Monday - November 03, 2008

WELL IT’s DOWN TO THE WIRE AND MINDS ARE MADE UP BY NOW AND MY STOMACH HURTS.

I guess it’s all that anxiety catching up to me. Thought I’d outrun it.

A NEED TO SHARE SOMETHING I HEARD ON RADIO.

I used to wonder, based on things read in the last few years, if I was going to have a country to come back to when the time came.

My old enemy insomnia had me it it’s grip last night and at around 1am I thought oh the heck with it, I am not a toss and turn type and so turned on the bedside light and the radio.  Apparently I hear better when the light’s on. ??

First of all I want to point out that in spite of all I have heard about the BBC being biased in favor of the left, what really very little I’ve listened to doesn’t bear that out.  And when I do listen, it’s generally only BBC-4.  I could be wrong of course as I’m not a radio listener anymore.  Or not much anyway. 

To be honest, yes.  There are news programs and interview shows on topics that cover everything from health and politics to zoos. And yes, no matter what the subject there is ALWAYS going to be one or two people on the panel that are not friends of America or Americans.  And no matter what the subject is, somehow, someway we (USA) always seem to become either a part of the discussion or else a snide aside.  I’ve no idea how they manage it but they seem to do so fairly easily.  Which isn’t to say we don’t have our defenders. We certainly do.  Just not a lot of em.

Quite often it’s maddening to note, there might be a guest on from the states and no surprise, where an audience is present the American (?) will play to the house and make some crack about the dumb cowboy from Texas who is the chief reason for the ruin of the planet. Yadda,yadda.
This of course generates great laughter and applause and thus proves that not all Americans are cave dwelling gun nuts.  As long as you’re anti-Bush and buy the planet warming thing you are a most intelligent and rational fellow.

Well, last night (this morning actually at around 1am) I caught reports from a few Brit reporters covering our election in the states.  They were reporting on what they (said) they have seen so far, and even they concede that while it certainly does appear to be Obama, things are not totally settled just yet.

The press here for the most part is firmly in favor of Obama with a few exceptions and I should tell you that looking at political cartoons,
(no they are not I have been informed. They are “illustrations.” ) if you look at those, the majority I have seen here are not only pro Obama.
They are pretty much very rudely Anti-Bush. 

During that broadcast when they came back to the studio, they had two guests, one I think I heard a member of the Lib/Dems (liberal democrat party) and a lawyer, and the other a conservative.  I didn’t quite catch if he was an MP (Member of Parliament) or a journalist.

It was I have to say interesting listening and very scary as well.  The soft spoken lady lawyer and Lib/Dem member spoke of how urgently the USA needed an Obama victory and she cited among her reasons one of the really frightening aspects of this election.

THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT and appointments to same.

Now why in the darn world would some Brit politician be concerned with OUR freeken court ?  That bothered me a lot and it still does.
Why should our court be of any concern to anyone outside our country? But this lady knew her stuff, she is after all a lawyer and a Democrat sweep of the USA bodes ill for the future.

She then went on to say, and you have all heard this already, how much our image would improve by electing the O man.
Oh good.  We should all vote the way folks here would like to see us vote so as to appear what?  Less like racists I guess.  It’s like we have to prove something to Europeans maybe and a victory for Obama will put us all in their good graces again.

Oh right I almost forgot.  Another reason to vote Democrat she said, was the green issue.  With them in power, America would finally see the light and join Europe in securing the planet and at last join the majority instead of being obstructionists.  I’m not certain she used that exact word but hey, a rose is rose.

Meanwhile, the conservative guest stated that Obama had no real experience and there was reason to question him.  BUT ... there’s always a but isn’t there.  While he does lean toward McCain, he does believe Obama might instill something or bring something new to the USA and honestly I forgot what else he said as it was lost in the statement he made to the effect that he held two passports and could were he in the states vote. And would probably vote Obama.

So ,,, How’s your stomach this day?

Stay Tuned ...

Posted by peiper     on 11/03/2008 at 08:18 AM   
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