Segmentation Fault: Core dumped..;-)

Sayonara

Posted : November 3, 2004 at 9:43 am [America/Los_Angeles]

Exactly three months ago, I wrote my first blog entry about US Presidential Elections. I did that because I felt it was important to participate in this Election. Too many mistakes had been made. Too many lives had been lost owing to these mistakes. Too many lives had been changed for the worse owing to these mistakes. Arrogance had replaced pride and humility in United States government policies. However, in the end, I was driven by a very selfish reason. There’s a part of me that’s truly petrified at the possibility that the cost of these mistakes will be borne by my kids and their generation. So, I decided to pitch in in my own humble way.

I gave it my time, my money, my every waking moment (well, almost) for these past three months. I would be lying if I said I am not disappointed. I am. I really am. But I have no regrets. Infact, I am pretty proud of some of the things I was able to accomplish in these past three months. So, approximately 350 blog entries later, I think it’s time to say sayonara to discussions related to US Politics (except for the occasional one or two) on this blog and go back to talking about my first luv - Information Technology.

Senator Kerry, you did the 55 million voters (and folks like me who could not vote) proud. Congratulations on fighting a good fight. Sorry to hear that your moral values were not quite up to the mark.

President Bush, I wish you the very best. I will be honest. I have little or no confidence at this moment in you, your Administration and your Republican Congress. I, along with the 55 million Americans who did not vote for you, can only hope and pray that you will prove us all wrong. A majority of this country thinks you’re capable of making our lives better. Prove it. Lord knows this country (indeed the whole world) and it’s citizens could use a few “good” years after what we’ve been through.

As for me, I will continue to keep an eye on US Presidency the way Teddy Roosevelt asked us to:

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public… Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else.”

- Anand

Category: United (or not) State of American Politics 2004