Political Rants

The election of Barack Obama had a somewhat more profound effect on me than I would have expected.  His campaign and the fact that he won made me actually (ahem) hope for the first time in a long while.

I decided that to celebrate the moment I would finally get around to transcribing a couple of political rants with which I've bored people for years.  I never thought that these things were remotely possible, but we're suddenly and unexpectedly entering a time of change, perhaps on a scale we haven't seen for a long time.  It seemed like a good time to finally write up my ideas and post them for the interweb's amusement.

I intend these as no more than beginnings for dialog.  Nor do I require any type of credit, even in the unlikely event that these ravings represent something out of the ordinary.  Just take any of them seriously for a moment and I will be well pleased.