> > Bob Calco wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > > Oh, come on! As though Bush was such a strict constructionist, as they > used to say in Nixon's time. Imagining that Obama is going to kill > people who don't get with his program or who are just too white (whiter > than 1/6th black) or too capitalist, yeah, right.
The "it can't happen here" or "we're too civilized for such things now" mentality is how we got to this place to begin with. I don't defend Bush or the Republicans. I parted ways with them with Harriet Miers and the Prescription Drug entitlement boondoggle, respectively. In retrospect I should have done it a lot sooner. Given how little we actually got in terms of gratitude -- forget oil and wealth -- from liberating Iraq, I view that now as a wasted effort in a strategic sense. I view the two party system now rather like a World Wrestling Federation show. The good guys and bad guys alternate, putting on that they hate each other, but behind the scenes they are laughing all the way to the bank. Except now they're consolidating all wealth in one bank, one giant trough they and their cronies can drink from, without any pretense of a free, open or transparent system anymore. There has never been a greater chasm between what the Constitution says and what our government does and how it operates -- if it was warped under Bush, it has been summarily done away with under Obama. The warning signs are there, red flags waving in the wind. I guess I just need to man up to the fact that the republic is dead, and neither I nor my children will enjoy liberty or prosperity the rest of our lives--everything now is about pursuit of survival, not pursuit of happiness. The truth is nobody else cares or wants to see what's happening for what it is. :( - Bob > > I did volunteer to serve a year in the gulag, but they are probably > looking for someone younger and blacker - it might be post racial for > us, but I suspect not for them, yet. They offer AC, toilet paper and an > HMO health plan - hope and change. Windows on the computer, though, > rats. > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
