking in others that may be sufficient cause for me to apply for citizenship there and make my life there. That's a serious thought from me, who until recently, would have been happy to live his life out inside the United States.

At some point, there will be a stand taken. I do not know who will lead, who will follow, and who will be caught in the whirlwind, but I do know that the results will leave many devastated. Do we have the courage to stand in front of the tanks that are driving our way? For I am unsure this time whether they will stop for the man and his grocery bags.

Ladies and gentlemen...

According to some newsmedia outlets, Mr. Kerry has given up and is scheduled to concede the election to Mr. Bush . An honorable decision, if perhaps not an intelligent one. Fundamentalists everywhere, rejoice and give yourselves a pat on the back. You're one step closer to creating the theocracy you've always craved.

This one speaks well about the election. Although I still disagree that people voting for a third-party candidate are morons, the entry speaks well about things.

I'll probably be a bit bitter about things and then, resigned to the inability to change things on a national scale, continue to worry about smaller issues...