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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Stop Whining

Over the past few days both the Vice President and President whose comments will be published, have urged the Democratic base to stop whining. On the surface this may sound patronizing and insulting, but then I think for real, how much I hate whining. My students will whine that there is too much work, people I run in to at various places will whine that the wait is too long, or the traffic is bad, or that other things totally out of their control deserve to be treated with complaining and dissatisfaction and yes, whining. I hate it and I am guilty of it myself. It is so easy to complain, so easy to forget. The Democrats and independents who voted so forecefully and energetically for the President have forgotten that we were in the depths of an historic recession. We were involved dangerously in two wars. Our auto industry was collapsing, our banks were failing, our people were out of work, businesses were shuttered and the nation had lost its grip. Since then, in a very short two years, much of this has changed for the better including economists declaring the recession officially over. There are many people out there who have not yet experienced any benefit from the improving situation and thus have become skeptical. However, the pace of change and turnaround has been dramatic. Any economist worth his or her weight, will honestly tell you the pace of recovery has been extraordinary. These pronouncements do not put bread on the tables of the out of work or will restore our 401K's to the values of 2005, but the change we voted for is afoot. It takes time to move forward, but only moments to move backwards. If Democrats stay home in November and if Independents vote with their frustrations instead of their hopes, our nation will quickly return to the agenda of the party that created the mess and we will be right back where we started from. So, you can whine that things are going too slowly and stay home, or you can energetically vote to keep the changes going, keep the growth going, keep job creation going and embrace the positives that lie ahead. Your choice. Be careful. Where are you Americans for reason and truth?

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