I was born and raised by depression-era people who taught me the value of hard work and a dollar. Over the past, oh, half of my lifetime I have seen the value of hard work and a dollar erode due to the so-called economic conservatives.
I don't know how I became such a blue-stocking, except that both of my mother's parents were intensely individualistic. We are a hard-headed family, each in a different way and bound by love. But it was only after my grandparents had both passed away that my mother dropped bombshells that I would have liked to have heard her parents' side of the story.
Nonetheless, it is now in 2008 that I will now be (further) subsidizing people both above and below me on the economic scale. No one learned in the Savings and Loan crisis to not let any of the Bush boys near money, I supposed. Neil Bush was one of the smarter kids too - frightening, isn't it?
Watching the Presidential "town hall" format debate the other night, I was struck very forcefully by the visual comparison of old man/young man. McCain has had it and Palin is not the one to prop him up. Obama was serene and composed - but he showed plenty of fire when McCain tried to pull a fast one on the viewing public.
More important, however, is that Obama has substance and McCain looks like one of the muppet hecklers (Waldorf, is that you?), especially when he thinks he's landed a bon mot.
Lord, Lord, Lord, not here - not now! Why have all of these troubles happened - the post-modern plagues of AIDS, HPV, Economic Woes (standing in for locusts) and others happened? It's time to STOP looking for the great Parent (in the sky or in the government) to make things better - it's time to START taking matters into our own capable hands.
Start with the vote. Be aware of your surroundings. Connect to your community. The benefits are out there.
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