Current mood:	hopeful
Current music:	Smack That

Will tonight give us hope?
So, the new movie on Bobby Kennedy is previewing tonight here in Portland, but I didn't get tickets. And MM is home sick, so she didn't get any.

If you know me very well, you know RFK is one of my Life Icons.

And on Election Day here in the U.S., I can't help thinking of him. I always wonder how things might have changed in this country if he hadn't died. Maybe nothing would have changed. Or maybe everything. Maybe his own family wouldn't have ended up going so awry out of anger and despair. Maybe Ted wouldn't have had so much pressure. Maybe Bobby's kids wouldn't have been so screwed up.

Maybe.

I hope this country has a little sense this year, faced with a ridiculous war, gas prices we never could have dreamed of even a few years ago, and more and more idiot evangelist leaders and politicians having to admit their 'sins.'

I wish I had more hope. But after nearly two administrations of Bush and his cohorts, I've pretty much given up on the basic intelligence or humanity of the American people. Last election it was all about stopping gay marriage. And who gave a damn how many of our soldiers died in Iraq or how many out-and-out lies we knew we were being told.

Mistress Marilyn continually reminds me that having the Demos take over the House or the Senate isn't all that meaningful. After all, the Demos had control of the Senate when Clarence Thomas was confirmed as a Supreme Court judge, the single most powerful act a president can perform.

Still---

Anyway, I did my part. I voted. I have always voted in major elections since I turned 18, and I hope I always perform this important responsibility. If you can't bother to vote, why live here? I firmly believe non-voters should be charged higher taxes or something along those lines. It's infuriating to me that so many people my age and younger don't bother to be informed enough to make a choice (regardless of what that choice is). The argument that "it doesn't affect me" is just bullshit. It affects everything -- our taxes, our wages, our benefits, our rights, our Moral Conscience, not to mention the safety of our soldiers.

(And anybody who thinks the Saddam Hussein verdict wasn't timed to happen before the election is just naive.)

So, in other important news, Britney filed for divorce from the unfortunately procreative K-Fed. Any bets on whether Britney voted?