I agree with the sentiments of this post. Even though it is disappointing that Kerry did not win, it is pretty stupid to leave the greatest country just because the President sucks. The United States have had many sucky presidents and it is still around. If we have survived Chester A. Arthur, then surely we should survive Bush II. But if you want to go, and you're a CS student or practicing engineer, then check out Andrew Tanenbaum's graduate program in parallel and distributed computer systems. It is very inviting. You're gone from the country for a few years. You're geeking out in Amsterdam. You're studying under the dude who did MINIX. Sounds like a hell of a lot of fun.