MEandering

I seem to have been so traumatized by the Dashle disappointment that I completely forgot this page for awhile. (Either that or Annie Gabhow, running around Toontown, took up the attention that would have otherwise been directed here.)

However it happened, I have completely neglected all two (maybe even three) of my readers for these many months and I extend my sincerest apologies for doing so. 

Apology out of the way, I would like to direct your attention to the Civil Politics page and pledge. If you read this far, you can read it for yourself without any assistance from me.  I admit that, other than the fun of watching the numbers grow, I have no real interest in whether you take the pledge in so public a manner.

We, if we are ever going to be an "adult" society, need to become a society that can discuss issues intelligently. Take the pledge. In public, for the sake of my enjoyment.  In private, for the sake of our nation.

Health care is a complex topic, but myths should not cover up a simple truth: We are wasting money by paying top dollar for mediocre results.

Tom Daschle (See full article)

The quotation above is taken from an article written by the gentleman who has probably been chosen as our new Health and Human Services Secretary.  I have not yet read enough about his thoughts on how to get health care for every American to know whether I agree with what he thinks is the best way to go. However, the fact that he sees the situation as it is means that we-the-people may get a form of national health care that provides better medical care instead of higher profits for insurers.

The candidate was not the story. The story was We-The-People.

I liked the message. I liked the fact that the message was delivered by a speaker who sounded like he believed what he was saying.

I love the fact that the message was heard, and believed, by millions of Americans who took that belief to the polls.

It was we-the-people in action, believing that, if we want things to be different, to be better, it is up to us, individually and collectively, to make them different.

I cannot predict how well the new President-elect will do as President. I can predict that the army of we-the-people who worked so hard, and so effectively, to make him President will continue to make a difference in America.

Many members of that army woke up on November 5^th , 2008 with a feeling of letdown. The war over, victory won and, “What do I do now?”

I doubt that many of them will fall back to the pre-Obama helplessness of waiting for someone else, not even Obama, to take the full burden of making America the nation it could be. They have learned the real American lesson that, once learned, is unlikely to ever be forgotten.

All positive change starts with one person believing: Yes! I can!

Thanks Sarah!

Is it just me? Have you noticed that John McCain did not do too badly in the election?  The large difference in electoral votes may mask the fact that the popular vote was something like 52% Obama to 46% McCain.  Had three voters in each hundred switched from Obama to McCain, the race would have been a tie. Four voters switching would have seen a President-elect McCain instead of President-elect Obama.

Sixty percent of the public feels that Sarah Palin is not qualified to be the President of this nation. When sixty of every hundred say that she is unqualified, is it any stretch to guess that she cost McCain at least four votes from each hundred?

Thank you Sarah Palin. The world is in your debt.