i've kept my head down and worked for the past several months trying to avoid the glut of mis-truths and superficial sound byting that accompanies politics - especially when it attempts to belittle or degrade intelligence or sensible ideology ...
the energy that surrounded this campaign was like quicksand - loaded with desperation ...
i'm grateful that 'cooler' heads prevailed, but dismayed by the ignorance demonstrated by a large part of a population that professes to be the model for world progress in the 21st century ...
hopefully, this can be a period of healing, reconstruction, and re-evaluation of what is fundamentally important ...
the real battle between what is right and wrong is only beginning ...
at least now there's a chance we'll be governed rather than ruled ...
