I mostly watched CNN and i guess they won the rating wars. i like MSNBC as well but the CNN coverage was the one i settled on. i feel bad for MSNBC because i watch Keith and Rachel all the time. It was them among others that got me through the last years. So, sorry K and R.
No one is talking much about it but i am really curious about the LACK of pardons by GW. Doesn't that leave his advisers vulnerable to prosecution? It would be one thing to investigate the Bush Administration but i really thought that GW would insure they did not see the inside of a jail. There are a few ways you could look at this. GW is very sure of his innocence out of arrogance or a stacked Supreme Court. Or, GW doesn't think Obama will actually pursue any prosecutions. Maybe GW feels that his advisers and others are responsible for his failures and this is his way of stickin it to them.
The last one is my favorite but probably not the reality. If it was true, i could actually kinda, sorta appreciate him... for that one thing... that one single thing. They are locking up the records for 50 years and i am livid about that. They can justify this but i think it provides a way to cover crimes. That law needs to be modified. You can't cloak people in power so they are not accountable. Power must be checked and regulated. Our founders tried to set up our government so there would be checks and balances.
Our government is out of balance. Congress cowered for 8 years and did not fulfill their constitutional obligations. The presidency has been given too much power and the Supremes are there to defend their ideology.
Alas, from here we must move forward. Yes, and i do pledge, Mr. President, to work harder, sacrifice more, to help in more ways and to set a good example. i liked that he asked us to grow up. i think it would be nice, if being an adult could be considered cool again.
That word 'cool' worked to convey my meaning in the last sentence but i use it sparingly. i think the whole 'being cool' thing is problematic. i don't really want to get into this too much today but 'being cool' or pursuing 'the cool' is responsible for a lot of dysfunction. For example; one might not follow a path that is right for them, and will instead, follow the 'cool' path. This is how teenagers operate. Another example is the way we buy and wear clothes. Name brands are a must and then there is the wearing of clothes inappropriately. Over-dressing, under-dressing, pants that don't cover your ass or heals on a winter day. You're not cool, your a lemming.
Enough of that. That is a topic for another day.
This post today is not very uplifting considering the hopefulness we are suppose to be feeling but i am feeling serious. That said, i also feel a weight lifted. i am in the habit of censoring myself, fearing the Bushies, but i can drop that now.
Lastly, for today, i am truly surprised that the Bushies are gone. i fully expected a coup. i did not think they would give up power. Yes, they are gone but they left behind a mess. A huge steaming pile of a mess. And, they stole our treasure. And, our planet, is it too late?
Sorry for the downer post mi amigos. This is how i feel today.
50 years??? Dammit...that means I'll have to wait until I'm 91!! Yeah, I'll be there...runs in my family, that old age.
ReplyDeleteKeep writing because I am too lazy to go to the Huffington Post or watch the news...I find out the best dirt from you!
Thank you for telling me to keep writing. i do like to 'vent' my politics. And i do like reading and watching news and commentary. Then i like to 'talk' about it.
ReplyDeletei get it that people don't like to watch news and politics because it's mostly bad news and politics is dirty. So, for people like me who like keeping our eyes on the dirty buggers, it's gratifying to know someone appreciates it.
And now that the Bushies are gone, i feel even freer to express my opinion.