November 5, 2008

• SELF-RESTRAINT

  zippity doo-da zippity day!  my oh my

  your next president is black, son.  it’s a beautiful thing.

  so now we get to find out which side of obama’s conflicted platform will win.  his progressive policy stance or his promise of an inclusive and bipartisan government?  they both can’t work together.  he has to pick one.  which do you pick?  i pick the bipartisan government.  i’d rather move in half-steps with everyone on board than go full blast with an agenda that alienates half the country. 

  with that in mind, the thing i am most afraid of is a Democratic party monster in the same mold as the former GOP monster.  corruption, power-grabbing, complete disregard for any other opinion, etc.  the Dems have to be careful to be transparent, fair and open to the idea that they govern the entire country, including the very significant conservative population of America.  i think we need to keep a close eye and short leash on the party to make sure they don’t get drunk with power now, start acting like assholes. 

  that being said, i think the country spoke pretty fucking loudly in support of some progressive agenda items.  not the entire slate and not all at once, but would a new healthcare system fucking kill us?  we pay the most but get (comparatively) terrible care.  our infant mortality rate rank is like twenty-something.  wtf is that all about?  education, which is the engine of innovation, which is the engine of industry, which is the engine of our economy.  education has to pick it up.  and alternative energy.  the big daddy project.  campaigning on finding new, viable alternative energy is kind of like campaigning on finding a cure for cancer, easier said than done.  but shit man,  let’s do this!  i’m amazed that the world isn’t in a heated, balls out race to find new energy alternatives.  the winner will be the clear center of the world’s core new industry and probably the seat of world power.  healthcare, education and new energy.  let’s try to work these three new progressive items.

  but first and foremost, let’s try to remember the losers in this election.  i thought mccain’s concession speech was quite moving, especially when he reminded us that we’re all fellow americans and that meant more to him than anything.  i really believed him when he said that, and i thought that was a beautiful moment of graciousness and class.  the losers are still our countrymen and neighbors.  hopefully, the winners will exercise proper self-restraint and remind themselves every once in a while that — as our new president likes to say — we are the UNITED states of america. 

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