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Baraka_Guru · 06-15-2010, 05:01 PM

I know Obama is the president and everything, and public displays of optimism are a part of that, but I can't understand how, at this juncture, anyone can offer---with any confidence---any assurances or lofty goals (if only we would keep our chins up). It's been nearly two months and we still are mostly just figuring out just how bad it is. They still have had next to no impact on the situation.

I mean, a nation can topple a brutal regime in under two months, but we can't stop an oil spill at the bottom of the ocean?

It would be nice to be able to capture 90% of it within a month. I truly hope they figure that out.

06-15-2010, 05:01 PM	#402 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	I know Obama is the president and everything, and public displays of optimism are a part of that, but I can't understand how, at this juncture, anyone can offer---with any confidence---any assurances or lofty goals (if only we would keep our chins up). It's been nearly two months and we still are mostly just figuring out just how bad it is. They still have had next to no impact on the situation. I mean, a nation can topple a brutal regime in under two months, but we can't stop an oil spill at the bottom of the ocean? It would be nice to be able to capture 90% of it within a month. I truly hope they figure that out. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot