mico saudad wrote:Well, almost two years on from when I first decided to support Obama and it looks today like he's going to win.
When he does, I'll take a week to celebrate, but this is not time to gloat and strut.
We all have a lot of work to do, and here's just a few examples:
1. - Economic meltdown must be dealt with. We're going to have to buckle up for a while.
2. - Energy problems. In combination with the economic problems, we're going to have to start conserving much more than we're comfortable with.
3. - Health care. We've got to come together and get this done both because people are hurting and we also need money wasted in our inefficient system to address our other priorities.
4.- Federal Debt. We've been spending too much and we're going to have to make compromises.
5.- Massive harm to America's image abroad. If we want to be more secure, we all need to start caring more about what people abroad think about us and how we treat our worldwide neighbors.
6.- Reset our priorities - we need to stop fearing terrorists and start fearing the loss of the american dream. A major terrorist attack only works if it changes our society for the worse.
7. Let's hope the people we elect are up to the task in motivating America to get things done.
Let's hope we're up to the task in living up to our responsibilities.
When we get the call to start working I hope we'll all sign on to do our part, and then maybe future generations will think of us as the 'greatest generation' and not the one that flew a great nation into the ground.
I've already admitted sharing Me$$iah's cynicism in the past.
1. Yes, you're right. In my opinion, its just too late. Fake money = inflation. We are up to our necks in fake money now.
2. Don't you wait for government mandating, get started now. Even if we can cap it and conserve it, the prices WILL go up.
3. Uh, ...er...hmmm, see #1 ? This is pretty much a lost cause in my opinion. American doctors would be smart to find another capitalistic country at this point.
4. See numbers 1 & 3. Thanks.
5. Moot point really. What should we care about what other countries think right now. They have their problems and we have our OWN problems. What other countries think of us is NOT a priority although I share your sentiment. (See socialist France, see Nanny State England, etc...)
6. Well said. Besides, 1-5 are plenty to fear for now anyways.
7. First thing I'm going to do is vote for real change even if it doesn't actually make any difference. I'm also going to vote against any Floridian representative that voted FOR the $700, 000, 000, ... 000.00 bail out. Out with those incumbents in with the new bosses...which of course will be the same as the old bosses.
8? yeah, pretty much EFFED. Welcome to the United States Social Republic.
