I think I understand a psychological motive for Bush hatred now: By using September 11 to aggregate power for himself, and to make his opponents--you, me, and every other liberal who needed to feel like we could trust our leaders after we were attacked--feel disloyal to their country, he prevented us from healing. Maybe that's why that sometimes, being an American can feel like being the walking dead.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/theplank?pid=37459

i've changed this post twice now. i just don't have the right words to follow up the quote, and i don't have the right words to fully explain how i feel about all of this.

well, i have one word.

fuck.

thanks for indulging me.