"Copia" is Latin for "abundance," and this blog explores my belief that abundance is all around us. We live in a world of infinite possibilities,
and we have the ability to choose our own paths.
I write about a wide range of topics, and common themes are politics, civil liberties, health, the environment, and science.
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Labels: U.S. politics
posted by michael at 8:33 AM
Sometimes I'm intense, sometimes effervescent. After 16 years in the SF Bay Area, I moved to Portland for four years, and fell in love with the Pacific Northwest. After a couple of years back in SF and a couple more in the clean, beautiful desert air of Nevada (yes, Las Vegas, but just minutes from beautiful Red Rock Canyon), I'm back in Oregon. I grew up in a town of 800, went to Stanford, did the corporate thing at Oracle, became a circuit boy, and now finally think I'm settling down a bit. I like a lot of stimulation and a lot of variety... you might find me camping in the woods, dancing all night, or deep in conversation over coffee or cocktails. I'm a science buff, especially biology and cosmology. I like being a prankster... goofy things amuse me. Travel is great, whether it's my favorite city (NYC) or a tropical island. >>> WHAT DO I BELIEVE? That life can be absurd and random, and those qualities give it much of its beauty. That we have choice in our lives. That there is no way that things are supposed to be; there's only how they are. That vampires exist. That this, too, shall pass. And don't worry, it only seems kinky at first. ;-)
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Brooks fails to address the simplest idea: Mr. Obama has contradicted himself at every turn. If he tries to get the support of the voters who got him to office, the ones that he is now tenaciously fighting, he will be a one-term president.
Brooks makes sweeping statements about the health care issue and the war policy without supporting any of them.
Yes, one can say that Mr. Obama is "reasonable" and well-spoken. The fact is, however, he is a shark in a pool of sharks, who has used his particular skills to survive. But we are not likely to see positive change.
I can cite examples where Obama actually spoke for Public Option...now he has folks arrested at the white house who simply want to discuss the issue with him.
And yet, we will all be required to purchase insurance on the same market as before. How will that play to the unemployed?
He is after all only a politician, and many of us wanted to believe he was different.
I for one have forever lost my naivete, my idealism, and I will never vote for another politician again.
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