Count me among the many, the depressed, the Kerry supporters. We felt so deeply about this election that we even had a yard sign (two actually, one was stolen) and a bumper sticker, two things we've never even considered before, and we were bugging other people to get out an vote. I was deeply saddened to wake up yesterday morning to the news that Bush was in all likelihood the winner, and then have Kerry concede midday. After things were so neck and neck in the evening before I went to bed, I really felt that Kerry had a good shot. Luis and I are very concerned about the path our country is heading down. Bush has another 4 years to screw things up, but the long term effects will be felt for many more years, especially in the judiciary and the world view of the US. I believe that our time as a superpower is ending, that within the next 10 years our role in the world will greatly changed. America has always been a great country, never the greatest in any one thing, but pretty dang good in lots of them, but I believe that our time is passing. We also fear for Luis' job as a union member.

Luis is a conspiracy theory kind of thinker, and last night he was speculating about the electronic voting machines. Out of curiousity, I started looking around last night. Okay, it was more out of "I really don't want to go to bed yet, so I'll waste some time online". Wow. The stuff I came across regarding those machines is scary.