Thanks, Proto. You're a good Joe.
Don't get the wrong impression here. It's not like I've got my bags packed and am standing at the harbor, waiting for the first boat out of here. We'll see what happens in the next couple of years. If Bush gets elected (not re-elected), I'm gone. The man is dangerous, and, like Max, I am frightened by his actions and his agenda.
I think this country is rotting from the inside out. I think we're too ignorant and self-absorbed, and too caught up in being consumer whores and sports fans, to pay attention to the truly important shit, because the truly important shit is boring. And over the next several years, if this country stays its course, things will get worse incrementally, until it's a true police state, and it'll be too late to do much about it. We don't need to worry about terrorism threatening this country- odds are that we'll end up destroying it ourselves, through our own ignorance.