Cleaning up my office a bit and looking at WSJ articles I clipped over the past month... As I read the comments from readers on their website I find it most depressing.
It would be so nice to live in a place where people agreed and we could come together to face our challenges. We have a LOT of challenges to face.
Instead I read that the current economic problems were not Bush's fault - they were created by Pres. Clinton and Democrats who pushed government funded housing.
Instead I read that "Limousine Liberals" have created an environmental crisis fantasy -- all we need is more cheap gasoline from the Middle East and maybe some coal for good old USA.
Instead I read that the Justice Department under Bush was doing great things -- the real problem was Justice under Janet Reno and Pres Clinton.
Even as so many people are excited about Obama we are such a nation divided. When I think of the great things we could do if we were united, I find these comments from fellow American's profoundly disappointing.
But perhaps that is just the way it is and it is my own fantasy that people can get along in harmony. Perhaps leadership has always been a painful, traumatic thing where some people have to suffer, have to be forced, so that others can benefit.
If so, I hope we have strong leaders now. If so, I find myself with mixed feelings about hate, forgiveness, compassion, and wisdom. If so, I still dont know what to make of all those people who seem so passionately misguided.
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