Comments on: Expectations

By: The Lovely Sister

The Lovely Sister — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:09:41 +0000

I am not dissing you, but just commenting on W.E.s preoccupation in life right now. We need to go do lot of things. I have to go to the lake! I need some texas steak. Won’t you oblige?

By: FavUnc

FavUnc — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:28:47 +0000

Pfftt. dont diss me lovely sis.

By: Erica

Erica — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:35:57 +0000

I am pretty sure there is ……nobody who could have been elected president who could superhumanly solve all of the problems that the die heard fans of our presidential candidates seemed to think were a total cinch if they got elected. The US is in a crappy situation and the unrealistic expectations are sooooo beyond the realm of believability that even if Obama does an OK job with what he has to work with…… there’s no way he will solve all conflict in the middle east, end world hunger, make healthcare available to all the leetle babies , fix the economy, and give the world a coke and hug. And people think he will do exactly that. SCARY!!!!!

And I think anything crunchy in the middle of smooth is wrong and unnatural. It could be a rock or a twig. I worked at the church peanut butter factory in H-town and there is a conveyor belt to remove such things from the supply before the big smash up. Doesn’t happen too well. At least if it’s smooth you catch the rock and go -hmmm- not supposed to be there. If it’s crunchy you eat things unintentionally all the time. That’s my belief. Crunchy eaters are totally bug and twig eaters.

There- now you know where I stand on the state of the US and peanut butter. Torgerson out.

By: The Lovely Sister

The Lovely Sister — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:00:58 +0000

Ok, sounds good to me. I think W.E. doesn’t care what I do when I come out there, I think he is otherwise busy, and when I do come there it’s to escape, so I can just escape him too.

By: Fubeca mais grande

Fubeca mais grande — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:47:31 +0000

W.E., BTW (like the lingo?) if I remember right, they were rocks! It’s funny how getting older changes the memory of repression and humiliation into peanuts… right Big Bro? Oh and with the all trepidation I posess, I feel the need to wax verbose on your bloggy… Both MLK and JFK were shot! Let’s hope that Obama isn’t this generations sacrifice! Besides, what did JFK do that puts him in the same boat as MLK? (cue: In ’43 they put to sea, thirteen men and Kennedy, aboard the PT109 to fight a brazen enemy…) Sorry, if you don’t follow, google Johnny Horton and be prepared to be enlighted! g2g, lol!

By: Rhia Jean

Rhia Jean — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:33:43 +0000

Yes Lovely Sister, please please come! And W.E., don’t hog her all to yourself when she comes. You need to share. You know what Lovely Sister? Let’s just bypass W.E. You just come and spend time with us. But now since I’ve posted this comment that won’t really work and my evil plan is foiled. Drat!

By: Erin Traverso

Erin Traverso — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:42:03 +0000

I love this blog! I have a serious problem adjusting when things that do not match my expectations.
I think most people in the country do. Although I know Obama is going to be facing many difficulties and
many expectations, he has already done one thing right. He won. As a friend pointed out, our kids are
never going to remember a time when a black man or a white woman could not be president. How cool is that!

By: The Lovely Sister

The Lovely Sister — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:12:06 +0000

Dear W.E. I have to come to Dallas to meet your friends I think all your female friends rock!

By: Rhia Jean

Rhia Jean — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:00:12 +0000

Hmmm…a political blog. Did you expect me to comment? No? Well, now I am exceeding your expectations. Excellent! And I love chunky peanut butter. I really can’t stand the creamy. It’s amazing to me sometimes that we can still be friends. I wonder what Obama likes…

By: booger

booger — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:33:31 +0000

Truly, he has a tall pedestal to fall from, but I wonder how much time he will be given to try to make a difference. As you said, it will take a lot of time and the people in this country aren’t known for patience. On the other hand, they sure do have short memories, or maybe that is selective memory, or maybe it is blind forgiveness.

Yet another great blog entry! Score one more for Brows!

By: Tony Brown

Tony Brown — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:40:46 +0000

I love this line: “you’ll have to pardon me if I hold off on the waving of palm fronds.” Rarely has the deck been so stacked against an incoming president. It will be interesting to see what happens.

By: big bro

big bro — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:03:39 +0000

Great blog. I can’t add much except to say I never aspired to be an Olympic swimmer and never will be.

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:53:55 +0000

My sister and I use to eat peanut butter and syrup sandwiches. Aunt Jemima all the way, baby! I know, it sounds horrible, but we liked it a lot. I don’t think I could abide it now, though. And . . . that’s all I got. Nothing profound on anything else mentioned (well, my comments EVER profound–I mean, really?). Brain is fried–it’s Friday.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:51:59 +0000

I heard that very same interview on NPR last night, and I had to shake my head. I voted for Obama, based more on this temperament than his leadership ability. (There’s a whole blog post about that in the back of my head, if I can ever get through my homework.) But the near-reverence that the population as a whole, and the African-American population more specifically, eminate toward Obama is scary to me. If Obama can come out of the mess our country is in right now (economy, world standing, wars, health care, education) and manage to keep his promises (yeah right), make a major difference for the better in the country, and not make any major mistakes, then yes. He will be this generation’s MLK or JFK.

I don’t see that happening. I’ll just be glad if we can have a president who doesn’t cheat on his wife, start a war, or charge around Washington like a bull in a china shop.

By: The Lovely Sister

The Lovely Sister — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:49:05 +0000

OOOOO this is a good blog. Yup, you can’t make everyone happy. I heard it said that one politician once was asked if he was elated over a 70% approval rating and he said, well there’s still 30% of the public that think I am doing a horrible job. It’s true, and the expectations are INSANE for this president. I think the inability to change quickly and instantly is actually built into the system. Someone that gets in power and changes things his way overnight is called a DICTATOR. And there is good reason why there are checks and balances in government. There is a lot left to be seen.