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ETA: No, changed my mind, I will say something: I was a nervous wreck on the drive to work because I was in a hurry and I didn't have time to check. So I still had hope. I got to work and went to CNN.com. As the page was loading, I was saying to myself "Kerry Wins. Kerry Wins," picturing how it would look on the site, as if somehow that would make the words appear.

I felt ill this morning, from the worrying but now I feel worse. I'm shaking right now. I'm not kidding.


...wait, what? It says on CNN.com that Kerry has conceded but on his own website it says the votes from Ohio haven't all been counted yet. What's going on? I mean, projecting a winner is one thing but would CNN say he's conceded when in fact he hasn't? Or have they just not updated johnkerry.com?

*reads the actual article*

Godfuckingdamnit, it's a WHITE HOUSE AIDE saying Kerry concedes, not anyone from the Kerry campaign. They'd better fucking count all the votes.

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I'm listening to Air America Radio to cheer myself up.

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Listening to Kerry's speech.

I'm not going to cry but I sort of feel like crying.

You know why Bush won?

He won because of religion. There were a lot of people who voted for him just because they're Christians and he's a Christian, whereas Kerry is a Liberal and you know we Liberals are all secretly baby's-blood-drinking, Devil-worshiping atheists. People are against abortion because of religion. People are against gay rights because of religion. People are against women's rights because of religion. People are sure as hell in favor of invading countries where Muslims live because of religion. They don't care about the economy, the environment, public safety, education, justice or civil rights; all that matters to these people is that they think their god told them to vote for Bush.

How DARE any conservative talk about freedom as if they believe it's valued in their America?

something related to politics but not specifically ranting about Bush

I was talking on the phone to my mum yesterday. My grandma, who lives in Stockport (in the north of England), fell and got hurt and she's in the hospital. She's OK but she has MS and has trouble walking (that's why she fell) and they want to keep her around for a few days to see about treating that. Meanwhile, my grandpa has been almost bedridden, relying on my grandma to take care of him. You know what's happening now? When they first called the doctor, he said he'd be happy to come over to their house but she ought to go to the hospital so they should just call an ambulance. At the hospital, they checked her for injuries but she wasn't seriously injured but, as I said, they want her to stick around to see if they can help her with her other health problems.

My grandparents were scheduled to have social services come over in March to see about putting safety features in their house, like a sturdier rail for the stairs (they're very narrow and can't have a chair lift thing.) But when my grandma told the hospital about that, they said they'd call and get social services to come and get it done immediately. They also said that if my grandpa needs it, they can get an assistant to come in to help him, and they can continue to have someone come, just to help them out and to bring them free food, every day after my grandma's out of the hospital.

You know what's really amazing? All of this is absolutely free.

I'll say it again: all of these services are provided free of charge.

Imagine having this in America. My grandparents, whose only source of income is the British equivalent of Social Security, do not have to pay a penny for any of this; the government pays for it all. This is how a society is supposed to function. We're supposed to take care of ill and elderly people. Why should so many people be opposed to America being like this? Why is it more important to people that they should have their new SUVs than it is to make sure we'll be taken care of when we're too old and sick to work? Why are people so opposed to having something like National Health here? There are still private hospitals in England, so rich people can still get higher-quality care but everyone can get the basic care they need. What's so wrong with that?