I didn’t make an entry yesterday because I was in transit most of the day. From Seattle to Florida. Heard about Bush’s final victory while at the airport in Houston, aptly named George Bush International, although named for the father and not the son.

I can’t say the news of Bush’s reelection brought a smile to my face. I just think of the continued number of women and children who will die needlessly, due to his inane policies of withholding vital money from the United Nations Population Fund. And ironically, withholding the money dramatically increases the number of abortions performed. I guess Bush, who fancies himself as a crusader for the fetus, never considered that. The $34 million that the US is withholding would be used, in part, to provide contraceptives and birth control information to women in developing nations. But instead, now they resort to abortion as the only means of birth control available to them. And most of these abortions are illegal, or semi-legal, and done under less than sterile conditions. So in addition to aborting their unwanted baby, they themselves, face complications from the procedure or even death.

So how does this scenario fit in with Bush morals and politics? Beats me.

Anyway, I don’t expect any positive changes in our health care system over the next four years. But maybe, a miracle will occur and I’ll be proved wrong.