Lincoln, when accepting the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Illinois in June of 1858, delivered a famous speech, noted for the phrase "a house divided against itself cannot stand". He went on to say, "I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." In a few short years a bloody civil war was fought to preserve the union.
Early this morning while thinking about the current tinder box in Korea, I found myself musing about Lincoln's words and divided nations. I realize that comparing North and South Korea to the Union and the Confederacy is probably considered a stretch in most quarters but Korea is as much a divided nation as the United States of America was in 1861. So I ask myself , how long can Korea exist divided?
North and South Vietnam could not co-exist. Vietnam is one nation today - again after a bloody war. East Germany and West Germany could not co-exist. Germany is one nation today after a cold war which had its share of bloodshed.
The Korean War was fought to a stalemate. Bloody though it was, it failed to settle the fate of a divided Korea. War is again rearing its head. How long will it be before blood is shed again. A Korea cannot exist half communist and half democracy.
My musing led me to wonder why we waged a bloody war in Iraq even though we mistakenly surmised that somewhere in Iraq's terrain, weapons of mass destruction existed but today, although we are sure weapons of mass destruction exist in North Korea, we are showing remarkable restraint. Is it because North Korea has a powerful friend while Iraq only had enemies?
I have the feeling that North Korea and South Korea will be one nation sometime in the future. How much blood will be shed to achieve this union is beyond my speculation. Neither will I speculate as to the type of government it will have. One thing I feel sure about, a house divided cannot stand!
11/27/10
11/26/10
Only the insane shop on Black Friday - never mind on Christmas Eve
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| Inmates shopping on Black Friday |
"Wal-Mart is like Dante's Inferno," says Jordan Weddington, a 19-year-old college student who's been shopping on Black Friday since he could walk. Everyone I consulted echoed this sentiment: Rookies think of Wal-Mart as the ne plus ultra of Black Friday, the epicenter of the American low-price shopping experience. But the smartest B.F.ers know to limit their exposure—they either avoid Wal-Mart entirely or, if they see some unavoidable deal, devise a scheme to get in and out as quickly as possible.
But veterans say there's a culture of desperation at Wal-Mart that you don't see at other stores. People go crazy when the doors open, and once they get inside the store, it's a scene from Lord of the Flies.
While it's unlikely that you'll get injured, savvy Black Friday shoppers say there's a good chance you'll be scared for your safety. The deals you'll get—if you manage to outwit the crowds—won't be worth it.
Actually my shopping phobia started about fifty years ago, when on Christmas Eve my high primal spouse dispatched me to a store called Shoppers Fair (the forerunner to today's Wal-Mart type big box stores) to pick up a gift she had bought for our first born son. The gift was a covered wagon pulled by a horse. Unfortunately the wagon was one you could ride in and the horsepower was in the form of pedals. Fortunately she had paid to have the contraption assembled. Unfortunately I had to get the damn thing out of an overcrowded store. Everyone was in the $Xmas$ spirit looking for bargains. Their motto was not Merry Christmas but "get the hell out of my way". What really got my blood pressure up as I made my way out of the store with the contraption balanced over my head, was the jerk who shouted out, " why don't you ride it". I got the covered wagon home, put it under the tree and was assured by my high primal thinker that the kid would love it. Christmas morning, the kid rushes to the covered wagon , takes one look, pats the horse, turns away and starts playing with Godzilla the monster. The covered wagon and horse was a total flop and I blamed it all on the trauma it must have endured getting out of a store filled with crazy shoppers.
Its unfair of me to blame Black Friday or Christmas Eve shopping for my shopping phobia, but until something better comes along , they will do.
11/24/10
Walk and Talk (and Thanksgiving)
It's 6:45 AM, the Sun is not yet awake, the birds are still napping, my small world is so quite I can hear Fall's fallen leaves crunching beneath my feet as I take my morning passagiata. Suddenly from behind I hear someone chattering. Startled at first, I recovered and realized a faster paced walker was over taking me or was it two walkers considering the chattering going on. The walker overtakes me and I realize she is talking on her cell phone. Holy shit, 6:45 in the morning and she's gabbing on her cell phone. It must be an emergency or more likely she's checking with her lover to make sure he gets his ass out of bed before her husband gets home from the third shift. Hopefully, this being the day before Thanksgiving, she was calling a family member or good friend overseas to offer holiday wishes.
What I like about Thanksgiving is that it is a day devoted to be thankful for the blessings which have been showered upon us. I'm thankful for a loving family, especially the high primal thinker, and by the way, I'm thankful that I can still get out for a walk and think with some reasonable clarity.
Whatever, the serenity of my walk was broken. Other than Thanksgiving, all my disturbed mind could think of was that any phone that functioned during morning exercises before the sun was up could not possibly be a smart phone.
What I like about Thanksgiving is that it is a day devoted to be thankful for the blessings which have been showered upon us. I'm thankful for a loving family, especially the high primal thinker, and by the way, I'm thankful that I can still get out for a walk and think with some reasonable clarity.
Whatever, the serenity of my walk was broken. Other than Thanksgiving, all my disturbed mind could think of was that any phone that functioned during morning exercises before the sun was up could not possibly be a smart phone.
11/22/10
Buddha says .........
Having said that, I must dwell on another of Buddha's sayings, "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment".
Having dwelled, I have concluded that I should not waste my time going back to the past. I should live life to the fullest for it's later than I think. Good advice if life's road was a well paved super highway. It's not, there are too many pot holes and detours. Still, even with life's challenges, the words of Buddha should not be dismissed. All it takes is a disciplined mind. Which brings me full circle.
I have written much ado about nothing. My mind, though full of cliches, is disciplined enough to leave philosophical thoughts to others except when I need material for a blog post.
11/21/10
In Search Of Civility
“Search for civility grows in Washington after midterms” - surely this article in USA Today would provide some hope for the future. Wrong! It was almost apologetic for bringing up the subject. It turns out that the only thing growing in the search for civility is rhetoric. One sobering message did come through, "The gloves are off," University of Texas presidential historian Bruce Buchanan says. "Ultimately, politics is a substitute for war. ... Is civility impossible? No. Is it likely? No."
The search for civility will be as fruitful as the search for an honest man by Diogenes. There is no lantern bright enough at the present time to find civility in politics. Case in point - The Tea Party. Any success these people have had certainly was not because of civility.
On the brighter side , a lack of civility does not necessarily equate to stalemate - if used adroitly. David Greenberg's " Give 'Em Hell, Barry" Slate history lesson makes the case for Obama adopting a little of the Truman touch. Truman of course was a master in using his fighting spirit and fierce partisanship to get things done, civility be damned.
A search for civility will go on and certainly should be encouraged, but for now search and destroy reigns. Let the games begin!
The search for civility will be as fruitful as the search for an honest man by Diogenes. There is no lantern bright enough at the present time to find civility in politics. Case in point - The Tea Party. Any success these people have had certainly was not because of civility.On the brighter side , a lack of civility does not necessarily equate to stalemate - if used adroitly. David Greenberg's " Give 'Em Hell, Barry" Slate history lesson makes the case for Obama adopting a little of the Truman touch. Truman of course was a master in using his fighting spirit and fierce partisanship to get things done, civility be damned.
A search for civility will go on and certainly should be encouraged, but for now search and destroy reigns. Let the games begin!
11/18/10
Lame Ducks hurt too much to legislate
In this day and age of fast transportation and instant communication, why the hell can't we convene a new Congress within days of an election! A lame duck Congress should not be allowed to function.
A good example of the hypocrisy of Washington these days is the rescheduling of a bipartisan meeting at the White House at the request of the Republicans. The meeting won't take place, if at all, until the end of the month. This is nothing but gamesmanship. Republican Congressmen are more content to pollute the airways until they formally take control of the House in January. As far as the Democrats are concerned , they do not have the balls to use their majority in the House lest they offend "the people" who are upset with Washington. Stalemate! Is there a worse government than one which governs least?
Thanksgiving is upon us and soon the Christmas season. Our lame duck Congress has all the excuses it needs not to legislate and that borders on dereliction of duty.
Sorry USPS, you're toast!
got a late start for this morning's walk - laziness I guess. I probably shouldn't have ventured out at all. I passed a mailbox that had been knocked down and immediately my unruly mind started to come up with all kinds of disturbing scenarios. The one that made be hesitate about continuing my walk concerned the antics of the anti-government forces. If war was coming , I wanted to be home.
The war to reduce the size of government started with the midterm elections. Without a doubt the Republicans and their Tea Party allies won this initial skirmish. Their generals have been all over the boob tube making sure we all realize that they are on the offensive and once and for all will shrink that ogre called government. The offensive weapons they are revealing are awesome. Weapons of mass destruction are readily available in the form of filibusters, hearings and the ultimate weapon - control of the purse strings. On what front will they attack first?
It is commonly believed that repeal of all or most of the landmark health care reform bill will be the first target. Others argue that Medicare will take a hit. Some even predict they will try to make radical changes in Social Security. Some of their more aggressive generals are prepared to go after all three. My intelligence has found that this is all poppycock. They will not launch an all out offensive. They have a safe target in mind which if they successfully demolish will demoralize the public and make their ultimate objectives attainable with little loss of political capital.
Sources have revealed that sometime next year the United States Postal System will be bankrupt. The G.O.P. and the Tea Party will be handed a great opportunity to reduce government. Although the USPS is only a quasi- government agency it is government enough to be a target of interest. The battle cries are ready. No bailout for the Post Office! Privatize the Post Office! Government has no business delivering mail!
The public will not be shocked. Big Business has already been at work laying the groundwork for the demise of the postal system. The propaganda mill has all but convinced the public that hot-mail, G-mail, Yahoo are the way to go. How can “postal service” compete with such cute names? Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and now Facebook would like to handle all our mail. Paying bills - no problem, smart phones and the faithful PC will handle bill paying and depositing money at relatively little cost. Of course, where the friendly post man never opened our mail we will now will be at the mercy of our Internet providers as far as privacy is concerned. Not to worry, that can be handled by a little government intervention as long as we bury the costs and do not give it a name. After we’ve been carpet bombed with all sorts of reasons why the USPS is “toast” and after we find out how much it will cost to bail out USPS, we’ll buy mail privatization with little resistance. Moreover, the demise of USPS will force us to go paperless and save the environment.
The war will be fought in Congress but the battle will be won on the streets. It is rumored that Tea Party activists are prepared to go undercover to raise havoc with USPS. They have been purchasing brown pants and shirts complete with a certain logo. The plan is to hijack a mail truck every week and throw the mail in any body of water close by. The post office will ask for government troops to intervene. The response from the Pentagon will be that the troops are too busy fighting wars in the Mideast. If all these uprisings are successful the USPS may come to its knees as early as next April - April 1 to be exact. The joke will be on us but no one will be laughing except the Tea Party. Now what to do about health care, Medicare and Social Security. As long as our representatives, who still care about people hang tough, attacking these programs can be made tough. The anti-government forces could be forced to retreat and sue for peace in the form of bipartisanship. The secret weapon will be the fickle public who really don't know what they want except the ever changing American Dream.
I'm not sure how to get out of this other than to say I cut my walk short, went home, had a cup of coffee and wrote this post. No doubt about it - walking can be bad for your mental health!
The war to reduce the size of government started with the midterm elections. Without a doubt the Republicans and their Tea Party allies won this initial skirmish. Their generals have been all over the boob tube making sure we all realize that they are on the offensive and once and for all will shrink that ogre called government. The offensive weapons they are revealing are awesome. Weapons of mass destruction are readily available in the form of filibusters, hearings and the ultimate weapon - control of the purse strings. On what front will they attack first?
It is commonly believed that repeal of all or most of the landmark health care reform bill will be the first target. Others argue that Medicare will take a hit. Some even predict they will try to make radical changes in Social Security. Some of their more aggressive generals are prepared to go after all three. My intelligence has found that this is all poppycock. They will not launch an all out offensive. They have a safe target in mind which if they successfully demolish will demoralize the public and make their ultimate objectives attainable with little loss of political capital.
Sources have revealed that sometime next year the United States Postal System will be bankrupt. The G.O.P. and the Tea Party will be handed a great opportunity to reduce government. Although the USPS is only a quasi- government agency it is government enough to be a target of interest. The battle cries are ready. No bailout for the Post Office! Privatize the Post Office! Government has no business delivering mail!
The public will not be shocked. Big Business has already been at work laying the groundwork for the demise of the postal system. The propaganda mill has all but convinced the public that hot-mail, G-mail, Yahoo are the way to go. How can “postal service” compete with such cute names? Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and now Facebook would like to handle all our mail. Paying bills - no problem, smart phones and the faithful PC will handle bill paying and depositing money at relatively little cost. Of course, where the friendly post man never opened our mail we will now will be at the mercy of our Internet providers as far as privacy is concerned. Not to worry, that can be handled by a little government intervention as long as we bury the costs and do not give it a name. After we’ve been carpet bombed with all sorts of reasons why the USPS is “toast” and after we find out how much it will cost to bail out USPS, we’ll buy mail privatization with little resistance. Moreover, the demise of USPS will force us to go paperless and save the environment.
The war will be fought in Congress but the battle will be won on the streets. It is rumored that Tea Party activists are prepared to go undercover to raise havoc with USPS. They have been purchasing brown pants and shirts complete with a certain logo. The plan is to hijack a mail truck every week and throw the mail in any body of water close by. The post office will ask for government troops to intervene. The response from the Pentagon will be that the troops are too busy fighting wars in the Mideast. If all these uprisings are successful the USPS may come to its knees as early as next April - April 1 to be exact. The joke will be on us but no one will be laughing except the Tea Party. Now what to do about health care, Medicare and Social Security. As long as our representatives, who still care about people hang tough, attacking these programs can be made tough. The anti-government forces could be forced to retreat and sue for peace in the form of bipartisanship. The secret weapon will be the fickle public who really don't know what they want except the ever changing American Dream.
I'm not sure how to get out of this other than to say I cut my walk short, went home, had a cup of coffee and wrote this post. No doubt about it - walking can be bad for your mental health!
11/17/10
About Violence
As I set out for my morning walk, I couldn’t help but notice that I was walking at a pace brisk enough to almost be called a jog. A jog is not for me, so I quickly shifted into a lower gear. My mind was playing tricks again. It couldn’t concentrate on my usual walk routine - it was too preoccupied with the Regina Brett column I read in the paper before I ventured out on a cool November morning. Ms. Brett wrote about the beating of a high school student after he and his girlfriend were walking home from school. The violence of the attack was still on my mind.
The student was attacked by eight teens. They punched him in the face until it was shattered. They kicked him until he fell unconscious. The student will have permanent steel plates in his face. Part of his hearing and eyesight are lost. What did he do to deserve such a violent beating? He objected to some sexual comments directed to his girl friend.
As I walked along, I kept asking why do we as human beings inflict such violence on one another? Hardly a day goes by that some young student is not tormented by fellow students. One's racial, ethnic, religious background or sexual orientation frequently become fodder for verbal and severe physical attacks.
All too often, upbringing is blamed for the transgressions of juveniles. Certainly parents have a responsibility for instilling civility in their offspring but they need help. They need help from society. Society is the major player in any undertaking to topple violence from its pedestal.
Society reveres violence. Watch a football game or a hockey game. Skill is important but very often is secondary to aggressiveness as far as players are concerned. The more physical team is usually victorious and we applaud the player dedicated to taking out the quarterback. It takes a beating to do that! Oh yes, we also applaud the beaten up player who is hauled off the field on a stretcher. That’s the sporting thing to do.
Then we have boxing. We reward the most violent gladiators of the ring with the lofty title of Heavyweight Champion of The World plus give him a hefty paycheck. Now, not satisfied with the violence of fisticuffs we insist on making kick boxing a sport.
If sports are not enough to feed our hunger for violence, we fall back on video games, movies and TV programs. Everywhere we turn, violence is before us as a tool to get what we want. Even a certain ex-president claims that water boarding is acceptable. Torture which was the province of our enemies is now in our arsenal.
That brings me to the most violent activity in our culture. War! War! War!. We will be entering our tenth year of wars. Soldiers fighting these wars were children when the the first bomb was dropped in Afghanistan and Iraq. At this point I’m not convinced that there is an end in sight. War is violent. War breeds violence. War teaches violence. We should not be surprised that there is violence on our streets.
The sad part of all this is that society will not accept its role in instilling civility in our youth. It's not in our culture! It's not cost effective. It's the responsibility of parents ( who evidently are not part of society).
This kind of thinking has gotten my heart rate going much faster than I planned. I’m angry. Isn’t that what violence is all about - anger? Enough of this ranting and raving. Best to cut this walk short before I get violent and go after that squirrel trying to get ready for winter. There's something about him or her I don't like. Best to get home and listen to some relaxing music.
Violence makes good writing material. I’ll leave the solution for reducing it to the politicians. Have you heard any of the rhetoric coming out of their mouths lately - sounds violent to me. The message seems to be - violence is bad , just learn to live with it - we have to get taxes lowered as we shrink the government.
As law and order fades out ( except for TV reruns), enter the militia. Damn walking! Maybe I should confine myself to the stationary bike for exercise. Over and out!
The student was attacked by eight teens. They punched him in the face until it was shattered. They kicked him until he fell unconscious. The student will have permanent steel plates in his face. Part of his hearing and eyesight are lost. What did he do to deserve such a violent beating? He objected to some sexual comments directed to his girl friend.
As I walked along, I kept asking why do we as human beings inflict such violence on one another? Hardly a day goes by that some young student is not tormented by fellow students. One's racial, ethnic, religious background or sexual orientation frequently become fodder for verbal and severe physical attacks.
All too often, upbringing is blamed for the transgressions of juveniles. Certainly parents have a responsibility for instilling civility in their offspring but they need help. They need help from society. Society is the major player in any undertaking to topple violence from its pedestal.
Society reveres violence. Watch a football game or a hockey game. Skill is important but very often is secondary to aggressiveness as far as players are concerned. The more physical team is usually victorious and we applaud the player dedicated to taking out the quarterback. It takes a beating to do that! Oh yes, we also applaud the beaten up player who is hauled off the field on a stretcher. That’s the sporting thing to do.
Then we have boxing. We reward the most violent gladiators of the ring with the lofty title of Heavyweight Champion of The World plus give him a hefty paycheck. Now, not satisfied with the violence of fisticuffs we insist on making kick boxing a sport.
If sports are not enough to feed our hunger for violence, we fall back on video games, movies and TV programs. Everywhere we turn, violence is before us as a tool to get what we want. Even a certain ex-president claims that water boarding is acceptable. Torture which was the province of our enemies is now in our arsenal.
That brings me to the most violent activity in our culture. War! War! War!. We will be entering our tenth year of wars. Soldiers fighting these wars were children when the the first bomb was dropped in Afghanistan and Iraq. At this point I’m not convinced that there is an end in sight. War is violent. War breeds violence. War teaches violence. We should not be surprised that there is violence on our streets.
The sad part of all this is that society will not accept its role in instilling civility in our youth. It's not in our culture! It's not cost effective. It's the responsibility of parents ( who evidently are not part of society).
This kind of thinking has gotten my heart rate going much faster than I planned. I’m angry. Isn’t that what violence is all about - anger? Enough of this ranting and raving. Best to cut this walk short before I get violent and go after that squirrel trying to get ready for winter. There's something about him or her I don't like. Best to get home and listen to some relaxing music.
Violence makes good writing material. I’ll leave the solution for reducing it to the politicians. Have you heard any of the rhetoric coming out of their mouths lately - sounds violent to me. The message seems to be - violence is bad , just learn to live with it - we have to get taxes lowered as we shrink the government.
As law and order fades out ( except for TV reruns), enter the militia. Damn walking! Maybe I should confine myself to the stationary bike for exercise. Over and out!
11/15/10
Wish I had said it
Ex- jocks find lucrative work as TV sports analysts. The trouble is that in seeking to be clever they succeed in boring the hell out of you. Today's, The Slouch (Norman Chad) column provides a humorous look at two of those talking heads. The lines Chad uses are priceless and can be applied to political pundits as well. Here's a sampling - put in whatever name you want:
- ____________ doesn't talk in his sleep, he filibusters in his sleep.
- If you handed ___________ a celery stick, he would speak into it.
- If you say something authoritatively, it appears you are an authority.
- ___________ and _________ talk in so many circles, they ought to be broadcasting from a Ferris Wheel.
- ____________ doesn't talk in his sleep, he filibusters in his sleep.
- If you handed ___________ a celery stick, he would speak into it.
- If you say something authoritatively, it appears you are an authority.
- ___________ and _________ talk in so many circles, they ought to be broadcasting from a Ferris Wheel.
11/12/10
Povero Obama
Barak Obama is taking it on the chin both here and abroad. The knock on Obama is that he is not living up to his campaign promises ( nothing new for any politician). In all fairness to Obama, we must remember that his rallying cry was "Yes We Can" - he never said "Yes We Will". Of coarse we can - making it happen is a donkey of a different color.
11/8/10
Do the Democrats have a death wish?
This link to a Salon article goes a long way toward answering the question, " do the Democrats have a death wish?" - How the Democrats shellacked themselves - The party has been caving to the wealthy since the Carter administration. Will anyone stand up for the rest of us?
11/7/10
DBT Loan Repaid
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| Fall Back |
( One more clock to change - the clock in my car,Fuji. I'm reluctant to change it. I hear gas prices are headed down and I don't want to fall back to the time of higher prices. Figure that out if you can.)
11/5/10
Will Toilets Go Paperless?
Whether by snail mail, e-mail or simply accessing your financial instution's web site you are beseeched to forgo paper statements. Go green! Go paperless! Earn a reward by opting to receive your statements on the Internet. It's not limited to financial institutions. Anyone who owes you an accounting of transactions is on the bandwagon to clean up the environment, or so they would have you believe.
So far I've resisted going paperless. A large part of this resistance comes from my high primal thinker. "What if something happens to our computer, we'll be stuck with some late payment fees. What about the people who don't have a computer? No, no no!" That's enough for me. Still if the high primal didn't give a damn, I'd have a problem with this latest hypocrisy of Big Business. They have never done any thing voluntarily for the good of American people - it has always taken legislation, which in these days they are seeking to control. Anything they do voluntarily such as urging us to protect the environment by going paperless is not motivated by a desire to do what's good for the country. There's a buck in it for them. Why else would they use more paper urging us to use less paper. Is it possible that going paperless is a sure bet to save them money through fewer jobs and the increased opportunity for late payment or overdraft fees.
As for fees, I'm sure that they will play their trump card in the very near future. Sign up for paperless or pay a monthly fee to receive a paper statement by mail. That is the price we will pay for allowing Congress and the President to have the audacity to legislate meaningful credit card and financial legislation.
While we are increasingly urged to save a tree by going paperless, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. All sales of toilet paper will cease by 2020. Red blooded Americans will be urged to buy some fancy contraption which cleanses the soiled body parts sans paper. If they can't afford this new contraption, recycling newspapers will be their only alternative. Hopefully, newspapers will still be around.
So far I've resisted going paperless. A large part of this resistance comes from my high primal thinker. "What if something happens to our computer, we'll be stuck with some late payment fees. What about the people who don't have a computer? No, no no!" That's enough for me. Still if the high primal didn't give a damn, I'd have a problem with this latest hypocrisy of Big Business. They have never done any thing voluntarily for the good of American people - it has always taken legislation, which in these days they are seeking to control. Anything they do voluntarily such as urging us to protect the environment by going paperless is not motivated by a desire to do what's good for the country. There's a buck in it for them. Why else would they use more paper urging us to use less paper. Is it possible that going paperless is a sure bet to save them money through fewer jobs and the increased opportunity for late payment or overdraft fees.
As for fees, I'm sure that they will play their trump card in the very near future. Sign up for paperless or pay a monthly fee to receive a paper statement by mail. That is the price we will pay for allowing Congress and the President to have the audacity to legislate meaningful credit card and financial legislation.
While we are increasingly urged to save a tree by going paperless, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. All sales of toilet paper will cease by 2020. Red blooded Americans will be urged to buy some fancy contraption which cleanses the soiled body parts sans paper. If they can't afford this new contraption, recycling newspapers will be their only alternative. Hopefully, newspapers will still be around.
11/4/10
The American People Have Spoken?
The victorious Republican candidates keep repeating that the American people have spoken. We are bludgeoned with remarks like the people want to cutback on government spending, the people want a smaller government, the people want the health care bill repealed, the people want lower taxes, on and on. Two days of being subjected to this crap drove me to question whether or not I was an " American people". I found it necessary to resurrect my birth certificate and passport in order to ascertain my status. Sure enough I was able to confirm that indeed I am an American. I was not able to confirm that I am people. That figures, because I get the feeling that these "American people" that have spoken do not consider citizens such as me "people". Judging from what the American people want, the "American non-people" are going to be in for the ride of their life. If this is confusing, it is meant to be . I'm confused as all hell! I'm also bitter that too many "American non-people" failed to vote Tuesday. As the saying goes, "what you sow ,you shall reap".
Well, I'm going to settle back for the ride, and leave the political commentaries to others ( I highly recommend John Dickerson's Slate article, The voting public doesn't necessarily believe what Mitch McConnell says it believes).
By the way there's a rumor being circulated by Tea Party people ( they are purportedly also American people) that the American people have problems with Social Security and Medicare. I guess I'd better save my money and stay healthy.
Well, I'm going to settle back for the ride, and leave the political commentaries to others ( I highly recommend John Dickerson's Slate article, The voting public doesn't necessarily believe what Mitch McConnell says it believes).
By the way there's a rumor being circulated by Tea Party people ( they are purportedly also American people) that the American people have problems with Social Security and Medicare. I guess I'd better save my money and stay healthy.
11/2/10
Time For Campaign 2012
- It's Nov. 2, Election Day! One thing for certain, there will be changes. Good or bad? Time will tell. One thing for sure, in some form or other the country will survive. That means that if The Tea Party or the GOP gets some kind of "mandate" and abuses it, they will hear from the people. Depending on the extent of the abuse, the people's response may not be pretty. The Tea Party and GOP cannot have their version of the country back.
- Baseball is done! Guess I'll watch the returns tonight. I'm either brave or just a glutton for punishment! Povero Obama!
- Oh my, the election will not be over tonight. I forgot, we are in perpetual motion when it comes to elections. November 2 is the start of Campaign 2012.
- Can't wait for Spring training camps to open.
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