Okay, I've posted way too much today, and this is my last one, I swear. But while I'm thinking about it... Mom, if the package issue ever resolves itself, then along with the stuff I already mentioned (the black sport pants, those two DVDs...) could you maybe scrounge up a couple John Kerry buttons or pins? Surprisingly, the American elections are a big topic of conversation over here too, and I want to make it clear where my loyalties lie...

...or, rather, where they do NOT lie, since I know basically nothing about Kerry except that his name is not George Bush. GWB's dad was president a few years back, his brother is the governor of my state and now he himself is president... I have had quite enough of the Bush family, thank you very much.

(Now that I'm getting fired up...) One of the last straws for me was the gay marriage thing. What exactly is the matter with it? They don't choose that lifestyle - in the (translated) words of one of my bi friends, "If I had a choice... life would be much easier for me if I were straight." So really all you're doing is promoting prejudice among the American people. You could use your position to do so much good, and instead you behave like a Southern Baptist redneck* - discriminating against gays, bringing religion into all of your speeches, and turning everything over to your frontmen because you don't know what the @%^& you're doing. No matter what Clinton did in his private life, at least we felt secure with him, like we had someone who could think for himself and knew what he was doing. Being president is not about what YOU personally believe or think; it's about what is best for the 280 million people you have to care for. You are not only promoting close-mindedness, you are treating our country and it's resources like a kid with a new toy, and doing whatever YOU want without thinking about the consequences or about anyone else.

A new bumper sticker Mom saw: "We're making enemies faster than we can kill them." Too true.

*Southern Baptist Redneck = generally, someone who's not very bright and who believes that their way is the only way and will not listen to anyone else's opinions. However, you can be Southern Baptist without being a redneck and you can most certainly be a redneck without being Southern Baptist. (I have now conveniently left myself a loophole as to not offend anyone; isn't that nice of me?)

Goodnight.