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madkingludwig

Politics, History, and You: Two Points

Feb 04, 2008 01:10

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_earthshine_ February 4 2008, 15:33:54 UTC

The time for revolution has long been at hand, and many a generation has come and gone that has wanted to be the next legion of flower children.

I wish Obama luck in delivering his message, but it will take more than a vote, and more than a President. I dare to hope he's more than that, but it will be us who will have to show our worth if change will come. Fighting off Diebold is barely the first step.

madkingludwig February 4 2008, 16:32:15 UTC

I agree, but the feeling and the movement has to start somewhere. I do think that this is probably one of the few times when "trickle down" works. We've been looking at corrupt assholes for so long that I think having someone to believe in is a very good idea.
I am 35. I have never had the opportunity to vote for someone I wanted to vote for. Just people who weren't as bad as the other guy.

"They who in folly or mere greed
Enslaved religion, markets, laws,
Borrow our language now and bid
Us to speak up in freedom's cause.

It is the logic of our times,
No subject for immortal verse-
That we who lived by honest dreams
Defend the bad against the worse."
- Cecil Day-Lewis "Where Are All The War Poets"

I feel that this could be a change in direction.

_earthshine_ February 4 2008, 18:59:42 UTC

I am 35. I have never had the opportunity to vote for someone I wanted to vote for.

Is that only true because you wont vote 3rd party?

I agree -- a leader in nomine would be a great start, which is why i say i hope Obama is more than just another major-party showman selling us the Shiny-Du-Jour. If he wins, he could truly rally the nation -- but it might cost him being a "great President" if he wishes to truly be a great leader.

madkingludwig February 5 2008, 06:22:51 UTC

Hey, the idea starts here.
I have nothing against third parties. I voted straight Green in 2002 in response to the Democrats not running a campaign against where Bush and the government were already obviously headed.
But, I think there's genuinely something going on here.
And I am in.

"Ballad of Accounting" by Ewan MacColl captainblack February 4 2008, 16:57:31 UTC

n the morning we built the city ( ... )

Re: "Ballad of Accounting" by Ewan MacColl madkingludwig February 5 2008, 06:25:34 UTC

You comin' to the Super Tuesday shindig over here ( ... )

sexnoir February 5 2008, 05:29:55 UTC

I loved it. Thank you.

madkingludwig February 5 2008, 06:20:54 UTC

(Hug) Anytime.