Before anyone start's hating me over this one Let me Say this. I truely Hope the new President will at least try to do the things he promised. I am very Glad America voted for someone from an ethnic background. He's no Rev Martin Luther King but since someone decided that was too great a possibility and eliminated that Great man before his time I guess we'll all have to wait and see what happens. He may surprize many. I certainly hope so.
However the Pragmatist in me feels it's a losing battle and I do not Believe he will accomplish much. Too many White guys with Fat wallets want him to Fail.
The Power is Not the President's.
It's Congress and Senate that run the show folks. If you want change you HAVE to Start by Cleaning House ! Only a little Pun was intended LOLOL
For real folks it's not the President that makes or breaks anything. He hasn't got enough Power to do a dang thing alone. Our Gov. was set up to be this way (3 branches all share the power) No ONE man was to be allowed ALL or ABSOLUTE Power. (Power corrupts, Absolute Power corrupts Absolutely)
Our Founders knew what they were doing.
The Point was NOT to have a KING we had just begun a War to get rid of one we didn't want another.
One of the Best things We had Proved to all the nay sayers in those early years was When Mr. George Washington Stepped down and made way for the Next Freely elected President. LOL Man I wish I Could have seen the Looks on world leaders faces. Just about every one of the European Countries watching felt That NO way NO how was any man going to give up a seat of power easily let alone willingly and they all were chomping at the bit to be able to tell us "we told you so!" Then Mr G. Washington Stepped aside not only willingly but very likely Gladly. It's a Heck of a responsibily to shoulder..To be the First President of the United States of America. To be the one EVERYONE watched just waiting for any sign of weakness or a rumble of discontent from the population at large. They expected Failure everyday. Most still do. Yet here we are Still One Nation (Under Many Gods) . Best of All We The People Are Still TRYING, Still IMPROVING , Still LEARNING, and Still FREE !
So Mr. Obama Please do Try ! Please do work Hard ! Please Keep Learning ! Please Help US Keep growing !
By compairison to how long the rest of the world have been doing this whole Government thing (wink) we ARE just unrulely Teen-agers with a need to rebel and test the limit's and our beliefs, Be a Good Parent and Help us get it all figured out safely. For a Common Good. For All of Us. We are giving you a chance now help us help you ! We all be in this together.
What follows is from an E-mail sent to me...I have no idea who wrote this I can assure you I did NOT. I am not Claiming this as my words or works . I am Sharing because I feel it States a view point with out being an ass about it.
So here it is ...
---------------E mail----------------------------
Ice Cream & The Election
Excellent analogy!
From a teacher in the Nashville area.
Who worries about "the cow" when it is all about the "Ice Cream?
The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade this year.
The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest.
I decided we would have an election for a class president.
We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote.
To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members.
We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have.
We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot.
The class had done a great job in their selections.
Both candidates were good kids. I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support. I had never seen Olivia's mother.
The day arrived when they were to make their speeches Jamie went first.
He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better place. He ended by promising to do his very best.
Everyone applauded. He sat down and Olivia came to the podium. Her speech was concise.
She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream." She sat down.
The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream." She surely could say more. She did not have to.
A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn't sure.
Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it? She didn't know.
The class really didn't care. All they were thinking about was ice cream.
Jamie was forgotten.
Olivia won by a landslide.
Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream and fifty-two percent of the people reacted like nine year olds. They want ice cream.
The other forty-eight percent of us know we're going to have to feed the cow and clean up the mess.
The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade this year.
The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest.
I decided we would have an election for a class president.
We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote.
To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members.
We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have.
We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot.
The class had done a great job in their selections.
Both candidates were good kids. I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support. I had never seen Olivia's mother.
The day arrived when they were to make their speeches Jamie went first.
He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better place. He ended by promising to do his very best.
Everyone applauded. He sat down and Olivia came to the podium. Her speech was concise.
She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream." She sat down.
The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream." She surely could say more. She did not have to.
A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn't sure.
Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it? She didn't know.
The class really didn't care. All they were thinking about was ice cream.
Jamie was forgotten.
Olivia won by a landslide.
Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream and fifty-two percent of the people reacted like nine year olds. They want ice cream.
The other forty-eight percent of us know we're going to have to feed the cow and clean up the mess.
-------------------------------------------End of mail-----------------------
The Farm Girl from WI in me can relate to this analogy. Now we just have to wait and See will Congress let him provide Ice Cream and Care for the Cow ??? Or Will Congress and the Senate make sure He Fails. Will He have the Back bone to Stand alone against them a solitary voice of reasoned speech and compelling arguements? Or will he back down because it's after all a dirty job to muck up behind the Cow ? I do Hope he isn't afraid to get his hands dirty like the bulk of the population of this Nation do every day. I do Hope he isn't afraid of back breaking labor and going to bed exausted only to wake up and have to do it all again . I do Hope he intends to work toward the goals as promised. Nothing will happen overnight but by Gosh he has 4 years to show us he's made an effort and some head way. I'll give him 4 yrs of Honest effort and judge him accordingly with his results.
However I won't be standing in line for more Ice Cream if he let's the Cow Die.
just my opinion.
pardon my typos it's 2 00 am LOL
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment
I welcome feedback,just remember this is My place, the Opinions expressed here Change as I change. If the only thing you have to say is filled with Hate and Intolerance for anything different ... do us both a favor and just move on or make a blog of your own. Life, none of us get out of here Alive. Why not Learn something (hopefully from each other) while we're here?