A reminder - half of us did vote for the other guy…and are really very sorry

I have been deliberately vague in many of my posts regarding the election (up until the election day) , so I think it’s time now for some clarity…

Am I religious? It depends on your definition of religious - I don’t attend mass (or church, or whatever) on a regular basis. I do pray and talk to God often. I don’t believe there is a real name for my “religion” - except maybe spirituality.

I’m sure that to some people I’m a blasphemous heathen who needs to be condemned to the pits of hell for 2 or more eternities, but to others I’m an angelic loving, caring, and giving force. Simply put, I try to live by a few simple rules, the golden one, harm no one, respect my fellow man, be thankful, and share.

Frankly, what I do and believe in (as long as it harms none) is no one’s business but mine and God’s (and the same goes for you too).

Morals/religion truly starts with and resides within the individual, (since I don’t know how to word this properly, it may come out wrong) - but anyone who expects one man (aka president, dictator, Dubbya) to bring them God and dictate what is right/wrong in the eyes of God is just a silly notion to me…

Does America, the nation, need a belief system - no. Do Americans as individuals need a belief system - yes. Is anyone justified in dictating what the belief system should be - no. My opinion only.

With the whole moral/religious issue aside (for me anyway) - it left my eyes open enough to look at Bush’s character, what’s he’s done in the past 4 years and what he can potentially do in the next 4 years…

I voted for Kerry - I know he wasn’t going to be the end all of presidents in my opinion, but he was the lesser of two evils…

Yes, I thought about fleeing to another nation, but I remember the struggles my mother went through to get me here. This is where I grew up, and I still love my country, however I don’t feel as safe and secure here as I used to…maybe it’s just because I’m getting older and my eyes are being opened to the ills of the world - who knows…

I wish it had turned out differently, but it didn’t. Time to pick ourselves up, brush ourselves off, and push forward.