Comments on: One Year Later – There’s Still Hope http://peregrineodyssey.com/2010/01/20/one-year-later-theres-still-hope/ Tales of the open road, with a side order of musing. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:44:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: MaraBG http://peregrineodyssey.com/2010/01/20/one-year-later-theres-still-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-66 MaraBG Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:01:27 +0000 http://peregrineodyssey.com/?p=174#comment-66 This has been a tough year. No doubt about it. However, my take on it is slightly different, RDC. Have you ever witnessed what happens when a parent out shopping takes a toy away from a spoiled child? Even if the toy doesn't belong to the child, the sense of entitlement immediately creates a scene that makes a weak parent relent, and buy the toy. A strong parent holds her ground in spite of the stares of onlookers, and waits it out, knowing that eventually she will win out because she is right. President Obama and the majority of the American people want what is right for this country. We must be patient while we wait for the spoiled children to get over the loss of their misbegotten toys. It may appear that in the short term they are winning out, but they will lose in the end. On the other hand, as long as the "have-nots" believe they have the opportunity to become the "haves", the laws will always be favourable to the rich. It's human nature. This has been a tough year. No doubt about it. However, my take on it is slightly different, RDC. Have you ever witnessed what happens when a parent out shopping takes a toy away from a spoiled child? Even if the toy doesn’t belong to the child, the sense of entitlement immediately creates a scene that makes a weak parent relent, and buy the toy. A strong parent holds her ground in spite of the stares of onlookers, and waits it out, knowing that eventually she will win out because she is right.

President Obama and the majority of the American people want what is right for this country. We must be patient while we wait for the spoiled children to get over the loss of their misbegotten toys. It may appear that in the short term they are winning out, but they will lose in the end.

On the other hand, as long as the “have-nots” believe they have the opportunity to become the “haves”, the laws will always be favourable to the rich. It’s human nature.

]]> By: RDC http://peregrineodyssey.com/2010/01/20/one-year-later-theres-still-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-64 RDC Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:39:17 +0000 http://peregrineodyssey.com/?p=174#comment-64 Watching that day a year ago I felt pride that my country was growing up. I felt we could slip into a different era of tolerance and understanding by that transfer of power. It was our way for all of my life and it seemed to be based on the values of our better good. Today it seems that polite tolerance of “outsiders” is now stripped away with the perceived loss of power by the oligarchy. The transfer of our ideals had some reluctant participants and it was not obvious to me what I was witnessing. The America of my ideal a year ago was embodied in this man, this President would be enough. Now I see race still makes a difference when the elected President of the USA receives less than the office deserves. I see money flowing to influence even the majority we elected, further demonstrated by the outrageous Supreme Court decision. I see power over our citizens by our corporations against the better good. I see self interests limited to the life of this generation, without thought of the next. I see ‘we the people’ cower to the sudden increase of crazies. We elected a man and now we are letting him down because he has been left to the greedy Bastards of Washington, well oiled, well funded. The Corporate world taught me something. Everybody is expendable. Washington has become a corporation. President Obama is going to need some help. Our help. Yes one year later there is still hope and our responsibility more urgent. <3 Don't make me serious now! Watching that day a year ago I felt pride that my country was growing up. I felt we could slip into a different era of tolerance and understanding by that transfer of power. It was our way for all of my life and it seemed to be based on the values of our better good.
Today it seems that polite tolerance of “outsiders” is now stripped away with the perceived loss of power by the oligarchy. The transfer of our ideals had some reluctant participants and it was not obvious to me what I was witnessing. The America of my ideal a year ago was embodied in this man, this President would be enough.
Now I see race still makes a difference when the elected President of the USA receives less than the office deserves. I see money flowing to influence even the majority we elected, further demonstrated by the outrageous Supreme Court decision. I see power over our citizens by our corporations against the better good. I see self interests limited to the life of this generation, without thought of the next. I see ‘we the people’ cower to the sudden increase of crazies.
We elected a man and now we are letting him down because he has been left to the greedy Bastards of Washington, well oiled, well funded. The Corporate world taught me something. Everybody is expendable. Washington has become a corporation. President Obama is going to need some help. Our help.
Yes one year later there is still hope and our responsibility more urgent.
<3 Don't make me serious now!

]]> By: MaraBG http://peregrineodyssey.com/2010/01/20/one-year-later-theres-still-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-61 MaraBG Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:16:21 +0000 http://peregrineodyssey.com/?p=174#comment-61 You raise an interesting point, Meryl. There has been a Dem majority in both the House and the Senate this entire first year. As much as I would love to point a finger at the GOP and its ilk for the inertia we seem to be experiencing in some areas, there would be four fingers pointing back at the party of majority. As long as there are lobbyist, there will be problems. But, that's another post :) You raise an interesting point, Meryl. There has been a Dem majority in both the House and the Senate this entire first year. As much as I would love to point a finger at the GOP and its ilk for the inertia we seem to be experiencing in some areas, there would be four fingers pointing back at the party of majority. As long as there are lobbyist, there will be problems. But, that’s another post :)

]]> By: Meryl Steinberg http://peregrineodyssey.com/2010/01/20/one-year-later-theres-still-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Meryl Steinberg Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:02:56 +0000 http://peregrineodyssey.com/?p=174#comment-60 It is not easy for the interests of the maintenance man, the housekeeper, the woman who serves breakfast, the front desk clerk, the hotel manager to be heard in the frenzy created around the birthers, anti-gay legislation and health care lies. Huge sums of money and effort has gone into making sure the American public takes their eye of the ball. And too many have. I'm so tired of having the GOP frame the issues. May that is the ultimate problem with compromise. It requires parties to deal with honor and good faith..even if there are differences. It is not easy for the interests of the maintenance man, the housekeeper, the woman who serves breakfast, the front desk clerk, the hotel manager to be heard in the frenzy created around the birthers, anti-gay legislation and health care lies. Huge sums of money and effort has gone into making sure the American public takes their eye of the ball. And too many have. I’m so tired of having the GOP frame the issues. May that is the ultimate problem with compromise. It requires parties to deal with honor and good faith..even if there are differences.

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