Election day plea

To all of you registered voters reading my journal, tomorrow you will be doing something that I fell but six days short of. In this, I beg you to vote with the future of my country in mind. The next four years of my life will be directly affected by the kind of research opportunities I am presented, the kind of employment opportunities I am given, the kind of opinion that is held of me by the international community, the kind of enemies my country is making, the kind of progress our scientists are allowed to make, the kind of morals that are governing my society, and, commandeering all this, the kind of administration that is running my government. I ask you, please, please do not cut out the immense progress our sciences are making in favor of irrational, ancient moral justifications. Do not allow my country to be led by men who follow their hearts rather than their ears and their minds. Do not allow the world to be terrorized by arrogant, thick-headed bastards with no sense of diplomacy. I do not want a world ruled by fear and irrationality. I do not want a repeat of the last three years. I want my tax dollars to be returned to me in the form of progress and scientific breakthroughs, rather than blown to hell on someone else's battlefield. I want an international table governed by reason -- a community where, when we are demonized, we are able to ascertain the reason why and work out the steps needed to reach a compromise. That is, a compromise that doesn't involve murdering 100,000 civilian citizens of a third world nation. I want a nation that will not be hung up on primitive, ridiculous issues such as gay marriage. I want a nation not ruled by the falsehoods of our ignorant past. I want a nation that will readily move away from the locks of conservatism and embrace the changing face of humanity; a government that will allow us to leave man's childhood behind, rather than retarding our growth. I'd prefer a government that didn't directly lie to me about how threatened or secure I am. I will be very, very depressed, worried, and cynical about the future if tomorrow you chose to elect George Bush as second term president of the United States of America. I fear this post is an excercise in futility -- I'm sure you're all strong in your convictions. But if you are voting for Bush tomorrow, please, first reconsider what it will do to the world and country in which we live. Not what I want, not what is good for America, and not what is best for the world.