Do you think that Americans would wake up if the economy collapsed? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >In a message dated 7/14/05 4:38:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Rove's gonna walk. Nothing bad will happen to him >except possibly being forced to resign and phone in >his puppeteering of George W. Bush instead of being >able to do it from within the White House. Done >deal. From where I sit, and the history of the >Bush administration and America's ball-less reaction >to it for the last few years, there is no other >possible scenario. They can't *allow* any other >scenario. > >I'd like to see the guy take a fall, too. I'd like >to be surprised by America actually doing the right >thing for a change. In the biz, we call it hope in >a time of hopelessness. But whether "justice is done" >doesn't really affect "me" any more than whether it >isn't. I'm not really attached to America, or to >any idealized image of it. It is what it is, a >crying shame, and a real and present danger to the >continued existence of the planet. I don't see this >changing overnight, just because a lot of people *do* >identify with the fictional version of America, and >would like to believe it's not fiction. > >They might even give Rove a medal. And America would >stand for it. Or, more accurately, sit for it, in >front of their televisions. And watch the fictional >versions of the American Dreams instead of coming to >grips with the reality of the American Nightmare. > >I'd like to be proved wrong. But I honestly don't >think it's gonna happen. IMO it'll take actual star- >vation in the streets to get Americans off their asses >at this point. > >Unc > > > > >Years ago I realized that one of the reasons for gambling, playing the >lottery , was bad for you was because of the slightly raised hopes that you >might >win when you bought your ticket were quickly dashed by the let down of >realizing that you lost later. Hopes raised, then dashed. Up then down. Can't >be >good for your overall Psychology. I see the same thing here. Not with just >this >one post but so many others. I see people getting their hopes up that they >are "finally" going to nail either Bush or another republican to the wall >only >to have their hopes dashed again. It must be very frustrating, creating even >more anger, hate and hostility. Years ago I saw a therapist about a similar >issue and each time he saw me he emphasized my need to be able to "let go". >Telling me to repeatedly squeeze a ball and let go. It's the letting go that >feels so good. The same key to Transcending. Just let go! The anger and >hostility only makes that person look ridicules to others. Not good in the >field of >politics. The shrillness I constantly see , hear and read coming from the >left in their anger to resist the out come of two elections is many times >hysterically funny and yet sometimes pathetic and it is this, that drives the >undecided voter to the other side, in many cases , IMO of course. > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
