All I had to go on is what the candidates said, McBush said he'd continue George's policies while Obie said he would not. Unfortunately, in the end I don't think the two of them would have done differently in any significant way. To say that you knew in advance what would happen is perhaps disingenuous since we cannot KNOW the future. In retrospect I can't see that one is better than the other as your similie implies.
Your answer here suggests that you see the problem (but you don't define it) and that you have the answer for it. It also suggests that we have only ONE problem, which I think is incorrect. I see all kinds of problems, I agree with your position on organized religion, but that's only one problem--or one aspect of the larger problem.
I find that I end up objecting to most of the stuff the government does. You talk like Obie is the first one to spend, spend, spend, when in fact he is doing what all the rest have done. Of course I object to it, so what? My objections, my votes, my letters, and my phone calls have never made any difference.
Being cryptic or being unable to write clearly enough so that people can understand what point you are making sometimes look the same.
As far as the minimum wage goes, any time you arbitrarily change one part of a complex system you are likely to get unexpected reactions. I don't know if you intend to come across arrogantly, but you certainly do. I admit that I don't know how to fix the mess we're in, if you see the problem so clearly and can define it cogently and provide a simple answer, then you obviously have the right to your arrogance and I will accept being humbled.
