I can't identify with another popular sentiment either, that is shame to be an american. But not shame because we elected Bush again.Shame because of a moral issue greater than any one of us, or george bush or karl rove or dick cheney. How DARE those people in those 11 states
 consider themselves american just like me. I am proud to be an american because real americans stand up for the disinfranchised and repressed. They are passionate and compasionate and empathetic and  intelligent . They don't  create laws to devalue other human beings. WE ARE NOT THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE ASHAMED. thesimeon