USS Clueless: Earth to Timi

At this moment, I can honestly say that I am a proud American. I may be scorned, sick, sad (or any other negative emotion you think of), but I am a proud Black American Woman nonetheless. I write that with a quesy feeling at the bottom of my stomach. But that's ok.

I've been reading other people's thoughts about the election results. The consensus seems to be anger. There is one Republican who is gloating, and I ain't mad at her. You go Genie! LOL. Because had Kerry won, I would've done the SAME thing. But anyways...on with my post.

I'm not angry (anymore). I'm just disappointed. I keep thinking about the "what ifs". I'm not upset with the people who voted for Bush either because they voted with a sense of urgency that many Americans just did not have. Now in saying that, I must say that I'm ticked off with the negros and other spastic Americans who did not exercise their right to vote at all. ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG PEOPLE. I knew this would happen. I said it would happen. To quote myself (and yes Im gloating):

Someone has to be the killjoy, so I've decided that I'll take on that role. I'm sick of vote or die campaigns. I'm sick of them because I really do not believe that they will serve the purpose intended. There's one thing to get a bunch of knuckeheads registered to vote. It's another thing to get these kids out to actually vote. This is the fallacy of Vote or Die (or any other campaign geared toward the youth generation). I commend the efforts of the people running these campaigns to encourage young people (especially young black people) to register to vote, but what's going to happen on election day? Are their going to be buses waiting in the hood to take these young folks to the polls? You've seen the tragedies happening in the hood. You've seen David Banner show you his hood & home with no running water on MTV. You've heard the young people talk about how tough their life is. What are you going to do about that?

I believe the answer in simple. Absolutely nothing. The same complacency that existed prior to the voter registration is going to be present on election day. Maybe I'll be proven wrong. Maybe I won't. One thing remains true. That is, the real issue is not in getting these kids to register to vote (although that is VERY important), the real creme de la creme is getting these kids to the polls so that they can vote. Until then, I'm calling the bluff.

I couldn't be more disgusted by my own words. Why couldn't I have been proven wrong? What if...

I said I would be in a deep funk if Bush won, but I think I'll get over this in about a week. I'll be ok. I just need to be kept away from a certain negro named Jason Johnson, who lives in Ohio, who said that he prayed to God and he chose not to vote. Now I'm not knocking his decision to pray about the elections. I prayed about it myself. I just question whether or not God really told him not to vote. You see...Jason is on my hit list right now. And knowing that the separation of votes between Kerry & Bush was like 130,000 in Ohio, makes me incredibly sick with Mr. Johnson and those like him.

Back to the gist of this email...I am a black woman who is proud to call herself an American right now. I voted. I'm not happy with the results, but I know that I made my ancestors proud and that's all that matters to me right now.

I also prayed that God's will be done in this election, so it is what it is. To quote my pal Micheal Paul,

I'm reading the Old Testament right now and it seems to me that God puts all rulers and people of authority in there place. Good or bad. For His purpose.

Amen to that Brother.

I commend John Kerry for conceding. Why delay the inevitable? It would've been a mess had he not done so, and I was not looking forward to the drama. He did a good thing. The divisions must end.

So...in conceding defeat...CONGRATULATIONS MR. BUSH. YOU RAN A WORTHY CAMPAIGN & IT PAID IT OFF. I MAY NOT LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE WON, BUT I RESPECT YOU NONETHELESS. MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS TO RE-UNITE A DIVIDED COUNTRY.

We're going to be alright. Peace out folks.