[lit-ideas] Re: lit-ideas Digest (editing) and Missouri)
- From: eternitytime1@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:37:46 -0500
Hi,
I was waiting for Julie to report in, but since she is distracted with
other Lit-Ideas topics, I will explain.
We have come a LONG way from 2000 and 2004. It was undecided up to the
last minute.
Final results: McCain 49.4% and Obama 49.2%
Was awfully close.
But, remember--we have to contend with this sort of thing (I'll share a
kid story)
This is about a conversation my son had in Spanish class
yesterday--yes, we thought the election was over, too. A whole group
of the kids ended up being furious that Obama had won--and there is,
apparently, word that it was because of McCain's not standing behind
Bush. (this is contrary to the other crowd he and I both know who are
blaming Palin for McCain's loss--as though she selected herself as
McCain's running mate...) In case you didn't know, Bush was and is a
fantastic president. Btw...he HAD to do *something* after 9-11. When
Ben said--absolutely, and no problem going into Afghanistan. The
response was 'but Iraq is who attacked us on 9-11, so he had to go
there'. Then, when Ben tried to explain who had attacked us, they said
'but what about all the nuclear weapons they found in Iraq'. "WHAT
nuclear weapons" he responded. "Don't
you watch tv?" They asked him. As he told me, in some exasperation,
even the biased news stations have never like that there were nuclear
weapons found. (he watches Fox each morning and has for years--he
likes balance and they do get the weather correct more than some of the
others)
To her credit, the Spanish teacher (he said), never said a word during
the whole discussion--tit was at the end of the class, I guess. She
did tell him, as he was collecting his books, that he handled the
situation quite well.)
B's question to me was "Who are their parents?" and "This is what we
have to look forward to when they can vote, too." But, Missouri has
Julie's kids and mine. And, they have friends...and they THINK. (and,
as my son said--those kids would not know a credible source if they
were given some to chose from. They wouldn't last one minute in Debate.
Oh, btw--last Policy issue debated on that I judged dealt with whether
or not the USA should model its healthcare system after that of France.
One of the groups who had the 'con'--didn't use the typical
arguments...they started out by agreeing we needed to change, but just
not to that of France. That we needed to model the USA after Japan. I
thought of this List, of course, at that. For those who do not know,
France according to WHO has the best healthcare in the world...but it
is, after listening to several sessions, debatable. At least by bright
Missouri High School kids. No wonder we are all conflicted here...we
see every side.)
Lates toipc that is interesting here in Missouri, is the latest
discussion points are not about moving forward, but about how wonderful
Bush is/was (it is, of course, from the WSJ opinion page, the media and
the general pubilc who have said he has done a bad job and then created
the bad job for him--not his policies, etc) Oh, and how it was Palin
who destroyed McCain's chances. I do not remember any of that sort of
discussion after Kerry lost--but it is even on the radio stations which
traditionally play music around here (except for the two stations which
just started playing Christmas music. THOSE announcers are rather
cheerful and stated that the elction was over and they were going to be
gettng into the holiday spirit. Joining Walmart which just began
playing Christmas music over their intercom system)
Give us time, please. We're making progress. The real quirk was
(maybe--need to check on this further) was all those who went
Libertarian -- and that is a question. Do you think the Republican
party will become known as the Far Right and Neo-Con party and the
moderate Republicans will all end up builiding up the Libertarian
Party? In my area, those who could not bear to vote Dem--we know some
of them and most of them have a lot of money and are very much
social-issue moderates-and that is what they did. At least about 15
families we know--all of whom make about 6-8 times more a year than I
do
...and in a .2 % difference, I wonder...
Like Julie, I'm still not sure it is real--this having Hope thing is
interesting. It will be hard, I think, to find our way back up the
cliff that we were falling from, but at least there is someone who
knows how to climb.
BUT--here is a fun thing to imagine. One of my friends is married to a
guy in the SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) and their chapter all
dressed up in their uniforms to go out and vote. (We in Missouri like
to have fun, I think. At least we moderates...)
Best,
Marlena in Missouri
Where the Future is Coming
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:06:27 -0800
From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: I'll edit yours if you'll edit mine
Obviously I meant "in the near future", rather than "in the new
future".
Yeah, I was getting tired of the old future. When are you guys going to
get your act together in Missouri?
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