UPDATE: Dick Morris – An Election the Republicans Needed to Lose – Good Luck Obama
Morris essentially has said (and I agree) that something warm and squishy is going to hit the fan and it might as well splatter all over the democrats. If conservatives had to lose, this is the time to do so.
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Many voters and supporters of Obama did so out of a sincere belief in the words “hope”, which they had plenty of, and “change” which they won’t see much of.
The hard reality is that the changes promised by Obama are outside of the comfort zone of many of the congressional members because of the current political/social climate.
So what will happen when these supporters don’t see the dramatic changes enacted to care for their every need?
Let’s look at Michael Bloomberg, Ruler of New York City. Apparently everyone was to receive a $400 refund. The concept of a refund sounded pretty good to many. But when the realities were examined and the heavy breathing subsided, not only did the $400 just turn to bitter dust and blow away, the good mayor began to make suggestions of a 7%-15% increase in city resident taxes.
NYC residents are somewhat bitter from all accounts.
The same sort of thing is highly likely here with President-elect Obama. He’s made many promises and people have looked at what he said he believed in and said “We like this!” But, the money has to actually come from somewhere and there is nothing that leads one to believe that “sharing the wealth” will ever be anything outside of a pipe dream.
So then what?
At worst we would see cries of “Racism!” and “Partisanship!”. Perhaps even “Conspiracy to make Obama fail!”
At best, Obama could be hampered by not only Republicans chastised by this election cycle (realizing that perhaps the party has strayed from it’s core) but by the so-called “Blue-Dog Democrats” who will insist on reining in the fiscally irresponsible excesses that have become the norm in recent history.
Not that this would be a bad thing.
But the end result is that large numbers of voters who are happy today and have invested so much of themselves emotionally in this election will be sadly disappointed. They do not realize that the current state of affairs is far larger than the office of POTUS. Giving people false hope in change is worse than giving them moderated hope that has some basis in reality.
It will be a rude awakening for many.
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To lighten it up… Detroit … Obama Win Bittersweet for Detroit Residents Hoping to Riot
Detroit, MI – In a historic moment, yesterday Barack Obama was elected President of the United States by a sound margin and the streets of Detroit thusly remained quiet, much to the disappointment of many city residents… [more]
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Today’s Globular Worming Roundup
The BBC chastising anyone not toeing the orthodox line on globular worming? Heavens!
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Let’s hedge our bets. It’s a win-win for the hemp-wearing crowd because magic mushrooms could be helping with globular worming, too.
At work they are in the process of eliminating all paper cups. On the little paper brochures they printed to give out with ceramic mugs issued to all employees it states “besides creating a steady supply of waste, disposable cups also demand a large consumption of natural resources and emit high levels of climate-changing green house gases.”
So there ya go. If you use a paper cup you’re helping to kill Gaia you racist jerk.
Killing Gaia… the only thing that would give me greater satisfaction is if trees could scream.
I’m racist?
Jerk… that I can see.
Racist? I don’t go around saying stuff like this (and meaning it). I say stuff to purposely make a point, which is very different.
Disappointment has begun. Obama’s campaign workers are angry that they haven’t been paid.
http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=9299280
Racist – of course! Anyone who didn’t vote for Obamassiah God Emperor & Ultimate Quizatz Haderach is obviously racist. Time to Get With The Progam Lemur King and update your old definitions. It’s all part of the new waves of hopenchange coming for us!
I’m sure Herbert’s Honored Matres were all about hopenchange, too.
(Kwisatz Haderach is the correct spelling, I believe. Some people are fanatically anal about Star Trek, others Star Wars, and myself about Dune.)
Grr! Of course Kwisatz. I always forget and my googlefu let me down.
Speaking of Dune, did you read the any of the posthumous books by Herbert’s son?
Yes, I did, as a matter of fact. And while the plot stayed faithful it is/was impossible for the writers to do what Herbert could do with words. It read not at all like something Frank H. would have put on paper but the ideas sounded like his.
Another part that suffered were the insightful footnotes/forwards/blurbs at the beginning of each chapter. No observation was as incisive, clear, or unique as what FH could do w/o breaking sweat.
Worth reading because to stop at Chapterhouse leaves you totally dissatisfied.