I just don't have the stomach for posting about political things right now. It's all gotten so corrupt and seems irredeemable. Sometimes I think our only hope is that some brave state or two will decide to secede and take themselves back to a smaller government. I also think I remember Orson Scott Card suggesting states should start calling for a new Constitutional Convention. That might work also.
In the meantime, I have enough to deal with in my everyday life that gets me down. Such as not being able to go see my new niece because the whole family is sick. Such as being stuck at home, both because of the weather and not wanting to pass our germs along. Honestly, I may be cynical, but I don't think my elected representatives really care what I think. I'm not the same political party as most of them, so what do they care? Perhaps, what do I care? It all seems so out of control. I suppose that's not very productive, and maybe I'll start caring again. Right now I guess I'm hiding.
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I keep thinking I should be following the new president's activities better, but the porkulus bill has me feeling so hopeless about it all that I just want to stick my head in the sand.
"La-la-la, I can't hear you! La, la, laaaa!"
Yeah, I'm semi-ignoring politics myself. I can't ignore it completely, but I try to.
I hate to agree with you because I'm someone who always urges involvement, but I'm there myself. Plus, I got so slammed by people who disagreed with me during the campaign and apparently felt that I am a dreadful horrible and bad person. I'm afraid I'm still licking my wounds in addition to being somewhat disenchanted, like you. It's a tough place right now....
I used to love politics, but lately I just can't handle listening to any political stories. The love-fest in the media, the refusal of congressional members to think of the ramifications of their legislation and the people who rave about the greatness of our president drive me to new levels of frustration. I want my own island nation.
I agree as well...I still intend to post about politics, but I'm feeling rather shellshocked about the way our country seems to have completely fallen apart in the last few months, and the disconnect between DC politicians and real people like us who actually have to pay the bills is disheartening. I'd like to scrap both Congress and the tax code and start all over again. I am also quite fearful about Mr. Obama being emotionally and intellectually able to handle the Presidency, based on how he's responded to the first two weeks -- how will he handle real stress? I seriously believe he's in way over his head, which is scary. (I may post on that...)
Since I can't do anything about the above other than complain about it, right now I'd mostly rather focus on things to distract me from the chaos in Washington and the impact the insanity is going to have on our checkbook...so I write about movies. :)
Best wishes,
Laura
I'm so glad to have a friendly place to talk about this. Thank you, Barb, for starting it!
I agree with Laura that it seems Obama may have bitten off both more than and different from what he expected. He's accustomed to being a star pupil, a shining light who startles people and stirs up their enthusiasm. But he's not at all familiar with leading. Being a leader is a very different matter from being a star performer. There's no approbation to seek now, no visible and quick markers of success. He may be in emotional trouble. Let's hope he's the man his strongest fans think he is and that he can turn the way he sees himself around, very soon. I think the U.S. is strong enough to survive anything, but government without a strong leader could be unsettling if it lasts for a while. Some people loathed GWB but he was the head of the family through it all.
Let's cross our fingers. Meantime, it may be a bumpy ride.
You have all expressed my feelings pretty well. Sadly, jau, I don't think the U.S. is "too big to fail," but we'll see. I believe in prayer, but right now I think we may just be getting the gov't we deserve at this time.
At least my RINO senator Voinovich finally walked out of talks with the Democrats on this horrible porkulus bill. He's resigning this year, so I figured he wouldn't care too much what his constituents said. On the other hand, it will be a chance to get fresh blood in.
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