The Billion Dollar Farce
Friday October 03, 2008
In the commentary following last night's Vice-Presidential debate, one of the talking heads said that the cost of this election was approaching $1 Billion dollars. WOW!
How can people who are so willing to waste other people's money on themselves possibly lead by example?
The initials for Other People's Money is O.P.M. but I tend to think of it as opium. It is like a crack addiction, and people cannot stop it once they get hooked. This is, in part, why I decided not to raise any money in my run for State Rep. It is impossible to get people to think differently by acting the same. Granted, I might have won if I had more money, but as the Presidential election shows, somebody has to lose, no matter how much money is spent. Like the arms race, the verbal jousting gets more stupid as the weapons get bigger.
Oh, and last night's debate was stupid. Both claimed to be more compassionate than the other toward Americans (domestic policy,) and more fit at killing people (foreign policy,) and smarter about money and taxes (economic policy.) Yet, there was no connection between any of these three areas, either in the questions or the answers. Neither side put up a consistent argument.
Palin was a lot like Bush, being full of simple-minded stereotypes. It might serve her well. The debate was primarily an exercise in futility, nothing new was learned or discussed. Biden is more humble and intelligent (consistent) than Palin. Her claim to be against big oil, and then bragging how Alaska has so much oil to sell, seemed very contradictory. She wants to be OPEC, not lower the prices.
Why were we attacked on 9/11? <-- That would be a good question to ask.
Of course, that is the question America is most afraid to ask. A billion dollars of propaganda can not out-shout the truth. We reap what we sow. Just as we resisted colonial rule, so too will others. Every superpower believes that might equals right, only to discover that their reach is not as long as they believe, nor their hand as righteous as they think.
As Isaiah wrote:
He brings princes to naught
and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
No sooner are they planted,
no sooner are they sown,
no sooner do they take root in the ground,
than he blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
"To whom will you compare me?
Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.
Isaiah 40:23-25
If history has proven anything, it is that nations do blow away like chaff. We need to do much better.
lol..I just got an e-mail from Governor Palin asking for money, blaming the media and making accusations of election fraud. Always the victim, never the crime. What good timing.
How can people who are so willing to waste other people's money on themselves possibly lead by example?
The initials for Other People's Money is O.P.M. but I tend to think of it as opium. It is like a crack addiction, and people cannot stop it once they get hooked. This is, in part, why I decided not to raise any money in my run for State Rep. It is impossible to get people to think differently by acting the same. Granted, I might have won if I had more money, but as the Presidential election shows, somebody has to lose, no matter how much money is spent. Like the arms race, the verbal jousting gets more stupid as the weapons get bigger.
Oh, and last night's debate was stupid. Both claimed to be more compassionate than the other toward Americans (domestic policy,) and more fit at killing people (foreign policy,) and smarter about money and taxes (economic policy.) Yet, there was no connection between any of these three areas, either in the questions or the answers. Neither side put up a consistent argument.
Palin was a lot like Bush, being full of simple-minded stereotypes. It might serve her well. The debate was primarily an exercise in futility, nothing new was learned or discussed. Biden is more humble and intelligent (consistent) than Palin. Her claim to be against big oil, and then bragging how Alaska has so much oil to sell, seemed very contradictory. She wants to be OPEC, not lower the prices.
Why were we attacked on 9/11? <-- That would be a good question to ask.
Of course, that is the question America is most afraid to ask. A billion dollars of propaganda can not out-shout the truth. We reap what we sow. Just as we resisted colonial rule, so too will others. Every superpower believes that might equals right, only to discover that their reach is not as long as they believe, nor their hand as righteous as they think.
As Isaiah wrote:
He brings princes to naught
and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
No sooner are they planted,
no sooner are they sown,
no sooner do they take root in the ground,
than he blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
"To whom will you compare me?
Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.
Isaiah 40:23-25
If history has proven anything, it is that nations do blow away like chaff. We need to do much better.
lol..I just got an e-mail from Governor Palin asking for money, blaming the media and making accusations of election fraud. Always the victim, never the crime. What good timing.
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