Mark Morford is one of the reasons that SFGate.com is still my opening page on my browser, even having moved from San Francisco. Even if he did call me "bitter and defeatist" in this article. I do have a streak of anarchy in me, and part of me does wonder how badly W. Bush can destroy the U.S., which I'm confident he will continue to do, in all the ways Morford mentions in the article, if re-elected.

Come on, be honest. How many non-Floridians went "aw darn" when Hurricane Ivan cleared west of Florida, avoiding a third direct hit on the nation's wang in a month? People suffer, but they chose to live in a hurricane zone, and they'll survive. Or not. And if they don't, surrounding life will go on. At least it's warm there.

How much suffering does there have to be until there's some awakening, some enlightenment on what's important in life and what our priorities should be? Or just how we act and react in the face of our own adversity. Even someone else's. Alright, I do sympathize for the hurricane victims, and my heart goes out when I see the news reports of people evacuating or who've lost their homes. But another four years of W would require more empathy for the country than I could muster. So let him drill America into the ground until he hits oil. He just might herald the end of America's global corporate reign. Besides, we haven't had a chance to impeach him, which I'm predicting will happen if he's given a second term.

People are looking at me sideways now wondering if I'm secretly going to vote for Bush.

Hardy
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