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It's about time. The US election is over. Thank God. Let us now ask the right questions, poke the right buttons at the right time, and shine the spotlight on root problems and encourage productive governance. Shall Americans now pledge to make progress, or fall, disheartened and disorganized, into a recession?
Well, okay. Let's ask why. Like it or not, the people have spoken. Like it or not, worth repeating, President Barack Obama, most observably the first black president of the United States was not only elected, but confirmed and returned to the job-and that is all it really is--is a job.
It's a big job. All right, it's a big job, no doubt. Big perks, big hype, big White House, big government, big media, big everything. Bottom line, his big job is to lead the people Let's use round numbers; say some 300 million almost-consenting- almost adults of the United States--must now be led through some very tough times.
Why is this suddenly perceived to be so problematic?
Here's the way I see it. Even adults and educated people face disappointment when our candidates do not 'win'. Don't cry, baby.
What else is new?
Have presidents not led the United States of America through tough economic and political times before? How about Pearl Harbor? How about Viet Nam? How about the Cuban Missile Crisis? How about 9/ll ? How about the manipulated financial global meltdown and sub-prime mortgage fiasco? How about the Gulf oil disaster, Iraq, Katrina, Afghanistan. ..ad nauseum,.....never mind Sandy, the newest ugly storm that just gob-smacked the east coast of the United States of America?
The fact is there's always another tough challenge facing any sovereign nation--and there will always be tough issues to deal with regardless of who leads the nation or runs the highest office.
Were your personal feelings hurt? Get over it. Stop whining. Hello? Americans collectively chose Barack Obama for a second term. Are you now admitting the majority of the United States is WRONG? I thought not.
The time for political games, bickering and bitching is over.
The time for political games, bickering and bitching is over.
The fix: Don't like the system that ignores the popular vote? Fix it. don't like the Electoral college or the makeup of the Supreme Court? Change it! Your candidate didn't win? Nominate a better candidate next time.
The election went your way? Congratulations. Now act like it and show that your ideas ARE better than the status quo. Prove your ideas ARE better options for all Americans. Compromise and common sense is essential
You have responsibilities, and it is time to begin acting like responsible adults.
Collectively, you now have the responsibility, the obligation to hand an environmental gem and proud economic legacy to your children and grandchildren, not an impossible debt load, an economic death sentence, a broken, collapsed country, and an ecological disaster caused only by stubborn, short-sighted greedy corporations, Big Money, endless consumption, blinders to obvious defects in foolish ideology erroneously perceived to be perfection and iron-clad, or just plain stupidity and lack of common sense.
The fact is, Americans need to work shoulder to shoulder, not nose to nose.
Is the American way the best? Prove it. The world is watching. America needs conciliatory, creative solutions, not childish rants of 'winners' or vindictive, destructive tantrums of 'losers'. Whether you are a Billionaire, a single mom, a speculator, entrepreneur, a middle manager or an unemployed plumber--a quantum change in thinking by Americans is required.
Not "if your candidate wins next time", but now, today.
Is that Incoming I hear?
