tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711179801403983873.post3677777525747501309..comments2024-02-24T05:17:56.182-05:00Comments on DPn: Pensieve-ing my post-election thoughts...Preethihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02079356026839768113noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711179801403983873.post-12930602183475825092008-11-10T21:40:00.000-05:002008-11-10T21:40:00.000-05:00This is a little late, but as seen onmy blog, I'm ...This is a little late, but as seen onmy blog, I'm excited to see where this administration leads us with technology, and science. Bush basically shut the door on a lot of scientific advancement. ... also I can't wait for Gitmo to close, it's been a disgrace to this country and all we stand for.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138218125404327651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711179801403983873.post-48579515691451744892008-11-10T13:12:00.000-05:002008-11-10T13:12:00.000-05:00Um, you guys are all WAY too nice. Natalie, total...Um, you guys are all WAY too nice. Natalie, totally agreed on Guantanamo. Finally. Nat/Max - yes, the Prop 8 stuff is definitely scary. Maybe I'll write a post on that...the whole situation is just so tricky.<BR/><BR/>And thanks on the background, Becca. :)Preethihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079356026839768113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711179801403983873.post-41399805554936943552008-11-10T10:17:00.000-05:002008-11-10T10:17:00.000-05:00CUTE background!!CUTE background!!Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466472891256658798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711179801403983873.post-36842078503487731132008-11-09T23:27:00.000-05:002008-11-09T23:27:00.000-05:00i love that you are so articulate and provide me w...i love that you are so articulate and provide me with mental chews!johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09389055072790961312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711179801403983873.post-34868960225376580692008-11-09T20:01:00.000-05:002008-11-09T20:01:00.000-05:00I am glad that I can watch a TV show now without h...I am glad that I can watch a TV show now without having four presidential commercials in a single commercial break. And also to hear something on NPR besides election coverage.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02927667731596609136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711179801403983873.post-20733862155154075372008-11-07T16:46:00.000-05:002008-11-07T16:46:00.000-05:00Great post! I'm excited for many of the same thin...Great post! I'm excited for many of the same things you are - the chance for our nation to heal some wounds, both foreign and domestic. <BR/><BR/>I do have to admit, though, that I've been more preoccupied with Prop 8 than with the presidential election. It's downright scary hearing firsthand some of the things that are happening to members of the church in CA. Old people are being punched, the temple closed down and its patrons escorted to their vehicles by police, very disturbing hate crime and death threats popping up all over the internet. Protesters are surrounding Temple Square today. I've never felt more fulfillment of scripture than I do now. It's scary. I think members of the church are about to see why nearly every talk in General Conference focused on hope and faith during times of adversity. I feel so much sorrow for those whose hearts are filled with so much hatred.Maxine Parrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11762934371910990041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711179801403983873.post-24706651374235423972008-11-07T15:29:00.000-05:002008-11-07T15:29:00.000-05:00Oh, also.INCREDIBLY excited for the closure of Gua...Oh, also.<BR/><BR/>INCREDIBLY excited for the closure of Guantanamo Bay. I hope it happens January 21st.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522500941694896965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711179801403983873.post-67267562955418716252008-11-07T15:08:00.000-05:002008-11-07T15:08:00.000-05:00I am excited by political Preethi. :) I wish you'd...I am excited by political Preethi. :) I wish you'd speak up more, share some of that wisdom you have in overflowing quantities. :) <BR/><BR/>I definitely realize the dangers of one-party rule, as you described. I think it was part of why much of Bush's presidency was so abysmal. <BR/><BR/>However, I'm also excited that it opens the possibility of some serious changes happening that would be impossible otherwise. I'm thinking principally here of the Employee Free Choice Act, which I am basically dying to see become law. I guess it's a little selfish, but I want the Dem's to have a strong majority for just a few years so that they can get it passed. <BR/><BR/>I am excited about the Dem. majority now because they are coming from the position of the minority. This usually makes groups act according to their ideals for at least a few years (as the GOP Congress did back in '94). I hope it doesn't continue too long, because then they will lose that freshness and become more corrupt (like the GOP Congress in 2005 :P). <BR/><BR/>What I am most unexcited for is the political fallout that is already manifesting itself from Prop. 8. I expect things to get very ugly on very many levels. :(Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522500941694896965noreply@blogger.com