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From:
Mantrakid
To:
wobbly
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idm list
Date:
Tue, 4 Nov 2008 22:31:16 -0800
Subject:
Re: [idm] YES WE CAN
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Wordup to O'bama, USA's first irish president. :) Just bustin yr balls. :) On 4-Nov-08, at 10:27 PM, wobbly wrote: Right on, right on. He - O'bama is the only one who can lead the band at this lurchy point in the score - the ship is listing and all the deck chairs have become hazardous sliding menaces, BUT, the band must play on - we (the USA) cannot slide into the abyss without an accompanying and moving soundtrack. At the end of the day, we leave all values and ideals to the northern Europeans to carry into the future - it has proven to be beyond us. And it will always elude us - a perverse social experiment. O'bama is the only conductor who can improvise in this key at this tempo and transmit what is appropriate to all the players. He won my grudging vote, mostly on probabilities of positive outcomes in key issues, but also because of the way he bites his words so carefully, as though he were counting them with his teeth for sense (which shows a certain level of awareness of one's statements that has been conspicuously lacking these 20 years past, or so) Blessings to all. Better days ahead W/H On Nov 4, 2008, at 9:59 PM, Mantrakid wrote:
quoted 28 lines It's been said before, but I think the simple fact that he was> It's been said before, but I think the simple fact that he was > elected is indicative of a change in people's mentalities. Whether > or not he brings true change, I think it's clear what people are > hoping for and expecting from the role of the US President. That's > not even considering the racial connotations it has... Like maybe > racial tension would diminish considering the straight-up 'equality' > his election represents. And with the way shit's been going there, I > don't know if things can really afford to stay the same... > > > On 4-Nov-08, at 9:42 PM, gmschroeder wrote: > > Oh yeah, everything will be different now. > (eyeroll) > http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2008/10/as-a-conservative-i-must-say-i-do-quite-like-the-cut-of-this-obama-fellows-jib.html > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste. -Marcel Duchamp