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So here are my late night winter thoughts, two weeks into the Obama Presidency....I am still kind of stunned he really is Our President....But there are some clouds over this new presidency....that are already keeping me up at night....
(1) Our New President 's Work Ethics....::::
Obama has already been working very hard on many fronts, and it is breathtaking the amount he is capable of focusing on.....I have been watching his face and his eyes, he is clearly worried...very. I worry is OUR Economic Picture WORSE than we know ? How bad is it ? And I was glad to see that he was ChiTown Tough about the greedy Wall Street maneuvers, but I have been concerned he is reaching out to the Repugs, and maybe they don't deserve such Kindness or Diplomacy....
(2) The Grand Obstruction Party:::
Which Leads to my next concern, It seems that the GOP, the Repugs, for monthes were lost and lacking direction, leadership....and that without Fearmongering and Terra to focus on they had no "Cause" to embrace....well, now it appears they have Found their NEW Cause....to Obstruct....in any and all ways. I am wondering if they are just used to having their Own Way for So many years ? Like Spoiled Children enabled by Bush they never really had to listen to their own Constituents or take care of the people in their state....They now rush to the microphone ready to whine and complain....and obstruct. ( and yet Obama has not really given them ANY real reason to do so...)
(3) About Victims of the Bush Regime:::
After 8 years of Bush, there are Victims of the Regime that had a stranglehold on this Country....The Constitution was shredded...and Rights were violated....Citizens were spied on, and Gitmo happened, and even Torture and an Illegal War happened in OUR name.....but like Victims of ANY Crime, or even those that witnessed a Crime, there can be No Healing, until a path is set to Deal With the Crimes in a way that Acknowledges the Crimes and also shows that Justice is a part of the Path.
Otherwise none of us can heal or move Forward...( the press keeps saying that Obama wants to move forward- that is what they say- we actually have never heard WHAT Obama wants, or how he plans to move us forward....he has been silent).And now we Know that the Illegal War based on Lies, may indeed have broken the bank.....and that we have been economically raped and pillaged.....But I don't think Bush and his Cronies should be allowed to just stroll off into the sunset.... Not when I have families sleeping in cars in my neighborhood eating Cold Spaghetti "O's out of a can by the light of a Flashlight....
And yet I also know over in Iraq....there are families also sheltering in crumbling buildings in the Dark eating cold food out of cans...and that we bear responsibility for that too....and the Whole World is Watching....
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Late Night Music....
Genesis....Phil Collins "Hold on my heart"....
And "In the Air Tonight" really is about Waiting...Watching...
