Comments on: I am not a victim: Rejecting the Obama Revolution http://maidensong.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/in-the-weeds-i-am-not-a-victim/ A web log offering a christian woman's perspective on life in a world gone sadly astray Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:32:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: onemom http://maidensong.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/in-the-weeds-i-am-not-a-victim/#comment-249 onemom Wed, 07 May 2008 22:30:42 +0000 http://maidensong.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-249 I worry about Obama's smoke and mirrors on the trail ... it's like watching an illusionist who tricks you into watching one thing while missing what he's doing with the other hand. I think people are being mesmerized by him and not seeing the darkness in his soul. (Anyone who fought against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act is very scary). I worry about Obama’s smoke and mirrors on the trail … it’s like watching an illusionist who tricks you into watching one thing while missing what he’s doing with the other hand. I think people are being mesmerized by him and not seeing the darkness in his soul. (Anyone who fought against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act is very scary).

]]> By: jamieprather http://maidensong.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/in-the-weeds-i-am-not-a-victim/#comment-248 jamieprather Wed, 07 May 2008 07:14:43 +0000 http://maidensong.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-248 While I agree that we should all participate in the political process, the more important task is to always remember that each of us is responsible for ourselves, and in the end we have only ourselves to hold accountable for our specific human condition. All of the Obamas, Clintons, Bushes, McCains, and such folk of the world cannot, nor do they desire to, alter our human condition. Only we have the power to do so. In reading your post and subsequent comments, I am reminded of a bit of wisdom articulated by the Yaqui Sorcerer, don Juan Matus- "Humanity's greatest gift, the gift of attention, lies unopened, lost in the glitter of the superficial diversions with which we have become obsessed." Certainly, in the pomp and circumstance of the daily parade of political hype, "obsession" is a true descriptive! While I agree that we should all participate in the political process, the more important task is to always remember that each of us is responsible for ourselves, and in the end we have only ourselves to hold accountable for our specific human condition.

All of the Obamas, Clintons, Bushes, McCains, and such folk of the world cannot, nor do they desire to, alter our human condition. Only we have the power to do so.

In reading your post and subsequent comments, I am reminded of a bit of wisdom articulated by the Yaqui Sorcerer, don Juan Matus-
“Humanity’s greatest gift, the gift of attention, lies unopened, lost in the glitter of the superficial diversions with which we have become obsessed.”

Certainly, in the pomp and circumstance of the daily parade of political hype, “obsession” is a true descriptive!

]]> By: jbjd http://maidensong.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/in-the-weeds-i-am-not-a-victim/#comment-247 jbjd Tue, 06 May 2008 18:11:21 +0000 http://maidensong.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-247 I, too, heard Ms. Obama's speech on C-SPAN. She prefaced her remarks about the little girl who cried by reminding the crowd, she tells this story all the time on the stump. Judging by the fact she found this story she was about to tell again worth repeating, I anticipated something memorable. I listened intently as she unraveled her story. But I got stuck on the part where the girl burst into hysterical sobs and Ms. Obama only wondered why. That is, she didn't attempt to soothe her; or locate a parent or guardian who could soothe her. She just noticed the girl sobbing; and then walked away. She said that, days later, she realized the girl had been crying because of the deprivations you listed above. I wanted her to say, she realized that, as an adult, she should have consoled that poor child, instead of considering how to convert the child's tears into another stump speech for 'hope.' I, too, heard Ms. Obama’s speech on C-SPAN. She prefaced her remarks about the little girl who cried by reminding the crowd, she tells this story all the time on the stump. Judging by the fact she found this story she was about to tell again worth repeating, I anticipated something memorable. I listened intently as she unraveled her story. But I got stuck on the part where the girl burst into hysterical sobs and Ms. Obama only wondered why. That is, she didn’t attempt to soothe her; or locate a parent or guardian who could soothe her. She just noticed the girl sobbing; and then walked away. She said that, days later, she realized the girl had been crying because of the deprivations you listed above. I wanted her to say, she realized that, as an adult, she should have consoled that poor child, instead of considering how to convert the child’s tears into another stump speech for ‘hope.’

]]> By: Sharon http://maidensong.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/in-the-weeds-i-am-not-a-victim/#comment-246 Sharon Tue, 06 May 2008 17:29:00 +0000 http://maidensong.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-246 Obama was in Gary Indiana a few days ago and wanted a friend of ours to come and make a speech about how bad things are for the union workers. He told them they wouldn't like what he has to say and they wanted to know why. He told them he lives in Hobart, has a 250,000 house paid in full and has tons of money in the bank. They told him to stay home. Obama's people went to the union hall to find poor union workers or ones that were laid off to make a speech. Voting for Mike today in Indiana. Obama was in Gary Indiana a few days ago and wanted a friend of ours to come and make a speech about how bad things are for the union workers. He told them they wouldn’t like what he has to say and they wanted to know why. He told them he lives in Hobart, has a 250,000 house paid in full and has tons of money in the bank. They told him to stay home. Obama’s people went to the union hall to find poor union workers or ones that were laid off to make a speech.

Voting for Mike today in Indiana.

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