"I never thought Obama would be different in /that/ way. And a lot of 'us' on the list thought the same, as has been evidenced through commentary."
I didn't mean everybody. I know some people are smart enough to distrust any politician. "I never *wanted* Bush to suck nuts. Wishing the President to do a bad job is just fucking insane. Doing that while laughing at idealists seems like bad karma, IMHO." Me either. I had low expectations though and he failed to meet them. The only two things he did well in my opinion were his supreme court picks and he almost screwed one of those up. I didn't want Obama to be ultra left wing either. I was hoping for a more moderate president who actually did believe in cooperation instead of saying he believes in cooperation. Oh well, politics as usual. "Maybe instead of laughing, we should encourage the empowerment of the people we are witness to. Encourage continued involvement. Apathy is so damn easy." Sounds like the Tea Parties to me. By the way, speaking of apathy, here is one of my favorite lines about it: Question: Which is worse, ignorance or apathy? Answer: I don't know and I don't care. "The stuff I did expect to change, did. I can't believe we walked down that dark road for 8 years! This administration is *way* more communicative than the last one. That's a (if not the) major change I 'hoped' for" You really think this admin is more communicative and open or better at controlling communication? Reporters will tell you that this White House is less communicative than any White House they have worked with, including Bush II. Read this <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36454.html> if you want see what the difference is. Here's another example, using the ultra-conservative Helen Thomas: Following a testy exchange during Wednesdays briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press the way President Obama is trying to control the press. Nixon didnt try to do that, Thomas said. They couldnt control (the media). They didnt try. What the hell do they think we are, puppets? Thomas said. Theyre supposed to stay out of our business. They are our public servants. We pay them. "If we don't believe in the idea, there's nothing to shoot for." The idea of the US was beautiful. Unfortunately, it has been distorted, morphed, and stretched way out of shape. I am not sure the original idea can be saved. But, this always happens. Every country morphs and changes until it is overrun finally absorbed b ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317763 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
