It's that the DOW is down or the politician that was the least offensive to you just got bombed with an expose, or everything you eat is either going to send you to the hospital immediately for food poisoning or eventually because the latest study negates the previous study that made you change your habits so you could avoid the trans fat and so you decided to eat what is now considered highly carcinogenic in the long run, etc.
And I say don't be stuck in silly-head land. Breathe in that apple crisp air. The sky is still blue and not only that, it's a downright drop-dead miraculously clean slate with just tracings of picture clouds for effect -- lit with that rich slant of autumnal sun. The squirrels are nearly as brisk as the wind and the leaves are fire dancing again. Forget the media for a moment. We are all so blessed. God's in his heaven and all's right with the world.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Global Federalist
I did keep a straight face when he said it. Definitely pompous, but was it more elite than arrogant, or the other way 'round? He laughed about how small the website was and mocked himself with such aplomb that I knew in my bones he actually had not made it up ... and that it was no laughing matter to him at all.
So after the goodbyes and the I-had-a-nice-times were over and he (who will have to remain unnamed) and his party were safely out the door, I skipped my usual put everything that's out of place either into the dishwasher or the hamper routine and instead beat feet and fingers to the net. They are called Democratic Globalists, it seems. Kumbaya, world court, universality of the rights of all to to be equally proud of being ordinary, or ignorant and impoverished because capitalism isn't a global calling and democracy is just another word for nothing else to lose, and one must give equal credence to say, the philosophy of Iran or Venezuela because who can say their concepts are not as valid and as relevant as those of the materialistic and provincial Judao Christian screed that is the heritage that spawned those ugly Americans?
WHO CAN SAY IT? I CAN. American Exceptionalism leads the world for more than a few reasons. Some of the most easily thought of are by- products of the integrity and sanctity of individual human life and its flowering in a free and democratic society. From those precious individuations come innovation in art and science, jurisprudence and technology, but more important, more rudimentary, more inside the fiber of our existence is a moral courage, a belief that we are intrinsically good and that ultimately good overpowers evil, whatever the guise -- whether it is a Civil War to be fought or a War on Poverty -- or a race to the moon or a race to eliminate HIV Aids. Where there is a challenge and a moral calling, where there is need for excellence, where having heart counts...that's where you'll find Americans.
Democratic Globalism -- I wish it had been a joke. It seems, however, to comprise a set of existential tendrils that tangle crooked paths through post modernism and have become an apologia for the average and for the politically correct disintegration of European/Canadian society. Too bad. Well, at least I know it wasn't the pizza making me sick to the stomach!
So after the goodbyes and the I-had-a-nice-times were over and he (who will have to remain unnamed) and his party were safely out the door, I skipped my usual put everything that's out of place either into the dishwasher or the hamper routine and instead beat feet and fingers to the net. They are called Democratic Globalists, it seems. Kumbaya, world court, universality of the rights of all to to be equally proud of being ordinary, or ignorant and impoverished because capitalism isn't a global calling and democracy is just another word for nothing else to lose, and one must give equal credence to say, the philosophy of Iran or Venezuela because who can say their concepts are not as valid and as relevant as those of the materialistic and provincial Judao Christian screed that is the heritage that spawned those ugly Americans?
WHO CAN SAY IT? I CAN. American Exceptionalism leads the world for more than a few reasons. Some of the most easily thought of are by- products of the integrity and sanctity of individual human life and its flowering in a free and democratic society. From those precious individuations come innovation in art and science, jurisprudence and technology, but more important, more rudimentary, more inside the fiber of our existence is a moral courage, a belief that we are intrinsically good and that ultimately good overpowers evil, whatever the guise -- whether it is a Civil War to be fought or a War on Poverty -- or a race to the moon or a race to eliminate HIV Aids. Where there is a challenge and a moral calling, where there is need for excellence, where having heart counts...that's where you'll find Americans.
Democratic Globalism -- I wish it had been a joke. It seems, however, to comprise a set of existential tendrils that tangle crooked paths through post modernism and have become an apologia for the average and for the politically correct disintegration of European/Canadian society. Too bad. Well, at least I know it wasn't the pizza making me sick to the stomach!
Friday, October 3, 2008
Bailed Out
OK. So they passed it. Alrighty then. I didn't see the heavens open or hear the thunder. In fact the stock market's initial reaction was a very jaded pretend shrug.
Uh, and by the way two companies are fighting over who gets to buy Wachovia?! But of course our government gets to make the call on that I do believe -- and why? It's not that I don't understand why; it's just that I don't understand the big why -- you know, our country being capitalist and all that.
We should buy all of the 'players' Monopoly games. It would be alot less dangerous ... and much cheaper. And by the way, did you see how morbid Bush looked on the steps with Paulson? Nice legacy.
Uh, and by the way two companies are fighting over who gets to buy Wachovia?! But of course our government gets to make the call on that I do believe -- and why? It's not that I don't understand why; it's just that I don't understand the big why -- you know, our country being capitalist and all that.
We should buy all of the 'players' Monopoly games. It would be alot less dangerous ... and much cheaper. And by the way, did you see how morbid Bush looked on the steps with Paulson? Nice legacy.
The Debate
Biden looked tired. He sounded tired. I don't think his heart was in it. He'd have been a good VP pick for Clinton. (I really got furious at Obama about not even vetting her.) Shoot, I'd even vote for Sarah and Joe.
Sarah. Hmmm. I don't remember exactly what spurred me to jump off the couch with a thumbs up and a "You go, girlfriend!" Whatever it was, was just part of my overall impression that she had been cut loose enough from the handlers' chains to get back and give out a bit of her own breath.
Who are these faceless handlers anyway? What on earth have they done to ole' Joe? I don't believe I've ever seen him look so passionless. Good thing for the reps that Sarah escaped hers and unfortunate for the dems that Joe is still in time-out. Authenticity matters.
Joe made me frown. Sarah made me smile and these days in American political life, smiles are worth more than the paper the money is written on!!!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
From Tea to a Pickle
I'm in one -- a pickle, that is. The thing is, I don't know what to do. I used to be a democrat until I moved to NE and found out that my dad wasn't crazy afterall when he ranted about socialism coloring the erstwhile rank and file. Yes, I knew Carter was a catastrophe. I had fallen for the bluejean populism bit a tad before we were all tying yellow ribbons on trees and wishing for January when Reagan would actually DO something and then well, somehow Reagan was just never really a republican to me. He was Reagan, although sometimes the 'Bedtime with Bonzo' aspect would peek out. He did do-in the Evil Empire.
Then Dukakis and poor Kitty. George the elder would never have answered that way. Barbara Bush was comforting and made plain vanilla appealing. The first Gulf War was short and we were in one big Coca Cola commercial with all the other countries singing along. OK, so he threw-up on the Japanese dude; coulda' happened to anybody but it somehow reminded me of how poor old Gerald Ford was always getting photographed falling and looking like a ditz in general. This was of course at the time when I still had no clue that the msm was constantly cycling their Orwellian tapes to their prayerful mantra"The medium is the message!" (Alot of us were slow on the uptake about that. I mean, photoshop didn't even exist then!)
So, everybody who watched Larry King found Ross Perot -- for about two months. Too bad. Time moved forward and Clinton moved center. I just couldn't swallow his what seemed to me to be a familiar old time southern snake oil salesman act. I did like that he was going to give the back of our collective democratic hand to China, though. Oh, well. I sure would like to know what changed his attitude. I mean I think his mind was still on the country then, or am I remiss in my The 'First Time Ever I Saw Your Dress' Lewinsky moment? Moving right along because I know what "is" is.
And then there was Bush.
He hooked me. He was like Reagan with a stutter. I mean, I have kids. The culture seemed to be going to hell and there was this Will Rogers acting guy ready to be a social conservative. I think it was during that campaign that I began to see some of msm's spin. During the hanging chad and subsequent business I drifted from CNN to CSpan. Hmmm. There seemed to be a difference in reality and perspective. I had always believed that news was really that -- news, honest reporting. Well, silly me. So, I'd tell my husband and he'd say that no, NPR agreed with CNN. Hmm. So we fussed until 9/11 when we were frantically searching for news..constantly...like everybody else on those mornings when we awakened to find out that we had survived the night and that we hadn't yet suffered another attack and the anthrax was being contained, too. Where to find the most up to date and accurate news? Searching.. searching...Aha! There was something called FOX.
Well, I had found a media home through whose pro America window I could see to guard my country with my worries and my prayers. I held my breath when with the marines in Tora Bora, and cried that the devil got away to plan for another day. Yes, I realize that McLuhan is alive and well on that network, too, but he casts his shadow in opinion pieces. And life was somehow the 'new normal.' I thought Bush was great.
Then
Iraq.
Not Iran?
But we're not through in Afghanistan I thought. And then,OK, you're keeping us safe and well if there's wmd...wow...but make it quick.
Hurrah! We won!
I yelled at my husband, "Who is the idiot letting the Iraqis keep their guns and letting them go and why don't we have enough troops and ..WHAT? And how long?" Well of course it got to be an important place. What about Afghanistan? Big, gigantic sigh for the loss. Certainly, Iraq's important now; we made it important.
So, here we are at another election...and it's bailout time, to boot.
I'm undecided.
Then Dukakis and poor Kitty. George the elder would never have answered that way. Barbara Bush was comforting and made plain vanilla appealing. The first Gulf War was short and we were in one big Coca Cola commercial with all the other countries singing along. OK, so he threw-up on the Japanese dude; coulda' happened to anybody but it somehow reminded me of how poor old Gerald Ford was always getting photographed falling and looking like a ditz in general. This was of course at the time when I still had no clue that the msm was constantly cycling their Orwellian tapes to their prayerful mantra"The medium is the message!" (Alot of us were slow on the uptake about that. I mean, photoshop didn't even exist then!)
So, everybody who watched Larry King found Ross Perot -- for about two months. Too bad. Time moved forward and Clinton moved center. I just couldn't swallow his what seemed to me to be a familiar old time southern snake oil salesman act. I did like that he was going to give the back of our collective democratic hand to China, though. Oh, well. I sure would like to know what changed his attitude. I mean I think his mind was still on the country then, or am I remiss in my The 'First Time Ever I Saw Your Dress' Lewinsky moment? Moving right along because I know what "is" is.
And then there was Bush.
He hooked me. He was like Reagan with a stutter. I mean, I have kids. The culture seemed to be going to hell and there was this Will Rogers acting guy ready to be a social conservative. I think it was during that campaign that I began to see some of msm's spin. During the hanging chad and subsequent business I drifted from CNN to CSpan. Hmmm. There seemed to be a difference in reality and perspective. I had always believed that news was really that -- news, honest reporting. Well, silly me. So, I'd tell my husband and he'd say that no, NPR agreed with CNN. Hmm. So we fussed until 9/11 when we were frantically searching for news..constantly...like everybody else on those mornings when we awakened to find out that we had survived the night and that we hadn't yet suffered another attack and the anthrax was being contained, too. Where to find the most up to date and accurate news? Searching.. searching...Aha! There was something called FOX.
Well, I had found a media home through whose pro America window I could see to guard my country with my worries and my prayers. I held my breath when with the marines in Tora Bora, and cried that the devil got away to plan for another day. Yes, I realize that McLuhan is alive and well on that network, too, but he casts his shadow in opinion pieces. And life was somehow the 'new normal.' I thought Bush was great.
Then
Iraq.
Not Iran?
But we're not through in Afghanistan I thought. And then,OK, you're keeping us safe and well if there's wmd...wow...but make it quick.
Hurrah! We won!
I yelled at my husband, "Who is the idiot letting the Iraqis keep their guns and letting them go and why don't we have enough troops and ..WHAT? And how long?" Well of course it got to be an important place. What about Afghanistan? Big, gigantic sigh for the loss. Certainly, Iraq's important now; we made it important.
So, here we are at another election...and it's bailout time, to boot.
I'm undecided.
Tea and Taxes
No bailout without representation! When was the last time your congressman asked you if you needed help with your monthly liquidity? I rest my mainstreet case for just now while I make a cup of tea and wonder if those present at the Boston Teaparty were as fed up am I am.
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