For "peace of mind", the sincere middle of the political road, with a jaundiced view of politics and politician in general, is the best horse to ride IMO. The middle-of-the-roaders basic political philosophy is: "America is a nation of the people, by the politicians, and for whichever group can get its interests taken care of." Using that principle, what can you say about the current political situation? Gerry
Floyd Thursby wrote: > I have too, even quit really reading the paper or watching the PBS news > which I used to watch every evening (mostly because I hate the stupid > commercial TV and it comes on at a convenient time). I could let the > obvious bias slide, it was just part of the package, but now it is more > like propaganda and it is off-putting. I see this whole thing being > very corrosive, politics in general this year, to our social order. I > have family and friends who seriously are grieving over it all and are > emotionally disrupted in thinking about it because sH->e didn't win (or > won't get the electoral vote, sH->e apparently is ahead in straight > votes so that has them in a tizzy too). It's like a constant drain on > their energy thinking about it and has them cranky and angry and sad and > all the other stuff. > > It really hurts me to see that, I don't really get it and wish I could > somehow make it all go away and get them all back to the people I knew a > month or two ago, even with the differences we had. It is impossible to > talk to them about it, I would have to be in mourning too to have a > cry-fest or something and plot the revolution, Stand Strong against The > Don or something. And I was not particularly enamored with the "winner" > so I didn't really have much enthusiasm for it all, but I am cast as > "winner" (and racistbigothomophobexenophobemisogynist) too since I did > not like H->er, and that puts me as an enemy or something. It hurts. > > I know 8 years ago there were a lot of people who were upset about the > election outcome, and there was a fair amount of trash talk and such, > but this time around it is way way more. I don't recall nearly as much > animosity and downright hatred as I am seeing here, even though there > were some fairly settled opinions on the matter and some ongoing strong > feelings and opposition. And the hatred is coming from people who just > want us all to love one another and get along and such, except if we are > on different "sides." Perplexing. > > I hope it all dies down in a few weeks, and life gets back to whatever > passes for normal these days. I doubt if it will, but I hope so, and I > honestly hope the new guy sorta gets down to business such that it will > be good for everyone, whatever their orientations, and the election > trash talk subsides. I was actually, for maybe the first time, quite > pleased with BHO's pronouncements on the matter, it showed a fair amount > of integrity on the issue. > > --FT > > > On 11/20/16 4:25 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > > I've decided I have to stop listening to NPR. As near as I can tell > > everything else in the world has stopped since all they talk about is > > Trump... > > -Curt > > > > From: Max Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Cc: Max Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> > > Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 3:57 PM > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Let the Martha'ing Begin! > > > > Please no! > > > > I'm going to start a charity, donate in order to end discussions about > > trump. > > -- > --FT > Winston Churchill: > “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large > or petty, > never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. > Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the > enemy.” > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
