Miracles 101
So much talk about getting out the Democratic vote.
In my opinion, few would disagree the 2008 elections propelling African-American Sen. Obama into the Presidency was a miracle. There are few facts that I am aware of disputing that fact. The America people saw a miracle hovering above and with prayers and hard work they built the appropriate scaffolding and captured it.
My metaphor continues as fervent pleas are now heard praying for another miracle: “Dear Lord, please don’t let the Republicans take over again. Please!”
I posit there are lessons to be learned from a miracle. There is a reason miracles do not happen everyday. They do not occur by happenstance or capriciously and they are tough things to handle. And so there is a reason why pre-2008 pleas for a miracle were in the daily prayers of the oppressed. For it was the oppressed who knew a miracle could yield positive effects for generations if handled appropriately. The ones fervently praying for a miracle knew lessons from a miracle could provide guiding lights well into the future for generations, if not millenniums, so they could see as they navigate their way forward.
I believe if we were truly grateful having a miracle bestowed upon us in 2008, it would not be as botched as it has become two years later. And to ask for another one of the same genre so soon afterwards could well be considered a sin.
If may be too late to understand how one has to work with a miracle. Especially the miracle of 2008. Most of the miracle workers from 2008 have gone back home. They did their job; they built that mighty scaffolding from scratch, they prayed and worked hard to bring that 2008 miracle to us for which we are eternally grateful. They did their job. We did not do ours. How many times do you have to slay the dragon? Maybe next time, eh? You bet'cha!
As always,
BB
P.S. Could the TeaBaggers be the ones knowing how to deal with a miracle?
My inspiration….
Don't Let the Russ Feingolds Go Down For the Sins of the Blanche Lincolns
by PaulLoeb
Excerpt:
But suppose you simply can't stomach your local Democratic candidates? Suppose you're simply too furious at their compromises and retreats? Then make phone calls or donate to those you do respect, but don't abdicate entirely. Maybe it's Russ Feingold, narrowly trailing in the latest Wisconsin polls. Or Jack Conway, challenging Rand Paul in Kentucky. Or Barbara Boxer, with the slimmest of leads in California. Or Congressman Alan Grayson, a powerful progressive voice being hammered by outside money in a swing district of Florida. Or anyone else you might choose. But unless you're as purist as the Republican fundamentalists, I can't imagine you want to see candidates who've stood for strong humane values be defeated by opponents who have nothing but contempt for democracy, justice, and even the barest stewardship of the planet. To shift our country's direction, we're going to have to elect and reelect some less than stellar candidates as well, but making sure the best of them win is a critical task.
Read more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/10/5/907842/-Dont-Let-the-Russ-Feingolds-Go-Down-For-the-Sins-of-the-Blanche-Lincolns
In my opinion, few would disagree the 2008 elections propelling African-American Sen. Obama into the Presidency was a miracle. There are few facts that I am aware of disputing that fact. The America people saw a miracle hovering above and with prayers and hard work they built the appropriate scaffolding and captured it.
My metaphor continues as fervent pleas are now heard praying for another miracle: “Dear Lord, please don’t let the Republicans take over again. Please!”
I posit there are lessons to be learned from a miracle. There is a reason miracles do not happen everyday. They do not occur by happenstance or capriciously and they are tough things to handle. And so there is a reason why pre-2008 pleas for a miracle were in the daily prayers of the oppressed. For it was the oppressed who knew a miracle could yield positive effects for generations if handled appropriately. The ones fervently praying for a miracle knew lessons from a miracle could provide guiding lights well into the future for generations, if not millenniums, so they could see as they navigate their way forward.
I believe if we were truly grateful having a miracle bestowed upon us in 2008, it would not be as botched as it has become two years later. And to ask for another one of the same genre so soon afterwards could well be considered a sin.
If may be too late to understand how one has to work with a miracle. Especially the miracle of 2008. Most of the miracle workers from 2008 have gone back home. They did their job; they built that mighty scaffolding from scratch, they prayed and worked hard to bring that 2008 miracle to us for which we are eternally grateful. They did their job. We did not do ours. How many times do you have to slay the dragon? Maybe next time, eh? You bet'cha!
As always,
BB
P.S. Could the TeaBaggers be the ones knowing how to deal with a miracle?
My inspiration….
Don't Let the Russ Feingolds Go Down For the Sins of the Blanche Lincolns
by PaulLoeb
Excerpt:
But suppose you simply can't stomach your local Democratic candidates? Suppose you're simply too furious at their compromises and retreats? Then make phone calls or donate to those you do respect, but don't abdicate entirely. Maybe it's Russ Feingold, narrowly trailing in the latest Wisconsin polls. Or Jack Conway, challenging Rand Paul in Kentucky. Or Barbara Boxer, with the slimmest of leads in California. Or Congressman Alan Grayson, a powerful progressive voice being hammered by outside money in a swing district of Florida. Or anyone else you might choose. But unless you're as purist as the Republican fundamentalists, I can't imagine you want to see candidates who've stood for strong humane values be defeated by opponents who have nothing but contempt for democracy, justice, and even the barest stewardship of the planet. To shift our country's direction, we're going to have to elect and reelect some less than stellar candidates as well, but making sure the best of them win is a critical task.
Read more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/10/5/907842/-Dont-Let-the-Russ-Feingolds-Go-Down-For-the-Sins-of-the-Blanche-Lincolns
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