2004-10-31
WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
I don't profess to be a seer nor a psychic | But I am troubled and concerned about the course of this nation if GWB gets elected this time | Actually, Steve Gilliard has said it better than me, but for the record here's my take on the situation |
Typically, I would not spend as much time, energy or effort in writing about political campaigns except, perhaps, on a local level | Certainly I'm opinionated, but I believe I've always been clear about this | The things I write about reflect my thoughts, perspectives, values and, at times, the course of action I believe would be most productive for the common good |
Were this some other year, a different election between differing parties, I would not be so strident in my objections to the current occupant of the White House | Frankly, I'd be happy to party with the guy | But even as fa back as college I had little respect for frat brats and people who could not accept differing points of view | And, frankly, his monomanic perspective worries me | Lets' be straighforward here, he's a dangerous extremist, and not one that Barry Goldwater would approve of, that I'm certain | I agree with Hunter S. Thompson, were Nixon alive, I'd vote for him in contrast to Dubya |
We'll still have a divided Congress | Thanks to Reagan, Bush Senior and GWB, the Federal Courts are already stacked | And more people ~finally~ appear energized to speak their mind rather than watch World Wrestling Federation, Will & Grace or Design on a Dime | I remain confident that, under a
Kerry administration, dissent, while not entirely welcomed, will, at least, be heard | Given Dubya's handlers propensity to stifle dissent I do not feel similarly comforted were Bush elected in 2004 |
But what of the future? That's what I said I'd write about here | Well, there's lots of work to be done | We need to re-establish our commitment to all citizens, not merely those of privilege | We need to pursue the development of fuel and energy sources other than oil, natural gas, coal or nuclear ...and we need to recognize that other kinds of energy resources are not hippy dippy "alternative" amusements | And we need to focus on getting more disciplined about how we think critically, analyze problems, and cease and desist on
the anti-knowledge attitudes that have been so dominant in this last quarter century |
Mind you, I don't find Kerry to be any great shake | But he's got a solid, predictable, track record, and I can live with it |
He's from a family and background of privilege | he does not seem to be any sort of great visionary [I think of Brazil's Gilberto Gil, as a contrast, for example] I have concerns about his corporatist values, am uncomfortable about where he stands on firearms ownership, don't know if he has any real understanding of what the common man and woman in the USA have to deal with on a daily basis, just to get by | But then again, Franklin Roosevelt was patrician and did what needed to be done to help acheive social equity for many in this nation | As to his style of presentation, so he's boring | We could use a boring President right now | I don't like dealing with moodswings ~ or duplicity ~ from someone in the White House | A lust for power is not a good reason for entrusting someone in that seat | That, I believe, is the single motivating factor for Dubya and the rabid pack surrounding him |
So I'm going with Kerry, reluctantly, but that's my vote | I urge others to get out and vote as well | Oh, and take someone else with you for the ride |
I don't profess to be a seer nor a psychic | But I am troubled and concerned about the course of this nation if GWB gets elected this time | Actually, Steve Gilliard has said it better than me, but for the record here's my take on the situation |
Typically, I would not spend as much time, energy or effort in writing about political campaigns except, perhaps, on a local level | Certainly I'm opinionated, but I believe I've always been clear about this | The things I write about reflect my thoughts, perspectives, values and, at times, the course of action I believe would be most productive for the common good |
Were this some other year, a different election between differing parties, I would not be so strident in my objections to the current occupant of the White House | Frankly, I'd be happy to party with the guy | But even as fa back as college I had little respect for frat brats and people who could not accept differing points of view | And, frankly, his monomanic perspective worries me | Lets' be straighforward here, he's a dangerous extremist, and not one that Barry Goldwater would approve of, that I'm certain | I agree with Hunter S. Thompson, were Nixon alive, I'd vote for him in contrast to Dubya |
We'll still have a divided Congress | Thanks to Reagan, Bush Senior and GWB, the Federal Courts are already stacked | And more people ~finally~ appear energized to speak their mind rather than watch World Wrestling Federation, Will & Grace or Design on a Dime | I remain confident that, under a
Kerry administration, dissent, while not entirely welcomed, will, at least, be heard | Given Dubya's handlers propensity to stifle dissent I do not feel similarly comforted were Bush elected in 2004 |
But what of the future? That's what I said I'd write about here | Well, there's lots of work to be done | We need to re-establish our commitment to all citizens, not merely those of privilege | We need to pursue the development of fuel and energy sources other than oil, natural gas, coal or nuclear ...and we need to recognize that other kinds of energy resources are not hippy dippy "alternative" amusements | And we need to focus on getting more disciplined about how we think critically, analyze problems, and cease and desist on
the anti-knowledge attitudes that have been so dominant in this last quarter century |
Mind you, I don't find Kerry to be any great shake | But he's got a solid, predictable, track record, and I can live with it |
He's from a family and background of privilege | he does not seem to be any sort of great visionary [I think of Brazil's Gilberto Gil, as a contrast, for example] I have concerns about his corporatist values, am uncomfortable about where he stands on firearms ownership, don't know if he has any real understanding of what the common man and woman in the USA have to deal with on a daily basis, just to get by | But then again, Franklin Roosevelt was patrician and did what needed to be done to help acheive social equity for many in this nation | As to his style of presentation, so he's boring | We could use a boring President right now | I don't like dealing with moodswings ~ or duplicity ~ from someone in the White House | A lust for power is not a good reason for entrusting someone in that seat | That, I believe, is the single motivating factor for Dubya and the rabid pack surrounding him |
So I'm going with Kerry, reluctantly, but that's my vote | I urge others to get out and vote as well | Oh, and take someone else with you for the ride |
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