Random thoughts on the Election
I have not written anything concerning the election results because I had wanted to take the high road and behave in a civil manner. My initial thought was to conduct myself over the next four years of this administration in precisely the manner in which the Democrats had behaved towards the Bush administration. I finally settled for a position somewhere in between.
The election is over and President-Elect Barack Obama will be sworn in as our next President. Although not a large majority it was a clear victory. The news regarding the House and Senate are just as bad. The Republicans lost six seats in the Senate giving the Democrats a majority with 57 seats to the Republicans 40. The House stands at 255 for the Democrats and 175 for the Republicans who lost 19 seats. Clearly the American people bought the Democrat propaganda hook, line, and sinker. George Bernard Shaw stated, "Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve." Given the results of this election? We shall, in all probability, not be. And while we are quoting Shaw, this quote seems quite appropriate, "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."
Thank you Paul.
Some random thoughts on this election?
* The candidate had the full support of the mainstream media. The last few months there wasn't even a pretense of fairness most news running fluff pieces daily on Obama while shooting snide copy on Palin first, then McCain.
* The fraud perpetuated at the polling places was unprecedented. Thousands of ballots tossed and thousands of fraudulent registrations nationwide were he norm. We were even treated to Black Panthers guarding a polling place with nightstick in hand. This was not regarded as unusual by the media. We were treated to state government officials backing up fraud and intimidation in states like Ohio and Missouri. Again, a yawn from the media.
* We saw fund raising on an epic scale involving foreign contributions, fraudulent credit card contributions, and fraudulent entries of debit cards. We saw a candidate state he would take public money if his competitor would; and then back down when Senator McCain accepted the challenge and go on to raise and spend a record amount of money.
* There was a serious financial crisis that popped up at an extremely suspicious moment, in my opinion. The causes were systematically covered up and the party that created and abetted this problem were rewarded with an election win, while the party that attempted to remedy the looming problem on several occasions were the losers.
* A portion of the population wanted to prove they were not racist by voting for Obama. There were other, easier ways to prove this, but this was the avenue chosen.
* The young candidate has got to be better than the experienced candidate that was "one heartbeat away". This was hammered home to us over and over.
Now we will dust off the old reparations argument again.
According to the Honolulu Star Bulletin (7/28/08) Senator Obama stated, ""I personally would want to see our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged," and "I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it's Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds."
So apparently reparations are to be on the table for Native Americans also.
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