The Dalai ‘Bama Letters #4: Cylons

Originally, the following was in response to a close, and mostly liberal, friend’s series of anti-Obama postings, posted in March of 2008 or thereabouts (mostly all posts were copies of articles my friend found elsewhere, and were not my friend’s own).

For a look at Barack’s actual policies on anything (instead of propaganda) please simply visit http://www.barackobama.com/.

I may have revised some small bits, but the spirit remains.
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In particular, this is a response to the idea which keeps coming up that some conspiracy will destroy Obama in a JFK/RFK-esque like event-- a Jungian projection of a spectre which disturbingly keeps resurfacing.

Even as I re-post this Hillary brought this crap up as a reason she should remain in the race: "My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right..? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California."

Of course, she had to apologize (to somebody)...
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Dear ______,

Gee-whiz... What happened to the guy that just posted that other sappy sentimental real-love-on-Earth posting? Yikes!

I believe it’s like that too, all conspiratorial-corporate and stuff. But the emphasis still has to be on taking action; and not a probability of defeat. The problem with conspiracies (theory or practice) is that they deflate the notion that any progress at all is possible... and that ain’t simply so...

Sooner or later the real monsters rear their ugly heads and it becomes pretty obvious who the lesser of all the available evils are, at least... and it’s pretty obvious who is or ain’t on, say, Cheney’s team.

The problem with most conspiracy theory (playing both sides against the middle and you is the middle) is that it can make you think that all of it is just an exercise in futility... You start thinking, hey, there’s no difference between these guys, so screw it...

And folks, that’s exactly what it’s designed to do... that’s why moneyed interests loves conspiracy theory... It stagnates the idea that any action, or choosing any side, can only lead to the same ol’, same ol failures...

As the saying goes-- Sooner or later, you have to choose sides.

I think Adama said that too...

That’s not a typo; I really do mean Edward James Olmos in Battlestar Galactica...

I really am a believer in Cylons... I mean, wow, Cheney?.. Ann Coulter?.. and that Dana Perino, chick... What up wit dat...?

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