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The election is over, the ballots cast, and the people’s choice has been made. For once it is a clear cut decision and the majority of Americans have decided who the leader of the country will be and for that I think I am grateful. I will not enter into a discussion or debate within my page on my preference, although my friends surely know I would have written in a name had I the courage to waste my vote, but my one true thought is that it is done and for that I am exceedingly glad.
The direction our country will take, the financial decisions, the military along with lack of insurance for the masses and multitudes of other issues all will be dealt with I’m sure with the same vengefulness that the last few administrations have, both parties by the way, because there is no easy fix. And, even if there were an endless stream of money to be thrown at these issues they still would not be solved in a short period of time because of the mounds of paperwork involved in making a decision seems to create only more problems and less solution.
Some of the problems could be solved though if it were contracted out. Honestly, if you consider what you can do with an Ipod or an Iphone, I say ask Apple to solve for the energy crisis. Give them a couple of years and I’m sure that every appliance will have a battery pack the size of potato chip. If we really wanted to have dealt with our energy crisis and fossil fuel use it could have been done a generation ago and enhanced by now into something that we all would be proud to drive and our society would have changed completely. Fact is, for reasons that we all know, there are financial resources within our country who do not want our habits to change nor our dependence upon fossil fuels.
I suppose, hard as I try, I can not really believe that this new administration will be the big answer for Amercia. Perhaps there isn’t a big answer. Maybe it’s a bunch of little answers and he will be the first to find a way to change a lot of small things in big ways. Maybe he will reunite our country? Do we dare to hope?
In any case, the world goes on, the election is over. The signs can be taken down, the streets and light poles cleaned up. The commercials on television are back to normal and I can answer the phone again without fear of having a recorded message on the other end trying to convert my vote. Small changes.
The direction our country will take, the financial decisions, the military along with lack of insurance for the masses and multitudes of other issues all will be dealt with I’m sure with the same vengefulness that the last few administrations have, both parties by the way, because there is no easy fix. And, even if there were an endless stream of money to be thrown at these issues they still would not be solved in a short period of time because of the mounds of paperwork involved in making a decision seems to create only more problems and less solution.
Some of the problems could be solved though if it were contracted out. Honestly, if you consider what you can do with an Ipod or an Iphone, I say ask Apple to solve for the energy crisis. Give them a couple of years and I’m sure that every appliance will have a battery pack the size of potato chip. If we really wanted to have dealt with our energy crisis and fossil fuel use it could have been done a generation ago and enhanced by now into something that we all would be proud to drive and our society would have changed completely. Fact is, for reasons that we all know, there are financial resources within our country who do not want our habits to change nor our dependence upon fossil fuels.
I suppose, hard as I try, I can not really believe that this new administration will be the big answer for Amercia. Perhaps there isn’t a big answer. Maybe it’s a bunch of little answers and he will be the first to find a way to change a lot of small things in big ways. Maybe he will reunite our country? Do we dare to hope?
In any case, the world goes on, the election is over. The signs can be taken down, the streets and light poles cleaned up. The commercials on television are back to normal and I can answer the phone again without fear of having a recorded message on the other end trying to convert my vote. Small changes.
2 comments:
Reagan in 08, all for it. Baby steps Bob, baby steps to a better world.
yup. certain things happen for certain reasons, with a small margin for the "regular man" to affect issues as the Govt see's fit to make us feel like we can do our part. Good points. I like how you kept within to topic and didn't stray into a rant about how you wanted this person or that person to win.
another good blog. it's worth waiting for to see what the next topic will be.
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