Bartlett, Taylor and Gina

a progeny's views

We have condemned fascism, racism, bigotry, division, fundamentalism, jingoism, anti-intellectualism and simply, rampant idiocy. We have said no to Sarah Palin and her rhetoric of hate and ignorance cast as piety and godliness. We have said no to John McCain and his venom and erratic antics. We have said no to the base-line, hard-line, redneck ideology of the populist assholes who thought the Republicans could carry the day. ("F"ill in the blank) Sarah Palin. ("F"ill in the blank) the close-minded. ("F"ill in the blank) the corporate, insular, cadaver-like ("F"ill; in the blank) who've ("F"ill in the blank) us for the last 7 years. ("F"ill in the blank) Dick Cheney. ("F"ill in the blank) Karl Rove. ("F"ill in the blank) the Southern elite who think they're entitled to complacency, sameness, foolish ideology and entitlement. God bless America. We have welcomed cosmopolitanism, tolerance, european perspectives, european conversations. We have embraced our role as true leaders of the free world. We have rejected partisan fighting, we have rejected complacency, idiocy, and hate. We can wake up tomorrow and face the world. We can wake up tomorrow and feel a part of the global community. We can wake up tomorrow and retake our rightful place at the head of the global table. The world has many challenges yet to face. But we can now go into tomorrow with the confidence to lead our brothers and sisters around the world, knowing we have an accord with them, knowing we have washed ourselves clean of the scorn and contempt the Bush administration engendered. Welcome back, hope. Welcome back, America.

i REALLY feel like barack obama!

i feel like barack obama
i feel like barack obama today
i feel like barack obama today because the world around me is quieter.
i feel like barack obama today because CNN is devoting a millenia's worth of air time analyzing and caring for my recent success.
i feel like barack obama today because the world's quieter as a result of the great throngs voting in the u.s. of a. deciding to choose a reasonable, contemplative, encouraging, inclusive, gentle soul whose story reflects the best of who we are (not just a u.s.citizen) but the world at large.
i feel like barack obama today because i've helped carry a megaphone to the voiceless....a paddle to those among us adrift in ennui, sadness, and solitary terror.

oh wait....i'm nothing like barack obama...but i sure am damn glad he's my president!

the trouble with normal

i usually love the postings where we all feel like someone else. i do however have to divert my attention to a simple yet frequently unspoken point as to Ms. Palin and the adoration she elicits from the rather conservative (really?) evangelical community.

my former church (the presbyterians) have not, nor will they EVER install women as elders in any of their congregations. the idea and office of an elder is reserved for males exclusively. why? mostly the arguments surround women not having the skill set,tools, or the RIGHT for that matter, to instruct men in the ways of our Lord. never mind that so many men installed in the position of ruling AND teaching elders woefully lack the guidance, intelligence, gentility, or heart to lead others..much less themselves (don't get me started).

WHY then....would all of these conservative men...be so lathered (in this case we cast the term "lather" in a positive light) about a woman leading our nation in the second most powerful and influential office known to the western world; presumably with an easy reach into the seat of the presidency (you can't serve me communion ma'am, but you can be my president..(whaaaaaa-ut?).

there you go conservative evangelicals....thank GOTT Himself you didn't come close to having to work this conundrum out in your tiny heads.....

the president

i feel like Barack Obama.
i feel like Barack Obama because i'm smart.
i feel like Barack Obama because i genuinely like other people.
i feel like Barack Obama because i've worked diligently for those of my constituents in Illinois.
i feel like Barack Obama because after all of this time, and with a week to go, i'm probably (fer sure...cross my fingers) going to win the presidency.....but i'm going to continue to stay on message bringing words of hope to the hopeless....words of gild for the gild-free..and images of a lighter, less burdened world we can only hope to achieve.

it feels good to feel like Barach Obama....
oh wait....it really feels good to feel like him but more importantly to VOTE for him....

thank goodness....he's going to win (sshhhh...don't tell anyone)

vice president

i feel like Sarah Palin
i feel like Sarah Palin because i'm from a relatively small town
i feel like Sarah Palin because i rose to some prominence in this small town in the form of elected office.
i feel like Sarah Palin because i caught the attention of the national media.
i feel like Sarah Palin......oh wait!
turns out i don't feel like Sarah Palin at all....
i'm not in an elected office
i don't pile my hair on top of my head
i haven't been asked to fill the second most powerful office in the globe (i know...perhaps a bit pretentious to think the U.S. is at the epicenter of global politics) with no qualifications whatsoever.
we do share a wee ort of similarity however.
i've lived in the South for thirty years and still have an accent and affectations of those from Michigan.
thanks, Sarah. you've helped to lower the bar for all of us...i have some hope now that i could become the vice president....(the phone's ringing...might be "W".)
yar!

a passing

a friend passed today.....she had a struggle; battling every day to stay calm, sane, well, buoyant, a mother, a wife......and not give herself over to the eas(y)(t) road....the half-empty, the road more travelled....

her last days/weeks have been so hard for her. no one could possibly wish any of her circumstances on anyone...although she bore them with little complaint; rather portrayed a longing if you will towards the unseen, the glory not experienced on this earth to date.

she's gone. her friends and family remain here for now.

we'll miss you Margaret.