What follows is a response to an email sent by someone whose intellect and viewpoint I respect, but do not always agree with. This is a response to this an email which consisted of only a subject line and a link to videos:
Email sent:
Subject: I know I am going to get into trouble today
Here is my response:
Hello my friend,
OK, this one I have to respond to…you are not in trouble. But you are duplicating the efforts of Fox News and its nay saying pundits and predictors.
For many of us internet and news junkies, there is nothing new here in these videos or this point of view. I definitely fall into the internet/news junkie category (avid user and subscriber to Digg, Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Blogger, LinkedIn, and active RSS feeds to many news links and political blogs, that I won’t bother to name here).
But the internet is not my ONLY source of information. I read as much as time will allow. That includes The Nation, The Atlantic Monthly, The NY Times, The Wall St. Journal, among others on both an intermittent and regular basis. Now, granted, these publications might be a tip off to my decidedly leftist bent, but I do make some effort toward balance.
As you and I have discussed previously, there are MANY “Obama watchers” out there, as indeed there should be. But while we are watching, let’s make sure we watch for, and please cheer for, the positive, productive side of what Obama is attempting to do. I am not clear on why we expect Obama to be ANY different from any other politician or political elected official when faced with the realities of implementing his campaign promises. He is, after all, a young man (not a SUPERMAN), a politician, faced with an almost unprecedented, possibly insurmountable set of problems both domestically and internationally.
President Obama has been in office about 45 days. Why can’t we just sit quietly, watch, listen, and of course, collect data about his performance. But to pass judgment and draw conclusions at this point can be counterproductive to what we should ALL want for Obama, in particular, but on a larger scale for this nation ,and consequently, the world as a whole. What we ALL want is a rise out of this quagmire of joblessness, financial ruin, health care and educational incompetence, and worldwide hopelessness for our future. If there is anything we learn as go through life, it is that there is no way out, except through.
Obama cannot lead us out without going through the system that is in place. As he does that, you are bound to see contradictions, loop backs, turn arounds or whatever it will take to make it up and out. Think about this process from a natural point of view. Have you ever tried to untie an impossible knot or get through an entangled brush? Sometimes you have to make or take what appears to be backward steps to the physically uninvolved. But having the advantage of the inside view, you can see things that those watching cannot. Those are the things that will often dictate your next move, your next statement, your next decision.
So continue watching, Randy, but watch with discretion, empathy, and an open mind (and heart).
Take care,
Yvonne
Yvonne
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