Hope

It is hard to believe it is election eve. I know that many people have already voted, and although I think that any way to get more people to vote is a good thing, the traditionalist in me likes trouping off to the polls on election day. One of the most surprising and horrible thing about the 2000 election, aside of course having the doltish dauphin thrust upon us by his daddies cronies, was that during the Florida debacle, so called voting experts said, each election millions of ballots are never counted. Huh? In other words, your vote may or may not count. Who knew. It is really appalling that in this day and age that the integrity of voting is not guaranteed. I thought voting was the bedrock of democracy, but apparently not. What is astounding is that so little has been done since 2000 to make voting easier, safer and more democratic. The fact that state governments indicate think it is OK that people may have to stand in line for hours to cast their votes, is shameful. But then I guess in many areas (rich, white areas) do not, so I guess that is supposed to make it OK. Well it's not. Keep the faith, keep your fingers crossed, knock on wood, and don't agonize - organize. Let us hope for a better tomorrow.