| With so much lifestuff going on in my life, I've not posted much at all. I haven't hit my personal issues that I usually speak about, nor have I voiced anything in a political way. This is not to say that I haven't been having thoughts, feelings, emotions, stress, successes, and other events that are post-worthy, I just have not been finding time and impetus to get back into the groove. Maybe this will change. Anyhoooo, from The Huffington Post, I read this which is very real, and very disturbing. To date, I've had questions I've been trying to sort through with a few dear friends, in "whispers" since Obama has yet to take the helm, but I am trying to hold a higher, more positive energy to deliver to the universe than get mired in my fears, and put that out instead. None-the-less, I would be remiss if I didn't say that Obama's choices for cabinet have not appeared to be the new minds and hearts and blood I so hoped for. I also think that his stance on still planning to invade Afghanistan with "gusto" makes no sense to me either. When he mentioned that at the debate, it bothered me, I hoped he was just being "political" v. the "Man who voted No on Iraq". But, here's another piece of the political pie that needs to be voiced, and I think, because of his involvement as President-Elect, Obama isn't exempt from these words either:
Arianna Huffington writes:
Why Are the Media More Interested in Blago Than in Unraveling the Bailout Mystery?
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"In a devastating Rolling Stone piece, Naomi Klein details "the many worrying parallels between the administration's approach to the financial crisis and its approach to the Iraq War." She writes that "under cover of an emergency, Treasury is rapidly turning into an economic Green Zone, overrun with private companies collecting lucrative contracts." If the reconstruction of our economy follows the path of the reconstruction of Iraq, we are in for a very long, very hard -- and very painful -- economic slog. There is an all-too-real economic drama playing out behind the drawn curtain -- a mystery waiting to be unraveled. And journalistic careers to be made by those doing the unraveling. So what are the media waiting for?" We do need the media and the people, that means us to probe and stay on top of things. We need to voice our questions out loud and write our questions and thoughts in our op-ed sections of the paper. We need to contact our politicians, local representative on up to our President lest our President-elect, who we worked so hard with contributions, and time, and our energy to get them into office, and let them know that is not OK to not represent us, that we voted them in this time to be our voice. Yet, if they are to be our voice, we have to let them know what our expectations are, and how we want them to vote. That means we have to stay involved and aware. It is hard work, and we may feel that we can't do their job too, we trust them to do the right thing, that's why there were elected, right? But didn't we expect this for the last 8 years? That there would be no "personal agendas", or they knew more than we mere mortals did? And didn't we get burned royally, time after time after time? You betja. I caved when it was time to vote for Rick Larsen this year. Ultimately, I went with the pro-dem-flow; high democratic numbers are good, and he got my vote, instead of using my vote to tell him he did not represent me. In an earlier post, I mentioned I wrote him a few times about voting no to the "bailout" in all of it's incarnations up to that point. He didn't do as I requested. Sounds pretty egotistical of me. I know I was just one voice, and yet, later, he said [this is not an exact quote] to reporters, "I heard from my constituents about the bailout and fifty percent said vote 'no', while the other 50% said 'hell no'". That is not a "representative" in any sense of the word. It's more of the last 8 years with our politicians telling us, they will not act on the will of the people because they know better. Have I gotten so desensitized to this type of governing that it doesn't ring the type of alarms it should? Shame on them, and more to the point, shame on me /us who do not do our job and seek the truth and ask the hard questions and don't follow our gut. I want things to change for the better. But a new president and cabinet does not necessarily make it so. It's time for me to put my 1960's hat on again, despite it being worn down, worn out, and so tired. <-- singing to self, "All we are saying, is give peace a chance..." Peace on earth, please. Happy healthy new year. Imagine!
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