Wednesday, November 03, 2004

fuck

well shit. that wasn't what i was expecting. wtf? i smell a rat. goddammit.

italy or greece... decisions decisions.

posted by lia at 10:11 AM

6 Comments:

Blogger Lorrimer said...

Don't leave. That's not the answer. They won because they cheated and got away with it. Which they can do because they have been working harder than us for longer than us to put the machinery in place to sway opinion -- which they do even in the face of a reality that condemns them. We can build our own political and informational infrastructure that will educate people and sway the tide of opinion. We have the facts on our side. We have to keep fighting.

10:54 AM  
Blogger thephoenixnyc said...

I just posted my thoughts on my blog. I won't repeat them here.

I will say that I am going on holiday to Italy for 10 days on the 18th. I may not come back.

11:20 AM  
Blogger lia said...

sigh. i know, i need to stay and fight... but i'm fucking tired of fighting. the people in this country truly frighten me. this overwhelming demonstrated desire for nationalism and isolationism truly frightens me.

assuming, of course, that the majority of americans DID vote bush into office, and there was no electronic ballot tampering. these results seem really off to me, but they're close enough to not attract attention. it feels too perfectly orchestrated to be accurate. but hell, we'll never know, will we.

i find myself hypothesizing a correlation between this turn of events and the way it was for jews in early 1930s germany. people think, well, this country has some problems, and we're a little scared, maybe we should leave... but nah, it will be ok, god will take care of us, we can't leave our homes, we've always been persecuted, but we've always survived... and then the SS comes knocking on your door.

this sucks ass.

12:51 PM  
Blogger InkedDaisyGirl said...

i think we all have the same posts today.

everyone i know has been talking of moving out of the country ... it will be interesting to see if this actually happens.

some days, it's really hard to continue to fight the good fight. i know that when i wake up in a few days, after the heartbreak has mended a bit, it will be easier ... but until then ... i feel disconnected.

1:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've been thinking about moving back to the US when I'm done school, and I've also considered staying in Canada and becoming a citizen. Things need to change, but is education the key? Census reform? Maybe doing away with this registration system, or even instituting manditory voting as they have in Australia? I really don't know.

I commented to Darth last night that perhaps the left will become more radical over the next four years, more vocal, more active. Maybe we will pick a stronger candidate, one who inspires greater passion in the voting public than Kerry did.

There is a lot to think about, and though I joke about it myself, from outside the country, I don't think leaving is the solution. If I do become a Canadian citizen though, I'm very seriously considering becoming active in local politics. The left is floundering here as well, we lack direction and strong leadership, people grumble but otherwise lack conviction.

If nothing else, the silver lining is that this election has awaken my own formerly idle political passion. I feel the need to act now more than ever. I'll do what I can.

1:21 PM  
Blogger lia said...

thanks you guys. sigh.

we'll get through it.

8:37 PM  

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