So here we are near the end of this momentous US election. The press coverage has been very similar to that in Canada, the candidates were tied all the way up to the end. I hope that the US election will have a similar result as the Canadian one. Clearly a clever tactic to get the electorate out to vote. Though in the Canadian election I saw a definate turn of the press, a point in which they too became worried that perhaps we would be led by an aggressive right-wing government. Watching them back-pedal was painful. Though no evidence of that on CNN yesterday, it is frightening to see how they skew the news, what sound bites they decide to use, what remains a text-only truth. Partisan through and through.

It is worrying that the US has become so polarized, as I read in one paper today, Osama bin Laden has succeeded in splitting the world's greatest democracy right down the middle. The US would be wise to upgrade to a multi-party platform, but perhaps that would defeat their competative nature, not to have a clear winner and loser. They like the power struggle too much to allow things to be less than polarized. I don't think they have any idea of what a real democratic process looks like, and it will be a grand day when the old legions are put to rest and the spirit and truth of the youth today comes into power.