10 days left

I remember … 

… 3 am, the first tuesday of November in 2000. Florida was called for Bush the second time, and declared the winner

… the next 30 days of recount madness. Lots of maneuvering and court decisions that I didn’t understand. I was a freshman in college, I knew it wasn’t going our way, and I couldn’t do anything about it. I wore a Nader pin on my backpack, but I voted for Gore. 

… the summer of 2001. The news was so boring, except for one thing that stood out in my head. I remember hearing the warning about a possible terrorist attack in August 01. 

… 9/11. My mom woke me up, I had just gotten a new job with Starbucks and stayed up late the night before playing video games (Mario 3, I believe). I didn’t know what to think. So, I decided to drive out to my parents house. For months, I kept on looking in the sky for airplanes and it caused me to rear end someone that fall. It didn’t make sense to me. The anthrax attacks, the war, the discrimination of non wasp’s; things felt like they were spiraling out of control. 

… Colin Powell testifying at the UN. It was my Dad’s birthday, 2/5/03. I woke up that day and listened to it on the radio and it didn’t feel right. 

… the start of the war. My sister and I made a couple of trips downtown that week to march through downtown and make noise. It didn’t make a difference. 

… election night 2004. wtf? 

… driving back from Montana with Andrea and hearing about Katrina in August 05. That gross negligence was criminal.

… 11/4/08. I ran up and down the streets in Seattle high fiving everyone. The next day I slept in and spent the whole day rewatching speeches and crying. 

There are only 10 days left of this monster and his cronies. 

They should be prosecuted and thrown in jail.