Robs' Blog: incoherencies from an american ex-pat in exotic beijing,
  or: how i learned to stop worrying and love bureaucracy

To those who might've voted for JFK with the first vote they were eligible cast, only to see the flame extinguished on a Dallas street;

To those who might've stayed away from the polls because of disgruntlement with LBJ or being distraught with the death of RFK, only to let Humphrey and Muskie loose to Nixon and Angew;

To those who might've even switched party loyalties to put Nixon into office for a second term;

To those who have lost faith that dreams can come true, that politicians can do the right thing, that America can take pride in it's leadership;

To you I say, it's time to pass the torch.