You can tell sometimes when real change is coming, and last night with Obama’s acceptance speech ending a flawless convention you could feel the ocean swell rising. When a tsunami approaches, animals, especially elephants, sense it and head for high ground long before humans catch on. Usually we are the last to notice when something huge is coming.
We need to remember that before change can come, first there must be destruction. As for our country we can now see the damage clearly, what with 911 and the Bush followup with self inflicted damage to our nation.For those who see the wave on the horizon and are ready to ride, their own lives undergo change as well. Change is not a superficial ripple. Real change is a wave that carries everything with it. One either rides it or drowns. Change has no favorites. Change doesn’t mess around. God is change.
So as the tsunami of change moves across our nation, we can see those who are learning how to ride it and those who resist it. For those wanting to ride there is hope and renewed energy; for those who don’t there is only fear and stagnation.
Posted under current events
This post was written by ed on August 29, 2008
GAME ON!
McCain hits a homer!
Yes, it’s going to be a great game.
hmmmm, a “homerun”? Is that really what it is? Interesting. Hasn’t McCain been the one harping about Obama’s inexpereice? Now he picks a running mate who 20 months ago was a Mayor of a Town of 6,000?
I’m so shocked at his choice I can hardly describe it? Wow…
Harriet Quayle…
Conservative credentials trump experience.
Left-wingers sound a bit nervous and perhaps envious because they missed an electoral opportunity.
Oh by the way,
Harriett Myers didn’t deer hunt and didn’t look quite so…compelling as the Governor. Harriett Myers also didn’t hold elected office and wasn’t Governor of one of America’s largest states. Give the old man credit today–his pick trumped Obama’s speech. Team Obama got nailed this past week during THEIR convention.
Billy C.
Never Anonymous
Always Independent
I resent McCain being called an “old man.” He’s my age. But I must confess, knowing how a 72 year-old mind operates, I would put in some safety checks if he were elected president. I might forget where he put the nukes. (Oh, I meant HE might forget. See what I mean?)
let me see. It seems back during the 2000 primaries Rove and Bush old us (well rebpublicans) that McCain didn’t posses the neccessary judgment to be President. The implication was that John went to ‘nam, but only part of him came back…in other words: he’s no maverick, just an unpredictable bafoon you can’t be trusted to make important decisions. Now, I’m starting to see why this message stuck with republican voters back in 2000…
McCain would have been wise to stick with something “tried and true” - like Romney, or hell even Huckawhatever. He tried to get cute, in an attempt to win over disenfranchised Hillary supporters. Well I have news for Mr. Maverick: it will take more than a female genitalia to win over Hillary supporters…Romney would have been a logical choice. He would have essentially nutralized Biden, and (a major plus) he would have put Michigan into play for the republicans. Not to mention, he looks as if he walked out of “central casting” for President…
And now, not even 24 hours after selecting Palin, we find out she is 1) under a state-wide investigation 2) doesn’t believe in evolution 3) ran her small town’s finances into the ground (sound familar?)and 4) McCain only met her once prior to selecting her for VP…say what? (Sorry, Rove was right…) Trust me, it will get worse…
as much as you kool-aider try to “trump” Obama’s historic speech (viewed by 38 million people by the way) for the dynamic Ms. Palin - you are kidding yourself..big time. This voters is about winning independents and moderates…this pick will not get it done..it might sit well with the far-right, but that will be all…
How about this: tell me in 2 weeks what you think of this choice…
Will, Will, Will… I wish you well, whoever you are.
We’ll see how this election goes.
38 million viewers–hmm–that’s about the same number that watched the American Idol finals.
Would love to talk to you face-to-face some day, if I ever knew who you are.
Obama’s speech indeed deserves high marks, particularly at the end. The first part was vague, but toward the middle and the end, he sounded like a Commander in Chief, especially in regards to the war in Iraq taking our focus off of Al-Quaeda. I just don’t believe in the Democratic Party’s planned redistribution of wealth…95% of Americans aren’t going to pay higher taxes, but you can bet the corporations that employ those Americans will be! I want this next election to give us divided government–just as Clinton and the GOP Congress. The GOP deserves much criticism during the Bush Administration for increasing domestic spending blindly and (still) not securing our borders.
I do not want a pair of liberal Senators and a liberal airhead from San Francisco running our nation’s legislative agenda…(she can’t even recite Catholic doctrine correctly).
Oh, nice dig by the way, Will, at the Mayor…who in Blackstone doesn’t vote…and cannot spend a dime. He or she, can, however, demand accountability on how those dollars are spent, and you can look for some action on that front very soon. Hey, but it’s nice to know you’re reading the hometown paper that still tells it like it is…
I have a feeling this is “Will Chase” or “Will Vaught”…but again, regardless, have a nice day.
–Billy Coleburn, Blackstone
funny…bill c. this is the internet, so who cares about my identity? big deal…would seeing my “face to face” make a differnece? I could care less…i have to give you some credit. you are likely the only mayor willing to blab on-line…but i’m not sure if that is a good thing, or a bad thing?
Also, I’m not the biggest Pelosi fan, but I can tell you this: she’s a hell of a lot better (and just in looks either) than that little corrupt exterminator form Texas…for damn sure…
also: yes, let me make a nice. I will congratulate the Courier Record…excellent website, and - as far as I can tell - the coverage is well-balanced…I wish the Farmville Herald would follow your lead in news reporting and a quality website!
Will, have no fear…I am not on a witchhunt–
I just like talking face-to-face better, emails are too open to interpretations regarding tone. I don’t care about political repercussions from me the Mayor talking on-line. I lay my cards on the table and accept my fate. I do appreciate your kind words about the Courier-Record. My “jury” is still out regarding on-line presence…I guess we’ll see when we start approaching advertisers.
It’s been fun but I’ve got another edition to get out. Again, thanks for your thoughts. I’m not as mean as I may sound!
Thank you fellows. You have the honor of being the longest comment debate in the three years life of this blog. Well, let me be honest, the only debate.
Let the record show who got it all started!
Let the record show that here I have the last word. Thanks.