If you need to feel a bit better about people in general, you may want to have a look at this. As long as there's people like that in the world, I hink we're doing something right at least.
ETA: Adding more links, because as long as I'm collecting links, I'm not biting my nails or throttling my coworkers into a bloody pulp:
beizy rants about being gay under the Bush administration, and about slashers who vote Republican, here.
rhoddlet relates something her roommate witnessed at the polls here.
- Related to that:
voter_stories.
- People like
dafstar need to be loved and cherished and encouraged.
- Election Night Pr0n! Because more pr0n is always the answer.
- A story of determination.
- Ahahahahahah!
- This sort of thing makes me want to petition the UN to send observers to US elections. I don't even know which side this is from, because apparently both parties were pulling some incredibly fucked-up stunts to keep the other side from voting.
- Ballot issues. Erg.
- "I'm tired of folding like a tent."
jennyo calls for action, not running.
brotherlawrence is angry. Very angry.
- Margaret Cho says: "Don't Despair, Act."
elance offers an expat's perspective.
- A long, thoughtful essay on this whole thing.
apetslife has an excellent point in the first paragraph here.
- Something to cheer us all up: Mr Obama's victory.
deepsix explains why actually, the economic dip is not "natural".
- From
zarah5: An outsider's perspective.
I'll keep adding to this as I find more interesting/funny links. Not all of them will necessarily be related to the election.
ETA 2 Also, I'm really fucking furious at Bush right now for already calling the election. It's 2000 all over again, and I can only hope that this time they'll actually properly investigate before they decide to give Bush a vicory which he may well have only gotten through fuck-ups. But I'm not counting on it, sadly.