tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336961021755593041.post8127142834832379395..comments2023-06-22T16:06:47.788+02:00Comments on randommarainthoughts: awkwardness...marainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11516830552410402658noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336961021755593041.post-65990937426311197622012-06-06T04:44:26.011+02:002012-06-06T04:44:26.011+02:00"......A part of me is hoping that he'll ...<i>"......A part of me is hoping that he'll pull out all the stops once he has four more years and nothing to lose........"</i><br /><br />Here's to hoping. But, were Obama to change tack in his next four years (and he may not even get them) he might not be able to govern, given the gridlock in the lower house. <br /><br />You talked of Kucinich or Elizabeth Warren as possible future presidential candidates. However, because of the 2010 Supreme Court decision that corporations are people, and that restricting money they give to political campaigns violates their First Amendment rights, it effectively removes the possibility of the likes of Kucinich and Elizabeth Warren ever being elected President. <br /><br />By the way, when posting my previous comment I failed to hyper-link to the blog I've recently resumed after not posting in it for five years. I've corrected this oversight when posting this comment. You may find some recent postings there of vestigial interest, or you may not. <br /><br />Anyway, keep posting on your own blog here.Christopherhttp://fetlock.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336961021755593041.post-76880221917742571062012-06-04T19:38:02.308+02:002012-06-04T19:38:02.308+02:00So good to see that you are still here, Christophe...So good to see that you are still here, Christopher, and thank you for your words of comfort. Surprise of surprises this morning, the young man had sent me a link to some beautiful Oud music, for which I thanked him. I guess everything is okay with him and his gesture has gone a long way towards eliminating my feelings of awkwardness.<br /><br />I still wonder if there isn't something in the water at the White House. I am so disappointed about so many things, and yet I am sure that the alternative (in Nov.) would probably be so much worse. A part of me is hoping that he'll pull out all the stops once he has four more years and nothing to lose. I hope someone like Dennis, or Elizabeth Warren could succeed to win the nomination in the future.<br /><br />I have been well, just distracted by other things in the last year. Maybe there is something moving in me to write again, but it takes time that I don't always find I have. I will retire in only a year and a half, though, and then I will have no excuses!<br /><br />I hope you are fine, and I wish you all the best, as always.<br /><br />Mmarainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11516830552410402658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336961021755593041.post-78530414197445302192012-06-04T09:12:52.348+02:002012-06-04T09:12:52.348+02:00The awkwardness no doubt came out of the age diffe...The awkwardness no doubt came out of the age differences. <br /><br />If you hadn't spoken to the young man about his country nor e-mailed him the link to the Kucinich interview, you would be regretting it, for you were following your heart. <br /><br />I read the Kucinich interview, and thought he was spot-on in the things he said, which were a lot like the things Barack Obama used to say before becoming President. <br /><br />But, now he's President, he's acting much like his <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/02/drone-wars-secrecy-barack-obama" rel="nofollow"><br />*predecessor did*</a>. <br /><br /><i>Quel dommage......</i><br /><br />I hope all is well with you.Christopherhttp://sincetimebegan.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com