It's always nice to think that a writer's in charge. On the other
hand, some very bad people have risen to power on the strength of
rhetoric, which in itself is quite neutral.
Mark
At 01:40 PM 11/6/2008, you wrote:
>I've lost the sources, but I'm pretty sure she's quite proud of how
>she ignored the accepted scientific advice on a lot of environmental
>issues. She appeased the fundies by seeming to ban books but in
>reality not. She seems to be an opportunist who will play any card to
>gain her advantage. I think she plays to Ken's idea of an ignoramus,
>but I also think she's dangerous.
>
>Yes, I saw Jackson. The whole acceptance speech was emotionally
>charged. It had elements of Chaunce the gardener on the one hand, the
>good bits nicked from a variety of sources, including Reagan ("beacons
>of hope", I think), and some tremendous cadences that lifted me away.
>"calloused hand by calloused hand", hope but also sacrifice. In spite
>of the fact that the words weren't shaped for me, I could feel myself
>being drawn in and up. As an orator, he's fantastic.
>
>I'm not sure how Obama slipped through the net. I might try and read
>Obama's memoir. The reviews I've read have been good.
>
>Roger
>
>On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Douglas Barbour
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Given the way the two presidential hopefuls ran their races, the
> real divide
> > in the US seems not so much to be that of race any more but that between
> > those who seek intelligent, curious, learned leadership & those who take
> > pride in their ignorance. That it remains such a close race between those
> > two Americas is still rather frightening. Palin's proud ignorance of what
> > fruit fly experimentation has meant for 80 years or so is truly shocking.
> > And she was continually applauded for such a stance.
> >
> > Obama steps into a political Augeian Stable and it will take a
> long time for
> > even the best person to clean up such a mess. We can only wish
> him the best.
> > That he has a real version of Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition behind him
> > gives one hope (& did you watch Jackson in the crowd as Obama spoke?)
> >
> > Doug
> > On 5-Nov-08, at 12:29 PM, Roger Day wrote:
> >
> >> I was watching the round-up interviews tonight and Spike Lee said
> >> something interesting: if you look at the audiences for Palin &
> >> McCain, they're all white, but for Obama they're mixed. Sure enough, I
> >> watched Obama's speech - and boy can he speak - and the audience was
> >> mixed. I then watched McCain's resignation speech - which was quite
> >> graceful btb and at odds with his campaign invective that I've seen in
> >> the 100 x 150 square - and sure enough, a white audience throughout.
> >> It was almost a different planet.
> >
> > Douglas Barbour
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
> >
> > Latest books:
> > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
> > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
> > Wednesdays'
> >
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
> >
> > We now know that 95 per cent of the universe is made of the something other
> > than those 12 particles. And we have very little idea what the other 95 per
> > cent is, which is kind of embarrassing.
> >
> > Brian Cox
> >
>
>
>
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