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I was en-route to a political meeting with the smartest person I’ve ever met, and I was going on and on about “reality” as he drove. I was speaking as though there was a central reality which enlightened people could see, that others were blind to. When I stopped to take a breath, this is what he said.
“Lakota, there are many realities”
That’s all he said, as we rode in silence. That one statement caused a thousand lights to pop on inside my brain. There are as many realities as there are people; each person has his or her own personal reality, and no other reality supersedes that reality.
While the president of this country should make an attempt to be aware of all our realities, if he is a Democrat; he should be especially aware of working class, and poor people’s reality, that’s why he was elected. If the collective “we” had been more concerned about the corporations, we would have elected a Republican.
If the president has his own personal “reality”, that can not be superseded by any other reality, then we are up “shit creek”. It’s my perception that Barack Obama has done nothing but campaign since he got elected. I’ve never heard of him discussing matters privately with other elected officials, in an attempt to solve our problems. It seems to me, that he leaves these decisions to people who he appointed, or were appointed by someone who we did not elect.
Case in point: 80,000 troops to Afghanistan, it’s “my perception”; that was based on the generals recommendations, and Fox TV’s allegations that he was weak on defense. Would you have advised an additional 80,000 troops to Afghanistan? I don’t even recall Barack Obama’s rationale for the additional troops. Neither him nor the Republicans considered what that would do to the national debt, which they both are supposedly so concerned about; except when it comes to food stamps. Giving poor people help will raise the national debt, but endless wars are good for the national debt.
In regard to defense, those 80,000 troops was a total waste; defense against the Taliban? Defense against Al qaeda? Defense against terrorism? Defense against who and what? You tell me. Those 80,000 troops defended against the perception that Barack Obama was weak on defense, is my perception.
My perception of Barack Obama is that getting re-elected is his ultimate reality and that nothing else ever has, or ever will supersede that reality. What is your perception of Barack Obama in terms of his reality.
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You know what El Real is, comrade?
What we refer to as reality is simply what our brains make of the input from our senses. Nothing more and nothing less.
How we interpret these senses at any particular point in time is our reality.
You haven’t gotten the meme yet – once RE-ELECTED,then we will see the Obama we were waiting for.
But we need to RE-ELECT him, because otherwise he HAS TO have all these corporate henchmen as his Appointees, and the hudnreds of billions of dollars for modernizing the military and of course, he must have the DOJ knocking around the med marijuana clinic owner, rather than their buddies on Wall Street.
We are so close to getting a progressive’s wet dream. Vote Democratic in November and see the world change overnight.
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My continuing desire, as I’m sure I’ve stated many times, I can’t wait for Nov to get here so I can vote again for 0. The first time he was elected he had too many in congress in his party. He had to govern as though the repugs had won. In this election there is a good chance that the repugs will outnumber the dims; then you will see how 0 really governs. Hurry Nov.
Thank the Lord. I was about to declare you deranged until I read the last sentence.
@lakota: Now you are getting in contact with REALITY.
Next time you catch somebody doing something because it’s the right thing to do, call me, you’ve just discovered an endangered species.
Yeh, I agree with you Lakota – obama is and always has been in campaign mode and his only vision is to be re-elected. obama has essentially destroyed what was left of the democratic party. He’s a fraud and a stooge who was marketed (like a product)to the people of this country.
obama’s election in 2008 is a reminder of what can happen when an ordinary society chooses a cult of personality over rational thought. Read history carefully – this is exactly what happened in Nazi Germany.
Your ability to say so much, with so few words, reminds me of the smartest person I ever met.
All of your insightful comments make the effort of writing a diary worthwhile.