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Decision Points
After 9/11 happened, I remember being very discouraged. After all, what kind of country let a ragtag group of fundamentalist extremists into their country and destroy the epitome of their way of life? I knew then that our country was at a crossroads and it was up to us how we would respond.
What followed was a series of bungled decisions (IMO) both politically, socially and economically. As I’m sure it will become known, 2000 to 2010 will be known as “The Great Meh”. Not much progress; 2 wars, an economic depression, and overall, people were worse off (for the most part) than they were two years ago.
Things changed last night. I first heard about it on twitter around 7:30 and followed the news until 11. In between then, the president came out, looking like he had just finished listening to Swagga Like Us about 1000 times, and gave one of the best speech’s of his presidency:
Where we as a country go from here will be interesting. Obviously, we have a lot to worry about. But the problem that has seemed to overshadow everything for the last 10 years is now gone.
It felt good to be apart of a country that could get something right again.
Daring the Devil
In regards to Pat Robertson’s asinine rant this week about the earthquake in Haiti being somehow linked to a mythological pact Haitians made with the devil centuries ago, a very clever editorial showed up in the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action. But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I’m no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves folks desperate and impoverished. Sure, in the afterlife, but when I strike bargains with people, they first get something here on earth — glamour, beauty, talent, wealth, fame, glory, a golden fiddle. Those Haitians have nothing, and I mean nothing. And that was before the earthquake. Haven’t you seen “Crossroads”? Or “Damn Yankees”? If I had a thing going with Haiti, there’d be lots of banks, skyscrapers, SUVs, exclusive night clubs, Botox — that kind of thing. An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style. Nothing against it — I’m just saying: Not how I roll. You’re doing great work, Pat, and I don’t want to clip your wings — just, come on, you’re making me look bad. And not the good kind of bad. Keep blaming God. That’s working. But leave me out of it, please. Or we may need to renegotiate your own contract. Best, Satan
Consider me amused.
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