Apparently, George W Bush entered politics after he was 'saved' from all his failures by a certain evangelist who made millions giving cheap sermons on TV. Since then he has reportedly believed that he was chosen by God to do great things, not just for America, but also for the world.

That is nothing new as we hear of such people from all around the world proclaiming the same once in a while, after they have read a certain chapter in a certain book about 'chosen people'. However, what is different about Bush is that he has been able to lay his hands on the huge firepower of the US, the consequences of which may be worth doing something about.

One of the biggest states where large numbers of Bush supporters are found is Texas, which was where Bush began fulfilling his 'calling' by winning the governorship. He then went on to define what Michael Moore called (roughly) a fictitious time, where fictitious election results elected a fictitious president who started wars for fictitious reasons.

Of course, Michael Moore is not fully correct. Yes, Bush's constituents cheated in Florida big time. But he also won in many other states like Texas, which means that a significant number of Americans wanted him in power.

This is not new. Ever since the great wars of the last century, when the making and selling of war material became big business, the country has been hijacked by what Eisenhower famously called the 'military industrial complex.'

Thus it has waged war around the world based on a mix of fictitious concepts ranging from the 'free market' to 'freedom' to the 'yellow threat' in China, Korea and Vietnam to 'evil empires' from Central America to Africa to the Middle East.

In the meantime, they do not just ignore, but arrogantly refuse to work with the rest of the world on real challenges like global pollution, stability of the global financial system, poverty and hunger.

On top of that, every day we hear them brag about how great the American system and dream is and why everyone around the world should follow them. In their fictitious democracy, where their choice of presidents can only come from two organisations, they claim that only their system can produce what the people want.

Indeed the world should take them seriously and hence must make them accountable for everything they choose, including their presidents and the 'fictions' they use to perpetuate the very real disasters we witness.

That is why today is such a defining moment for the world and why I have two very different hopes depending on the outcome of today's election. One is the hope that Kerry will win, simply because he has yet to prove himself as idiotic as Bush. Thus reason, humility and moderation (less greed) may have a chance to prevail.

The other is a much more sinister hope that if Bush wins, the world will not adopt the outlook where wallops are taken quietly at home and the plight of the world is accepted as fate.

There are many things we can do if we think about it, and one is to do unto others as they have done unto us.

The 100,000 families in Iraq which have lost someone they love in one year (that must surely beat Saddam Hussein's records), and the countless others in Afghanistan and elsewhere do not subscribe to the 6,000,000 dead Vietnamese' concept of fate. Their beliefs can be equally as powerful and arrogant as those of Bush.

If tonight is a defining moment in history, it can be one where hope, reason and decency prevails or one where the most sinister of actions will be taken to put some of God's seemingly idiotic creations in their rightful place.

Many of us can only hope for the less harmful outcome. However, even in the fictitious stories contained in the fictitious book of Bush and his people, even the Gods can be crazily vengeful. They have no qualms about wiping out their entire creation by flood just to prove a point.

So, what is the big deal with Osama bin Ladin blowing away a few buildings? At least, this guy has the decency to be honest about why he did it. No high-horse cowboy rhetoric about the likes of 'freeing' others by killing their loved ones.