Tuesday, November 30, 2004
On this day:
One gulp, and Bush was gone
Behind the scenes at the Clinton library, we saw America's future
I miss having a president that can form a relevant complete thought and speak the English language. Now, how can someone, who is so bright and had everything going in his professional life be so misguided in his personal life? For as much as he is admired by some people, he sure wasted his last three years of his presidency to accomplsih something great. Instead there will always be an asterick in his legacy.
At the dedication of the Clinton library last week in Little Rock, Karl Rove and President Bush received separate tours of the dramatic building, a glistening silver, suspended boxcar filled with light and with a panoramic view of the Arkansas river. Flung across the river stands an old railroad bridge - and to Clinton watchers, bridges represent 'the bridge to the 21st century', the former president's re-election slogan in 1996.
The opening ceremony was biblical in its spectacle, length and rain. For more than four hours we huddled in thin ponchos under the downpour, awaiting four presidents. For the Democrats among us - former advisers and cabinet secretaries, celebrity supporters and high school friends of Bill - this was an unofficial convention, a kind of counter-inaugural, with rueful discussions of the recent defeat.
John Kerry arrived to defiant cheering from the crowd. Then, when the presidents were announced, Bush tried to push his way past Clinton at the library door to be first in line, against the already accepted protocol for the event, as though the walk to the platform was a contest for alpha male. In his speech, Clinton sought to clarify the present by his broad analysis of globalisation - 'an age of interdependence with new possibilities and new dangers' - and the offer of conciliation: 'America has two great dominant strands of political thought; we're represented up here on this stage: conservatism, which at its very best draws lines that should not be crossed; and progressivism, which at its very best breaks down barriers that are no longer needed or should never have been erected in the first place.'
In his effort to transcend the division of America into two nations, red and blue, Clinton was attempting to demonstrate his tradition - the absence of dogma, the belief that good ideas can come from anywhere, and that solutions cannot be imposed but must be worked out in democratic politics, involving the arts of building coalitions, compromises and experimentation, of which he was the leading practitioner and survivor. Read more
I miss having a president that can form a relevant complete thought and speak the English language. Now, how can someone, who is so bright and had everything going in his professional life be so misguided in his personal life? For as much as he is admired by some people, he sure wasted his last three years of his presidency to accomplsih something great. Instead there will always be an asterick in his legacy.
Sunday, November 28, 2004
On this day:
I'm a Mother?
This little quiz was directed to me by Orangejack. The funny thing is this is the secoond test result. The first test result says I'm a mild-mannered assisination victim, Abe Loncoln. Each test gave me a different set of questions, so I guess you can keep taking the test until you get an answer you can identify with. Although, I guess there are similarities in both personality traits. They both fight for the common people. One peacefully, one started a war.
Saturday, November 27, 2004
On this day:
When I grow up
This is a funny commercial pitch: When I grow up
I particularly like these ones:
Be a freak
Have people wonder what I do all day
Sit in client meetings and contribute absolutely nothing
A hack
Tell people what to do
The only thing that is true now is: go on press checks.
I particularly like these ones:
Be a freak
Have people wonder what I do all day
Sit in client meetings and contribute absolutely nothing
A hack
Tell people what to do
The only thing that is true now is: go on press checks.
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
On this day:
Happy Thanksgiving
Monday, November 15, 2004
On this day:
Sorry Everybody
Found this site surfing around. I feel better now hearing from the other 48% of voting population. It was also heart warming to hear friends from foreign countries consoling our broken hearts, hopes and spirits. It is good to know they still stand by the People of the United States of America, the 48% anyways.
Thursday, November 04, 2004
On this day:
And thus we begin the next four years
Quote of the Day
It is hard for me and my friends to understand how John Kerry was not elected as our president. Of all the three debates, all medias gave the debates to John Kerry. President Bush had his own family voted against him. Scott McConnell at The American Conservative magazine had endorsed Kerry. The rest of the world had voted Kerry 77%. Bush has lead us into a war under false pretenses. We are now running the highest deficit ever. Our future is being mortgaged as I write. Our rights are being taken away. We are looked upon and questioned when we uttered anything against the President and being labeled anti-patriotic. We are not any more secured. I do not feel any safer with Bush as Commander in Chief of this country. I kept close watch on CNN last night, tracking the electoral vote count as each state reports its tally. I watched incredulously as each state in the middle of USA gets colored red. Are we, those that lives on the West and East coast that different from the rest of the USA?
I have heard and read a lot of analysis of why Kerry lost, of how Bush won. Bush appeals to the good old traditional family value, pro-life, upholds marriage, have religious faith, blah, blah, blah... But wait just a minute, this almost accuses us, those who supported Kerry, of not holding those values close to our hearts too. I view family values just as important as the next person, certainly not any less important than a Republican would. I value my choices as a woman, a sister, an aunt and a daughter. Just because I am pro-choice does not make me an irresponsible sex and pleasure seeking freak. Pro-choice does not equate pro-abortion, nor does being against pro-life means I am not awed at the miracle of life. Marriage was once sanctified under the Church. Now civil unions are being granted under State Departments. Well, guess what? Those are called "marriage" too, without the involvement of the Church. All the gays and lesbians ask for are the rights granted under marriage. They do not intend to take your religion away. They do not intend to dilute your meaning of marriage. If the hang-up is in the word and the meaning of "marriage", then let them call it something else, but grant them the equal rights under the same rules of law. A senator once said on the congressional floor, "Call it what you want-civil rights, human rights, equal rights. The reality is, at the end of the day, it is still a right I don't have." As for religious faith, it should not be what governs this country. Much of the unrest in the Middle East is attributed to religion. We should not throw ourselves into the fray too. There is no victor in a religious war. We should have learned our lessons already. I do not want a Commander-in-Chief to run this country on faith. "A political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts, is not a person you want as your Commander-in-Chief." As said by non other than George W. Bush. View the video.
Now what? I begin the next four years with a sad and heavy heart. And to the rest of the world, who overwhelmingly voted for Kerry, I am really, really, really sorry. For the next four years, policies that are passed will have implications and be far-reaching in all corners of the globe. I hope this country for the People will have enough resolve to keep this government in check and balance.
Once a person has witnessed a war, they are forever changed
Ehren Tool, a marine
It is hard for me and my friends to understand how John Kerry was not elected as our president. Of all the three debates, all medias gave the debates to John Kerry. President Bush had his own family voted against him. Scott McConnell at The American Conservative magazine had endorsed Kerry. The rest of the world had voted Kerry 77%. Bush has lead us into a war under false pretenses. We are now running the highest deficit ever. Our future is being mortgaged as I write. Our rights are being taken away. We are looked upon and questioned when we uttered anything against the President and being labeled anti-patriotic. We are not any more secured. I do not feel any safer with Bush as Commander in Chief of this country. I kept close watch on CNN last night, tracking the electoral vote count as each state reports its tally. I watched incredulously as each state in the middle of USA gets colored red. Are we, those that lives on the West and East coast that different from the rest of the USA?
I have heard and read a lot of analysis of why Kerry lost, of how Bush won. Bush appeals to the good old traditional family value, pro-life, upholds marriage, have religious faith, blah, blah, blah... But wait just a minute, this almost accuses us, those who supported Kerry, of not holding those values close to our hearts too. I view family values just as important as the next person, certainly not any less important than a Republican would. I value my choices as a woman, a sister, an aunt and a daughter. Just because I am pro-choice does not make me an irresponsible sex and pleasure seeking freak. Pro-choice does not equate pro-abortion, nor does being against pro-life means I am not awed at the miracle of life. Marriage was once sanctified under the Church. Now civil unions are being granted under State Departments. Well, guess what? Those are called "marriage" too, without the involvement of the Church. All the gays and lesbians ask for are the rights granted under marriage. They do not intend to take your religion away. They do not intend to dilute your meaning of marriage. If the hang-up is in the word and the meaning of "marriage", then let them call it something else, but grant them the equal rights under the same rules of law. A senator once said on the congressional floor, "Call it what you want-civil rights, human rights, equal rights. The reality is, at the end of the day, it is still a right I don't have." As for religious faith, it should not be what governs this country. Much of the unrest in the Middle East is attributed to religion. We should not throw ourselves into the fray too. There is no victor in a religious war. We should have learned our lessons already. I do not want a Commander-in-Chief to run this country on faith. "A political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts, is not a person you want as your Commander-in-Chief." As said by non other than George W. Bush. View the video.
Now what? I begin the next four years with a sad and heavy heart. And to the rest of the world, who overwhelmingly voted for Kerry, I am really, really, really sorry. For the next four years, policies that are passed will have implications and be far-reaching in all corners of the globe. I hope this country for the People will have enough resolve to keep this government in check and balance.
