...before the Plunge

Bush has been elected... again.

It's a sad day the world over, unless you have something to gain from Bush's re-election. I know for a fact that with his re-election, the US is guaranteed an economic recession soon, as proof, the Canadian Dollar is quickly threatening to overtake the US dollar. Many Americans believe that the Canadian economy and American economy are intertwined, and that if one sinks, the other will follow.

This is wrong. As demonstrated with the US cattle embargo on Canada, we have proven that we are capable and self-sufficient. We have also shown, with our rising monetary value, that our economy is the inverse of the American one. When the US slips into recession, Canada's economy booms (although not all aspects of our economy are so overjoyed to see such expansion).

My largest worry, however; has nothing to do with money or economies, but rather with human life. With Bush in power, and super-conservatives taking larger and larger pieces of mainstream American life, my major concerns now relates to two things: the decay of rights and freedoms in the US, and the ever greater threat of the US invading or pressuring other countries to try and either a) submit to American will, or b) adopt and American democracy.

The fact that democracy is spreading, is, unto itself, not a bad thing. However, the fact that nations are being invaded, and people are dying to spread democracy is. The American people had a choice to try and stop this, or at least, give pause to see the truth.

51% of the people chose not to heed the warning, and now an entire world and 49% of the US population have to live with it.