[kj] OBAMA HAS WON a nation falling apart

[Brendan]

Tone doesn't translate in email, which is why I sprinlke so many smileys
around...I should have here cos I was being sardonic to some extent. In an
earlier email tonight I was saying that I think he'll have a positive
impact overall...but like Bongo and a few others, and Noam Chomsky who I
quoted and agree with Oliver on, I don't see a fundamental change in the
power structure coming. Hence not a huge change in the average person's
lot.

He's a successful american politician, so he HAS to be Christian, he HAS
to sell out to the corporates, he HAS to use rhetoric.

I'm totally stoked for you guys, and everyone, and I'm not raining on your
parade, but I'm a reliast too. So sorry, I'll be as cynical as I see fit.

And in terms of the financial storm that's still developing, I don't see
any point in being 'positive' about it, it's gonna cause untold pain in my
opinion and all the denial about it that's gone on for the last several
years achieves nothing.


> Wow, Brendan -- such *positive* thinking!

> Look, I  consider myself fully a realist, but  -- with all due respect,

> honestly -- spare me the cynicism.

> Rhetoric aside, no one is expecting miracles from Obama or anyone else.

> But,

> sorry, I'll continue hoping for the best!

>

> Boy howdy,

>

> KW

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "Brendan" <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"

> <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:40 AM

> Subject: Re: [kj] OBAMA HAS WON a nation falling apart

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>> The economic dramas worldwide, which I think are only just beginning, if

>> nothing else will provide Obama with a good excuse for not saving the

>> world (oh, sorry, the US) within the first 8 hours of his tenure...and

>> potentially 4 years down the track when he's looking for re-election (if

>> he hasn't been assassinated)...

>>

>>> Not perhaps the most brillant speech, but I think it was more sobering

>>> than

>>> anything. Basically, he was saying, "We're gonna have a hard road to

>>> hoe."

>>> What the next four years will bring is anyone's guess, but let's all

>>> hope

>>> for the best.

>>>

>>> Cheers,

>>>

>>> k.w.

>>> ----- Original Message -----

>>> From: "Sarah's Putrefying Kunt" <crackedmachine at yahoo.co.uk>

>>> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"

>>> <gathering at misera.net>

>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:37 AM

>>> Subject: Re: [kj] OBAMA HAS WON a nation falling apart

>>>

>>>

>>>> Obama's acceptance speech was rather vacuous wasn't it?

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> --- On Wed, 5/11/08, fluw <fluwdot at earthlink.net> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> From: fluw <fluwdot at earthlink.net>

>>>>> Subject: Re: [kj] OBAMA HAS WON-PRESIDENT ;d

>>>>> To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'"

>>>>> <gathering at misera.net>

>>>>> Date: Wednesday, 5 November, 2008, 2:07 PM

>>>>> I am excited about Obama and for what 'he says' he

>>>>> will do, especially here

>>>>> in the US socially - and I look forward to the

>>>>> possibilities of people

>>>>> coming together in the US, but anyone who thinks Obama is

>>>>> going to make

>>>>> drastic change overseas, in the environment, or fiscally is

>>>>> a fool.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> The world is America's bitch and she likes to have her

>>>>> ass reamed.

>>>>

>>>>

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