hmm has anyone been reading eatmejusteatme lately? his bush vs kerry argument makes a lot of sense. in fact i was reading Time this afternoon, and thinking that really, i'm only opposing bush because i don't like bush's face and that he's Republican and the way he talks and i just think he's stupid. but in terms of an alternative, kerry really isn't a strong contender, besides being from massachusetts instead of texas or whatever that yeehaw came from, and a Democrat. oh and allowing stem-cell research. and not being anti-gay. ok so really i prefer kerry, but in the grand scheme of things, i don't feel like kerry's the right guy anymore. not for america, not for the world. actually given a choice i'd have neither bush nor kerry. maybe i should go look up the ralph nader guy, see what he's like although it's kinda pointless because he's got about 3% support currently and you can't hope for miracles in american elections. atleast not the sort of miracle that would make nader the next president in two weeks time.

so why bush rather than kerry?
because really, the iraq thing is huge. and if a guy (ie kerry) who opposed the war in iraq from the beginning, is going to have to lead a country that has no choice but to remain in iraq for a while, it's not very good is it? and kerry's protectionist which is no good either, and he doesn't seem to be offering a solution to the budget/trade deficits. decreasing outsourcing certainly isn't a solution.

i think i'm going to have to hang my head and be a little bit pro-bush again. i think, perhaps bush needs to continue as president atleast until the iraq thing is well and truly over. go read eatmejusteatme for a more eloquent, if typically smartass-style, argument.

in other news, i am very jealous of eatmejusteatme's travelling capabilities.
are we on for the european cities tour after As?
on the agenda, only in the order that cities occur to me:
london
paris
madrid
barcelona
lisbon
athens
rome
florence
venice
berlin
munich
prague
copenhagen
dublin
glasgow
amsterdam
stockholm
brussels
helsinki
zurich
oslo
vienna
warsaw
istanbul + st petersburg if we get that far east

ok that's 25 cities. if we whirlwindly do 3 days per city, that's 75 days which is 2 and a half months. hmm. ok we can take a few off that list, but currently it excites me.