Whatever, the call to action is now. Be it.
Jung said "Only that which changes, remains true." Truth -- unvarnished, well-vetted and precise.
My favorite quote is from The Princess Bride by William Goldman. In it, a street savvy young man hardened by the realities of the world, tells the princess..." Life is pain and anyone who tells you different is selling something."
Life is pain, hard, unfair and yet also achingly beautiful and transformative when we are walking toward truth.
When the Republicans had their convention and there were signs held high with the monikers...."G.I. John and Superwoman" I knew we were in trouble. They were selling a fantasy!
See, we are not stupid, we are humans, we can think and listen and learn. But if what we are taught is corrupt lies and if we are fed the "family truth" then we are not stupid, we are brainwashed. G.I. John and Superwoman take them away from being mortal humans and put them in to the comic book hero status, Teflon coated, impenetrable and as we are seeing today, in the case of Mrs. Palin, not even held accountable in an interview.
We are not stupid, but we are gullible, to fear, lies, misinformation and calculated deceit and that is what we are now up against and where we need to demonstrate the real change.
OT but the new republican posters must think we're all stupid.
There is a way to see that all of you JUST joined.
Scared?
You go girl! What this country needs is Real Men for Real Change, ie Obama/Biden!!!!!!!!!!
And anyone able to recall Adlai Stevenson should not be mystified by the inert combination of IQ and the American electorate. To paraphrase homer SImpson, we tried electing a professor from Illinois in the movies, and it didn't work.
misinformation and calculated deceit and that is what we are now up against and
where we need to demonstrate the real change." is so accurate.
This election has really helped me personally, at 60 yr old, to wake up, grow up and stand up.
What's going on people? Are the Republicans the only ones that can use the term "flip-flopper". Did Sarah Palin support the "Bridge to Nowhere" when it was politically convenient and financially beneficial? Did she change her stance (and why?)? Is that flip-flopping. Come on!
To compare this woman to the accomplishments and length of service of Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Diane Fiendstein, Hilary Clinton, Olympia Snow and others is LUDICROUS.
RG
* You couldn't get a job at McDonalds and become district manager after 143 days of experience.
* You couldn't become chief of surgery after 143 days of experience of being a surgeon.
* You couldn't get a job as a teacher and be the superintendent after 143 days of experience.
* You couldn't join the military and become a colonel after 143 days of experience.
* You couldn't get a job as a reporter and become the nightly news anchor after 143 days of experience.
BUT....
* 'From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate.
* That's how many days the Senate was actually in session and working.
* After 143 days of work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World, and fill the shoes of Abraham Lincoln, FDR, JFK and Ronald Reagan. 143 days?
We all have to start somewhere. The senate is a good start, but after 143 days, that's all it is - a start.
AND, strangely, a large sector of the American public seems to feel comfortable with this and campaigning for him.
We wouldn't accept this in our own line of work, yet some are OK with this for the President of the United States of America ?
Come on
And, there are actually good reasons for candidates leaving out every single specific. First, most of the public does not have the time to wade through detailed plans and people can be fooled by the fine print in such plans. Second, September 2008 is a long time from January 2009. Anyone who promises he or she can commit to incredibly detailed plans based on economic conditions months before inauguration and even longer from the time any legislation could be legitimately be passed, is blowing smoke.
I agree that the ads are not substantive, but are they ever? They're 30 seconds long. But, there are good non-substantive ads and bad ones. The good ones set out general suggestions, that would hopefully get people interested in finding out more about the candidate. The bad ones are those that provide nothing but ad hominem attacks.
I also agree that all of the journalists are biased, but I appreciate that people like Matthews and Olbermann are upfront about their bias. I would rather have Matthews telling me that he feels a connection to a candidate than listen to somebody with an obviously biased view giving me his or her so-called "unbiased" view.
The one thing we can hope for is that young people, less gullible and less easily taken in by the stale old lies of the GOP, will vote alongside us in large numbers. They see the "Bridge Out" sign on the road we're taking and are smart enough to change course.
Yes.
Signed,
Everyone in America (except people who read Huffpost)