who refuses to conform to society

That is, Democracy…

“The original maverick” is translated by a member of my family as meaning:

“Old, unusual, unorthodox person who refuses to conform to society…”

And he calls Obama audacious?

Audacious? That’s a compliment as my young ones have pointed out…Honestly, we need someone willing to be bold after what McC’s party has done to our country. Take that label and run with it Obama.(The word has two meanings and the first definition listed in our dictionary can be considered a compliment.)

So far as I can find, nothing has been released by her office, family or the hospital, past statements last night that there would be no info until today.

Warm hopes and prayers from here.

If so, then notions of ‘bipartisanship’, ‘comity’ and unquestioning ’support’ of whatever mindless or destructive ‘ideas’ pour from the mouths of the political class, must never, under the Obama purview, be seen as anything but pure as the driven snow.

Else we must consider Obama’s ‘position’ regarding Mc$ame’s ‘honestly’ patriotic musings to be nothing but pablum for the thought-challenged and homage, of a sort, to the lowest common denominator of political bull shit.

I mistakenly had thought that Obama was intelligent enough to dare, however audaciously, to speak to the immensity of the destructive dilemma we collectively face. That REQUIRES fundamental honesty, not wishy-washy political expediency, which includes having the courage to call others out on their behavior, ill-conceived ‘policies’, and blatant war mongering.

As I said the other day, Barack Obama must grasp the nettle, or he will be just anotheer pretty face flashing by in the rear-view mirror.

If Obama succeeds in losing this battle, for such it is, he will be forgotten in short order, but the rest of us will be reminded daily of the consequence. For the rest of our lives, for the rest of our children’s lives, and their children’s lives until the end-time of our species.

Such ‘end-time’ is hoving into view. Those blinded by greed and power will not see, their minions cannot see and most everyone else has their eyes screwed shut, at least in America.

But the rest of the world does see and, in time (though perhaps, ‘too late’), they will.do.something. And America will be sorry, very sorry indeed.

This may well be our last chance, Barack, haven’t you the grasp to realize what is at stake? Haven’t you the courage to speak the truth. Haven’t you the integrity to recognize the truth?

The ‘audacity’ of hope is one thing, the courage of conviction to share those hopes and the honest capacity to dare to make those hopes real, once raised, is quite another.