Remi Cornwall wrote:
Well, do you think it will happen?
Nope. And I see no grounds for it, either. Bush had permission from
Congress to do everything he did. I do not like Bush, but to blame
this entire situation on him is absurd in my opinion. Millions of
other people are at fault.
Meanwhile, I am sorry to report that McCain has pulled dead even with
Obama in the polls. See:
http://gallup.com/home.aspx
If Obama cannot win in these circumstances, I fear he cannot win at all.
I would like to second Remi Cornwall's comments:
"This *problem is man-made*. . . .
The economy is in a mess and there are many *interlinking factors* not being
helped by *man-made cock-ups*: under-regulation in some areas,
over-regulation in others (say in regards to the price of fuel) or bad
foreign policy starting expensive wars. . . ."
No outcome is inevitable. It will not be good, but it may not do any
long term harm. FDR showed that man-made problems can be fixed, no
matter how bad they seem. Leaders have to have guts, and good ideas.
Compare FDR's speechs to the anodyne pronouncements by Bush last
night, which he read "like an announcer delivering a long
public-service message about new parking regulations for the holiday
season" (Gail Collins). You want to see how a leader explains a
problem to the nation? Read this (and listen to the audio recording):
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrfirstfiresidechat.html
"The success of our whole great national program depends, of course,
upon the cooperation of the public -- on its intelligent support and
use of a reliable system. . . .
I hope you can see from this elemental recital of what your
government is doing that there is nothing complex, or radical in the
process. . . ."
(Talk about elite, Ivy League accents!)
And this, of course:
http://www.hpol.org/fdr/inaug/
We are never helpless, except when we feel helpless. As I wrote here
in January:
. . . global warming and especially the situation in Africa are
entirely our fault, and our problem, and I am certain -- beyond any
doubt -- that we have the power to fix these problems. As John F. Kennedy said:
"Our problems are manmade - therefore, they can be solved by man. And
man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond
human beings. Man's reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly
unsolvable - and we believe they can do it again."
- Jed
