duncan mak (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} duncanmak) wrote,@ 2004-11-04 14:21:00 |
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Maps
As a foreign student who have lived in the US for the past 7 years, 3 under Clinton and the past 4 under Bush, I'm finding this country growing less welcoming and less appealing.
Four years ago, as I was about to start college, I remember thinking to myself, "life has been pretty good in the past 4 years, I can see myself becoming an American.". Ever since the Patriot Act was proposed, I have been feeling less and less inclined to "becoming American".
From this map produced by USA Today, it looks like the America that I loved is rapidly shrinking.
One thing that I find repulsive is the self-righteousness from many people on the Right. More than ever, I find the frequent pronouncements of "America is still the greatest nation on earth" to be arrogant, ignorant and illusional.
Maybe there is hope, that it is not only about Red states and Blue states, the Left and the Right, as Jon Stewart so poignantly said on Crossfire. Maybe we should look at this as different shades of purple:
Here is a page with links to more maps of the 2004 election.
This just in: Greg Palast says Kerry won.
New: Interactive map from the New York Times.
On a more Mono-related note, we made 2 releases on Election Day, 1.0.4 and 1.1.2. However, the pages to the packages and installers didn't get updated until Wednesday afternoon. Hopefully it's all sorted now.
