<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Tardy reflections on the election of Barack Obama]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Colin Wright http://www.grist.org/article/the-end-of-stasis-and-rot/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:24:27 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-end-of-stasis-and-rot/1 Let the Great Thaw begin....

Well put! Emotionally it's all very complex. Two terms of Bush would tend to crush anyone's sense of efficacy and purpose. The "Land of Freedom" had turned into a Land of Surveillance at home and War Monger abroad.

Cynicism about human nature and barely suppressed anger became shields to protect our inner human.

Slowly we venture out into the daylight...

]]> Let the Great Thaw begin....

Well put! Emotionally it's all very complex. Two terms of Bush would tend to crush anyone's sense of efficacy and purpose. The "Land of Freedom" had turned into a Land of Surveillance at home and War Monger abroad.

Cynicism about human nature and barely suppressed anger became shields to protect our inner human.

Slowly we venture out into the daylight...

]]> Comment #2 by jorma http://www.grist.org/article/the-end-of-stasis-and-rot/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:20:21 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-end-of-stasis-and-rot/2 For the end of stasis and rot

Perhaps Mr. Obama meant: if there are any people left 2100?

]]> For the end of stasis and rot

Perhaps Mr. Obama meant: if there are any people left 2100?

]]> Comment #3 by spaceshaper http://www.grist.org/article/the-end-of-stasis-and-rot/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:32:15 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-end-of-stasis-and-rot/3 Word.

The passage you quote is the pivot and purpose of the whole short speech. The man is gifted.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

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The passage you quote is the pivot and purpose of the whole short speech. The man is gifted.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

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