tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715375047734985778.post2856460981795565004..comments2023-05-11T02:43:40.926-07:00Comments on Read Me Sometimes, Think of Me Often.: Because you were wondering what I thought about the elections...Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685607101782412986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715375047734985778.post-87713905717081940012012-11-09T18:26:29.337-08:002012-11-09T18:26:29.337-08:00I can't understand why half of the country bel...I can't understand why half of the country believes what the Republican party is serving up. I guess I'm putting faith that President Obama has a long term vision and needs another term to finish what he's started. Here's hoping the next four years aren't filled with more gridlock for the sake of the Republicans throwing a temper tantrum and not doing what good for the country.ZenGoaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13726959437057678174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715375047734985778.post-83447662680452244852012-11-09T16:31:13.925-08:002012-11-09T16:31:13.925-08:00Couldn't agree more with your sentiments. Amer...Couldn't agree more with your sentiments. Americans are at a horrible identity crisis type impasse: the traditional "founding values" of absolute independence and a value system based purely on a fake idea of pure self-sufficiency are clearly, plainly wrong. But we are so romantic and nostalgic about them that we are willing to cut off our nose to spite our face. Our country wasn't built on pure self-sufficiency: it was built on slavery, colonialism, war profiteering (and war in general), a variety of clever market speculations (gold standard, commodities, etc) and a slew of other things critically tied to at best the participation of others but more often the exploitation of others. It's hard to face unflattering truths about oneself, though. "If you look in the mirror and see something ugly, maybe you are ugly" - Mo IbrahimAlanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657692564553837778noreply@blogger.com