(l NP ) great speech Mr Obama

[Joseph Tracy]

I can see that many people have decided to be realistic about the  
Repubicratic Euro Chinese multinational fascist state and cheer on  
it's current liar in chief , or pretend that the Tea Party can save  
them  with even more war and banksterism. Meanwhile the soul drains  
out of the republic  and the constitution and the earth is being  
poisoned and everyone on it is brought into economic and military  
submission.

I prefer naivete. If Vermont can stand up against the war machine and  
elect a socialist senator and the honorable Patrick Leahy, why can't  
other states? All my life the realism  you speak of has meant one  
thing, lies that justify murder and theft.  What they are calling  
realism is not realism but the shit they sell on TV.   It is  
murdering a million people and describing it this way:

"The United States has paid a huge price to put the future of Iraq in  
the hands of its people. We have sent our young men and women to make  
enormous sacrifices in Iraq, and spent vast resources abroad at a  
time of tight budgets at home. We have persevered because of a belief  
we share with the Iraqi people –a belief that out of the ashes of  
war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. "

Yes, sure, and that is why all over the world people are clamoring  
and crying out to the US asking us to do for them what we did for Iraq.

If a person  wants some realism it might be a good idea to turn off  
the TV or just heave it  into a deep  hole and look at the world  
without it.




On Sep 2, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Dave Williams wrote:

> Yes, um, just to say...
> I agree. This man is special. I wish him luck with war, economy,  
> peace; he certainly needs good fortune. He's a fine speaker. He has  
> style and looks as good as he sounds. These characteristics are  
> important and will help him solve some big problems. He also has  
> some great people working very hard for him. I'm not as negative as  
> Joseph on this and not as positive as you. We need more leaders  
> like him. The kind of change, you, Joseph, imply, is impossible. We  
> should be realistic, not naive.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave Williams
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 9/2/10, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>
> From: Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
> Subject: Re: (l NP ) great speech Mr Obama
> To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 3:15 PM
>
> Love you Mike , but I think it was  a bunch of little lies packaged  
> around a big lie. The Big lie is that we were somehow liberating or  
> helping Iraq. After killing half a million children through  
> sanctions we proceeded to kill between a half a million and a  
> million non combatants by dropping bombs everywhere and  
> facilitating a giant civil war between Sunni and Shia, also driving  
> millions out of the country. Got the oil contracts though. Thank  
> the Good Lord for that. As far as the consistent heroism of US  
> Troops: Abu Graibh, helicopter hunting  of anyone who runs, raping  
> teenage girls then executing them. Now Obama has presided over the  
> escalation of mindless violence in Afghanistan. He is a big wimp, a  
> gutless coward,  a  professional pimp for banksters and hired  
> killers. Other than that he does have nice manners and a noble and  
> lofty gaze into the distance. He can also  talk without the wire  
> feed into his ear.
> On Sep 2, 2010, at 12:56 AM, Michael Bailey wrote:
>
> > I gotta say that was one great speech.  Caught a rerun of it in the
> > break room at work and stood pretty much at attention till the end.
> >
> > a) This is one sharp and principled man! (at least, he sure comes
> > across that way!)
> > b) very realistic tone - sober - hearing his well chosen words
> > delivered in a sober tone was worth a lot
> > c) literate!  sentences parse!
> > d) repeatedly stressing the costs of war, and commitment to veterans
> >
> > This is a great president (within the limits of what is  
> accomplishable
> > in that job) and a human being worth watching!
>
>