Inauguration Day 2009
First let me apply the standard disclaimers that must be said today. Just because they are standard doesn’t mean they’re not deeply-felt. I am proud of my country this day as I am every day we demonstrate the superiority of our magnificent Constitutional system and of America itself. I think our system of government is quite simply and elegant and I marvel at the quality of men who devised it. I’m thankful they came here and put themselves at incredible risk to do so. Nevertheless,
1) I’m glad today is yet another in an unbroken string of peaceful transfers of government power. No other country has a streak to compare.
2) It’s a historic day and we should feel good that we’ve elected a black man as President.
There. Blogger obligation fulfilled.
Now, the misgivings. First, I don’t imagine this is quite what Dr. King pictured when he spoke of his dream for a color-blind society. I wonder if he would think that we settled for what we now have not despite his skin color but because of it. On the other hand, who knows how much longer we would have had to wait for someone of the sort of quality that would have done King proud? Better, perhaps, to have this man at this time so we can dispense with the quadrennial MSM breast-beating.
Second, I can’t help but think that today we’re swearing in a shiny new Edsel.
Third, regardless of the amount of pride we feel in America because of Barack Obama, you can not convince me that I should be even a little proud that Joe Biden is our Vice-President. The man has spent his entire career rising to meet mediocrity halfway. That’s he’s a heartbeat away from leading this country is not a good thing.
Other Posts of Interest:
- The Inauguration Day Blockade
- The White House’s Official Church is the Church of Global Warming
- The Obama Express Mows Down Another Supporter
Category: Political Pontifications, President Barack Obama
No, that pastor did not just end his prayer asking for "whites to embrace what is right"??
Ugh…
Help me out. Whats MSM breast-beating?
"Second, I can’t help but think that today we’re swearing in a shiny new Edsel."
Edsels are worth good money these days. And it was good car for it's day. It just didn't have the marketing that Republicans rely upon so so much. It's the perfect explanation about why the Democratic Party failed for so much time. We lacked the marketing. But we have it now. As the Republicans have proved for so many years, marketing is what works. But we all know that. Republicans tried to say they supported the Christian lunatics, but they never did it, did they? The Democrats say they support unions, but they haven't done it either. The only way to success is going to the middle. That's where the votes are. And there's a reason for that. People in the middle just want performance, not ideology.
Your ideology problems are very real. You want to impose ideology in everything, just like every secret service of every freak dictator. What would be nice is to see some responsible policies that work. Some of those will seem liberal, and some will seem conservative. So what? If policies work, they should be continued, if they don't, get rid of them. We'll start with Abstinence Education. But AE is such a beautiful low hanging fruit, you just have to pick it. Any program that spends lots of money and produces either zero results or negative results should be ended. Not a lot of money, but money that is surely wasted. And let's really talk about military spending. I know you can't get anything before Congress without someone being paid. I'm crazy, but I'm not crazy enough to believe that anyone but Johnson could pull that off. Then again, I've seen pictures of Obama giving Lieberman the Johnson Treatment. Maybe Obama can be a Johnson, for good or evil. There's no reason to twist arms about Christian Welfare, but no matter how little money it is, it should be ended for the lack of scientific backup. There's some environmental and military programs that should face the same fate. It would take the entire four years to say it all, so let's just say that.
That said, I just listened to the repeat of Warren's speech, and it was good. If Warren can give Obama a chance, maybe those who hate have a chance too. But who do we hate? I don't hate anyone, but I'm a freak. But maybe we just don't hate any people. Maybe we just don't hate, and try to work with people. But you still want to know who I'm criticizing, don't you? You can't figure out whether you can agree or disagree, can you? You need a feed about which party I'm in? I'll give you a secret: none. Whatever, a lot of people just want science to be science. And religion to be religion. Maybe we can get there. Warren can help, in his own ironic way. There's no point in a gotcha question, because all you'll get is the Bible, and you can just read that. But give him the rope, he won't hang himself, he'll just be stupid. But in his business, that won't hurt him at all.
fostert – you need to fix that self-yanking chain of yours.