I am officially extended an employment offer to work at the Los Angeles Times! What great news to be had so early in the new year. This is the year of tigers and being a tiger, I can only say I look forward to what's to come over the next 11 months.
That's it for now folks. Shortest entry yet.
Many nights DTC.
Addison.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
State of a Distant Union
I watched President Obama's State of the Union address tonight and can't help but feel a sense of discouragement. Not cynicism, but fatigue.
What he said was actually fine. In fact, I'm quite impressed as usual with the man's ability to give a speech. My detachment from his cause comes, however, from the response of his colleagues. It's hard to not feel exasperated with the political conditions in our country when you see such a clear division in the house between the two parties; and indeed this was one of the points he briefly covered.
I feel like more vital energy/time is spent on a trench war between left and right than it is on actually fixing the things that are plaguing this country. Half of the things said in opposition of his speech felt like pointless criticism aimed at him merely because the shooters have premeditated motifs for gunning the man down; either these attempts at reputational murder are designed for the less intellectual supporters of a cause, or they are a mere waste of time and brain cells, at best.
However if that approach is taken with the opposition's response, something is left to be said about what they were responding to: it's as if the President was either preaching to the choir, or giving a speech to a group of brick walls.
Alas, all is not lost. My disappointment is the result of my having forgotten an important notion that I've always tried to maintain, but sometimes forget: as Benjamin Franklin himself said, "blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed." I have never been let down by that proverb, unless I have let it down first. That men like President Obama exist gives me hope.
Regardless of the reality we are subsequently provided resulting from the actions of our government, I will try to govern my self to the best of my ability and always remember that good lives can be lived in even the direst of situations. Mind over matter eh?
What he said was actually fine. In fact, I'm quite impressed as usual with the man's ability to give a speech. My detachment from his cause comes, however, from the response of his colleagues. It's hard to not feel exasperated with the political conditions in our country when you see such a clear division in the house between the two parties; and indeed this was one of the points he briefly covered.
I feel like more vital energy/time is spent on a trench war between left and right than it is on actually fixing the things that are plaguing this country. Half of the things said in opposition of his speech felt like pointless criticism aimed at him merely because the shooters have premeditated motifs for gunning the man down; either these attempts at reputational murder are designed for the less intellectual supporters of a cause, or they are a mere waste of time and brain cells, at best.
However if that approach is taken with the opposition's response, something is left to be said about what they were responding to: it's as if the President was either preaching to the choir, or giving a speech to a group of brick walls.
Alas, all is not lost. My disappointment is the result of my having forgotten an important notion that I've always tried to maintain, but sometimes forget: as Benjamin Franklin himself said, "blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed." I have never been let down by that proverb, unless I have let it down first. That men like President Obama exist gives me hope.
Regardless of the reality we are subsequently provided resulting from the actions of our government, I will try to govern my self to the best of my ability and always remember that good lives can be lived in even the direst of situations. Mind over matter eh?
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