Times are stayin' the same...at least for now.

Well, it was a squeaker for sure, but it looks like George W. Bush has been elected to the high office of President of the United States. Ladies and Gentlemen, we fought a good fight. We should be proud that this is the first time in a long time that political discourse has been on the tips of so many tongues.

Although Ohio, the key to the Presidency, has not been called either way, CNN and other major news sources have reported that Sen. Kerry has called to concede the race to G. Dub and the White Collar Criminals. What does this mean? Well, for now, it means that the new boss is same as the old boss.

Only 60% of the eligible electorate deemed it necessary to go to the polls yesterday. This means that 40% of the American public doesn't give a damn about the future of this country, one way or the other. I honestly wouldn't have minded a Bush victory so much if I knew that we had like 97-100% turnout. However, when only 60% of people show up, and the popular vote is split like this, it only shows that about a quarter of the population wanted Bush to be president and about a quarter of the population wanted Kerry to be president.

To my fellow 18-29 year olds. This election was a big deal for you. Polls I've seen only show that 17% of you decided to stop smoking your bowls and swilling down a cheap wine from a box to show up. This was the same number as voted in this age group in 2000. Was getting to the next level of Halo so important that you couldn't pre-empt it for one of the most important decisions in the nation? While I'm happy that 17% of you did show up, I still have to ask the remaining 83% what were you thinking?

Thanks to redistricting in TX, 4 of the 5 Democratic House Seats switched hands and went to Republicans. The only one of the Texas 5 that did not change was our man, Chet Edwards! Congrats to Chet on a close victory over that lizard woman, Wohlgemuth. Daschle lost in South Dakota, but Obama won in Illinois. The Republicans now hold clear majorities in both the House and Senate. With William Rhenquist in bad health, a new justice will have to be named to the Supreme Court with a new Chief Justice.

So where do we go from here? The only way we can go...up. The Republicans have the cards they need to mold the country in the way they see fit. If we don't see appropriate progress in jobs, the economy, the war, the environment, and education by 2006, we'll know without a doubt that Republicans aren't able to govern appropriately. This election has shown that we, as a nation, are content to be ruled by corporate interests. As for me, I'm still alive no matter who's in the White House. I'm still going to watch this administration like a hawk.

I recommend you do the same.