I’ve been busy with work this month and haven’t taken the time to do the blogging thing- for the very few who have told me you enjoy reading it (i mean… who knew? certainly not me), I apologize.
As for Obama’s speech tonight- of which I just saw a rerun following a much needed run to Skyline Chili earlier- it was trite, lacking in any wisdom whatsoever, and incredibly fatiguing to watch. The only enjoyable part for me was the very end, after it was over, when they played the score from the film Remember the Titans.
Obama to the crowd: “This has been about you!”
Great, Barack. Very JFK of you (“Ask not what your country can do for you…”).
I was not moved one iota by any of his words. It was full of so many terribly thought out proposals and ideas, I have hard time seeing how a thinking person could have been moved by it. A long, long list of goals, none of which we have any reason to think are possible to obtain. It’s all feelings, all bluster, all platitudes.
But then, feelings are what being on the left are about isn’t it?
“So I’ve got news for you, John McCain. WE ALL PUT OUR COUNTRY FIRST.”
Let me be the first to stand up and say to you, Democrats, as a party: um, no, you don’t. Every policy Barack Obama endorsed tonight stems from the same selfish, narcessistic, emotionally driven root. From abortion on demand to taxing the rich, from the phony health care crisis to the fraudulant “repairing of America’s reputation abroad”, from climate change to unconditional withdrawal from Iraq, as Obama said himself:
“It’s all about you.”
It’s all about making you feel good about yourself. It’s all about making your life easier. It’s all about how Barack Obama is going to solve all of your problems.
As I said to a friend the other day: All you have to do is open your heart to him; ask Barack Obama to come into your heart, and Barack Obama will come and live there, and Barack Obama will miraculously solve all of your problems.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is not about you; and ironically the sooner you realize this, the more joy, fulfullment and success you will have in life.
September 1, 2008 at 2:24 am
The same people that expect Barack Obama will solve their problems are the same ones that expected that George Bush and the feds would make the Katrina situation all better (and in no time at all!)… They are also the first to defend government control of the school system (an increasingly big failure and money pit). People need to be reminded that the best Katrina relief came from, and is still coming from, private citizens and church groups. These are the real problem solvers in our society.
Welcome back, by the way, Ricky. Hope you are well. I miss you.
Angie