On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote:
...
> The funny thing is, most people thought Obama would be different. I laughed
> when they told me this.
I never thought Obama would be different in /that/ way. And a lot of
"us" on the list thought the same, as has been evidenced through
commentary.
Like, remember when someone was advocating indiscriminate spying on
citizens, and I was like, "if we don't nip this in the bud, the next
administration isn't going to be gung ho to give up that power"?
I didn't think a false sense of security was worth the trade of real
liberty. And it wasn't.
But look how hard we'll have to fight now, since we didn't do it then!
We really dropped the ball on that one. Still are. But who really
cares, right? LOL.
I never *wanted* Bush to suck nuts. Wishing the President to do a bad
job is just fucking insane. Doing that while laughing at idealists
seems like bad karma, IMHO.
Maybe instead of laughing, we should encourage the empowerment of the
people we are witness to. Encourage continued involvement. Apathy is
so damn easy.
But I guess government/politics is more of a team sport than a
community effort these days, so it all makes a certain kind of sense.
(hehehe! Only an idealist would think it ever is or has been a
community effort.)
Eh.
The stuff I did expect to change, did. I can't believe we walked down
that dark road for 8 years! This administration is *way* more
communicative than the last one. That's a (if not the) major change I
"hoped" for.
And that is *the most important one* IMO. Who gives a crap *what*
governments do, so long as we know? We control the damn thing(s)!
And as much as some would scream otherwise, this administration isn't
getting the same types of passes that the last one got (guess we're
less "patriotic" now or something?).
Eh. *apathetic shrug*
It's going to take "the people" to fix the Big Money problem (if
history is to be believed).
I bet there will still be folk saying things like: "by regulating
industry X, we're redistributing wealth!" and whatnot.
The consumer is all powerful-- do we really need government protection? ;]
:Den
--
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
William Shakespear
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