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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

End of American Exceptionalism. Lower Your Expectations

Since the beginning of the campaign, we have been told about hope and change. We were going to begin the remaking of America. Yes we can. But since the election, it seems that we have been told repeatedly to lower our expectations for this new remaking of America, that our recovery is going to be a jobless one (I’m still trying to work out how that is possible). We’re being told that we are all going to have to cut back and make sacrifices, all of course while watching our leaders invest in five to eight more private jets, and take vacations every couple of months with our money; But why? Why are we being told to expect less from the fruits of our own labor? I thought we were electing the smartest people this country has ever seen. I thought they were going to save us from this big bad recession. I thought the stocks shot up the day he was elected. So why now are we being told every day that the economy keeps going down the drain? And all I hear from our leaders is essentially “too bad, you’re just going to have to deal with it.” How long are we really going to just bend over and take it? I for one have had enough.
Posted by RJ Rusch at 9:03 AM

2 comments:

  1. LLAugust 25, 2009 at 10:56 AM

    Sadly, I don't think I could lower my expectations in the current administration. They've become an enemy to the people of the United States. 2010 is our chance to run them out on a rail.

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  2. RJ RuschAugust 25, 2009 at 11:09 AM

    Yes, thank you, I was hoping someone would make that point. Unfortunately I was distracted this morning by the howling dog here at the house, and I’ll go more into detail about this in a post soon, I promise. Now that the curtain has been dropped and we see the true colors of “hope and change” we’re starting to see the opposition rise, from the tea parties to the town halls on health care reform. But the bottom line is that these efforts are futile if we don’t turn out in our local elections and cut the administrations power base out from under them. 2010 is just the beginning. People want to keep saying the resistance began with the tea party demonstrations, and while it did make me very happy to see average Americans protesting for rightful representation, none of it is going to matter if we don’t make it count and turn out for elections. That is where this is really going to start to matter.

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