Aspirational Time Horizon
My goodness. George Bush really doesn't care what any of us think of him. How did it take me this long to figure it out? He actually let his staff put out the idea of the 'Aspirational Time Horizon', because he was (I'm guessing/projecting) so angry about the idea of having a 'timetable', which he was completely against. And then, the Iraqis themselves had the temerity to suggest a withdrawal timetable (as opposed to the 'with drawl' timetable that it would be if Bush came up with it), and NO ONE in the Bush administration has anything to say about it. Even though they have, over and over again, stated "if the Iraqis ever ask us to leave, we'll leave!" OK, they are asking. And you don't even respond to it? Nor do you admit that a 'timetable' is prudent? And he doesn't expect us to laugh at him? Aspirational Time Horizon? Was he using a 10th Grader's Speak-n-Spell while drunk or something? Or did he just want to see what the most outrageous synonym for 'timetable' was that they could come up with? I guess I have to hand it to him - Aspirational Time Horizon is pretty good. It almost sounds like something from the movie 2008: A Bush Legacy. (dang, I wish I could write for Keith Olbermann)
Do any of us really think that 'Aspirational Time Horizon' came out of his little brain? Definitely not. It really is like the end of college, and the frat boys are about to leave the frat house. (and yeah, it did take Bush 8 years to get out of this college - go figure) If there were to be a kegger in the Oval Office with some of his buddies, I wouldn't be surprised. They could all laugh and laugh about how they took us to the bank over the last 8 years. Go ahead, have a watered down beer on me, Mr. President. But don’t have one of those faggy Belgian beers - have a watered down.... Wait a second. Now Budweiser is OWNED by one of those faggy Belgian companies, isn't it! Hilarious.
OK, I'll shift from Bush to McCain for a second. Please, oh God, please, don't anyone who reads my blog vote for McCain. If you think you're going to, please, take a second look (or third). Put down the virtual ballot, and call me. Let me try to convince you. At least give me the chance.
He's no better than Bush. He is either senile or just plain uninformed (even though he purports to be such a hawk on foreign affairs and the military). He doesn't know that Iraq and Pakistan don't touch one another. He doesn't know that Czechoslovakia ceased to exist 15 years ago. He doesn't know the difference between the Sunni and Shi'a. He doesn't know anything about the economy (his own words, check it). And he doesn’t know that saying “my friends” over and over again doesn’t make it true - it only makes me feel like I’m talking to a used-car salesman or a Kiwanis club reject.
I know, you (or someone else) could make a whole list of things that Obama doesn't have or hasn't done. But guys... at least he's SMART! Yes, smart. Is that such a bad thing? That he is well-read, and is sharp, and articulate, and has some clue about social morays, and can write his own books and speak in complete sentences (that make sense)? That he is good-looking, and tall and charismatic? That he is church-going (I don't much care about this, but many do) and moral, but doesn't put it in your face?
But let's get back to the smart. I really think people are intimidated by that, and think somehow that 'we don't want some smarty pants elitist in the White House' People, let's get over it. Anyone who makes our White House is probably by definition, elitist, if only because they have wound up making oodles of money through their various ventures.
But Obama didn't come from money. Not even close to it. So in 1 generation he's suddenly elitist? From all reports, it sounds like his dad was an uninvolved loser. That doesn't sound very elite to me. Yeah, he’s rich now, and went to Harvard, and probably wears $1000 suits. But he earned that stuff the hard way. He had to go to school, and excel and strive and yearn. None of this was handed to him. His wife isn’t a zillionaire catsup (John Kerry) or beer maven (John McCain). He didn’t win the lotto. He worked his ass off, had something that was worth something (his brain, charisma, and gift of word), and now he’s parlayed that into a couple of books, a Senate seat, and a Presidential bid. THAT is the kind of guy I want leading me - someone who has worked for what he has. So what if he’s rich and ‘elite’ now? Awesome! Good for him. It’s what everyone wants for themselves, and why 80% of the idiot voting public votes Republican every year, because they think “well, if I ever get rich, I’ll be a lot better off if there’s a Republican in office.”
And Jesse Jackson has it all wrong. Speaking well, articulately, and with a strong moral message isn’t ‘talking down to black people’. Mr. Jackson, talking down to black people is railing against using the work ‘Nigger’ in public and then using that same word to refer to a black man in private. That’s talking down to black people. I am not very sure of what Jesse Jackson has really ever done FOR black people, other than himself. And it’s a real shame, that between Martin Luther King and [now, perhaps] Barack Obama, we’ve had only Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to carry the torch for black people in America.
But wait a second, I'm doing the same darn thing that the media does to us, which is to distract us from what is important. You see how easy it is to become distracted? It IS the way of the 21st century. We are distracted by media and information from every direction, and it’s voluminous. Just as we start to think about an idea for a few seconds, we get distracted away from it by something else. Sure, that something else may or may not be worthy of consideration, but it is irrelevant. WE KEEP GETTING DISTRACTED.
Barack Obama is a smart guy! Hooray! Let’s not let that be something that we are against - let’s celebrate it, and say “yeah, I kinda think I want a smart dude leading the way for this country for a while.” I don’t know that he’ll have the best policies, or that I’ll agree with all of them (although I do most). But at least HE is the one who will be making thoughtful decisions. I don’t think Bush has done that. Perhaps he really is capable of doing so, but I don’t think he has done it.
There’s nothing wrong with being smart.
As for other Aspirational Time Horizons, my Delara and I have our own, and as such, our time in Nashville is drawing to a close. I look forward to what comes next for us, and if you want to know more, you know where to find us. :)
Do any of us really think that 'Aspirational Time Horizon' came out of his little brain? Definitely not. It really is like the end of college, and the frat boys are about to leave the frat house. (and yeah, it did take Bush 8 years to get out of this college - go figure) If there were to be a kegger in the Oval Office with some of his buddies, I wouldn't be surprised. They could all laugh and laugh about how they took us to the bank over the last 8 years. Go ahead, have a watered down beer on me, Mr. President. But don’t have one of those faggy Belgian beers - have a watered down.... Wait a second. Now Budweiser is OWNED by one of those faggy Belgian companies, isn't it! Hilarious.
OK, I'll shift from Bush to McCain for a second. Please, oh God, please, don't anyone who reads my blog vote for McCain. If you think you're going to, please, take a second look (or third). Put down the virtual ballot, and call me. Let me try to convince you. At least give me the chance.
He's no better than Bush. He is either senile or just plain uninformed (even though he purports to be such a hawk on foreign affairs and the military). He doesn't know that Iraq and Pakistan don't touch one another. He doesn't know that Czechoslovakia ceased to exist 15 years ago. He doesn't know the difference between the Sunni and Shi'a. He doesn't know anything about the economy (his own words, check it). And he doesn’t know that saying “my friends” over and over again doesn’t make it true - it only makes me feel like I’m talking to a used-car salesman or a Kiwanis club reject.
I know, you (or someone else) could make a whole list of things that Obama doesn't have or hasn't done. But guys... at least he's SMART! Yes, smart. Is that such a bad thing? That he is well-read, and is sharp, and articulate, and has some clue about social morays, and can write his own books and speak in complete sentences (that make sense)? That he is good-looking, and tall and charismatic? That he is church-going (I don't much care about this, but many do) and moral, but doesn't put it in your face?
But let's get back to the smart. I really think people are intimidated by that, and think somehow that 'we don't want some smarty pants elitist in the White House' People, let's get over it. Anyone who makes our White House is probably by definition, elitist, if only because they have wound up making oodles of money through their various ventures.
But Obama didn't come from money. Not even close to it. So in 1 generation he's suddenly elitist? From all reports, it sounds like his dad was an uninvolved loser. That doesn't sound very elite to me. Yeah, he’s rich now, and went to Harvard, and probably wears $1000 suits. But he earned that stuff the hard way. He had to go to school, and excel and strive and yearn. None of this was handed to him. His wife isn’t a zillionaire catsup (John Kerry) or beer maven (John McCain). He didn’t win the lotto. He worked his ass off, had something that was worth something (his brain, charisma, and gift of word), and now he’s parlayed that into a couple of books, a Senate seat, and a Presidential bid. THAT is the kind of guy I want leading me - someone who has worked for what he has. So what if he’s rich and ‘elite’ now? Awesome! Good for him. It’s what everyone wants for themselves, and why 80% of the idiot voting public votes Republican every year, because they think “well, if I ever get rich, I’ll be a lot better off if there’s a Republican in office.”
And Jesse Jackson has it all wrong. Speaking well, articulately, and with a strong moral message isn’t ‘talking down to black people’. Mr. Jackson, talking down to black people is railing against using the work ‘Nigger’ in public and then using that same word to refer to a black man in private. That’s talking down to black people. I am not very sure of what Jesse Jackson has really ever done FOR black people, other than himself. And it’s a real shame, that between Martin Luther King and [now, perhaps] Barack Obama, we’ve had only Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to carry the torch for black people in America.
But wait a second, I'm doing the same darn thing that the media does to us, which is to distract us from what is important. You see how easy it is to become distracted? It IS the way of the 21st century. We are distracted by media and information from every direction, and it’s voluminous. Just as we start to think about an idea for a few seconds, we get distracted away from it by something else. Sure, that something else may or may not be worthy of consideration, but it is irrelevant. WE KEEP GETTING DISTRACTED.
Barack Obama is a smart guy! Hooray! Let’s not let that be something that we are against - let’s celebrate it, and say “yeah, I kinda think I want a smart dude leading the way for this country for a while.” I don’t know that he’ll have the best policies, or that I’ll agree with all of them (although I do most). But at least HE is the one who will be making thoughtful decisions. I don’t think Bush has done that. Perhaps he really is capable of doing so, but I don’t think he has done it.
There’s nothing wrong with being smart.
As for other Aspirational Time Horizons, my Delara and I have our own, and as such, our time in Nashville is drawing to a close. I look forward to what comes next for us, and if you want to know more, you know where to find us. :)