I am soo depressed. I just can't believe what this country has come to. The thing that mostly saddens me is that the reports say that most people voted the way they did because of MORAL values. This truly disheartens me. I have completely lost faith in the American people. I used to think that before traveling around the world, I want to be sure and travel around my country first...to really know and understand its history, people. But you know what? As far as I'm concerned, those fly over states are dead to me. I don't give a shit anymore. Turn their back on me and I'll turn my back on them. How can they preach "morality" and "freedom" and say that's the reason we need to do what we're doing in Iraq when they can't even keep the peace and freedom in their own country? Instead they are just dividing us.
Living in LA, I'm surrounded by an incredible crowd of people...open minded, accepting people. And I'm not saying that there are only democrats and uber-hippy types here...there is definitely a good share of staunch conservatives (they're even friends of mine). But what I am saying is that people in LA are more open minded to such ideas that maybe one day...possibly in the somewhat near future...we may have a woman President or a black President and that commited gay and lesbian couples deserve all the same benefits as married couples. Living in such an open forum of a city, I sometimes forget that the whole country doesn't think this openly...that somewhere in the middle, there are still prejudiced and ignorant people. I think the west coast should secede from the rest of this close minded country. How can people honestly trust that man to run our country??!! He's a liar, he's an idiot, and completely incapable of running this country. I have no faith in the man and the fact that he is supposed to represent our country, the country that is supposed to be the land of the FREE, the country with endless opportunities, the country that I live in...is infuriating to me. He may be President of the United States, but he DOES NOT represent ME, who I am, and what I believe in.
This whole election has made me do a lot of thinking about the kind of life I'm living and the kind of world I live in. It has forced me to think about what I believe to be important in life. And sure, I would love to continue living in my liberal bubble...focusing mostly on what is directly surrounding and affecting me...but ultimately, that's not what I want in my life. I don't want to live in a country that I don't believe in. I've thought about moving, but I know that won't solve anything. I would just be running away from the problem. That might help me, myself, but it won't help the cause. I don't want to be apathetic towards the issues in the world. I want to live for a greater social cause. To live in a world that I have no hope for, that I do not believe in, is not worth living for. So now, I pledge that from here on out, I am going to change the world. Just watch me.
Posted by Mollie Gamo at November 3, 2004 12:53 PM