Bush won. Whoop de doo. I've been avoiding writing about it just because the whole thing made me so heartsick.

Used to think i wanted to live in the States. Land of the free, home of the brave. A place where your aspirations will come true if you work hard enough. You know, that line from "An American Tail" where Fievel sings that America is the place "where the streets are paved with cheese".

Studied there, still thought America was an amazing place. But ran into a particular species of American called the born-again Christian. But deep down inside, I always thought that the US was still a benign place, where born-again Christians and religious conservatives were more of a blip on the radar screen.

Reading the headlines the day after the election kinda shattered that illusion. Equal turnout of democrats and republicans. 51-49. Largest victory margin for a president. That implies that the US is essentially a conservative country. Bleah.

I'll say it again. BLEAH.

Ok rant over.