On Obama

On Obama  Things are moving so fast these days that there are tonnes of things to write about, an thousands of people around at the moment who have very interesting things to say about them. Here are a couple of links to thought provoking and insightful articles I’ve read in the past few days which contribute to a discourse that might be summed up with this image:. Painful Beauty of the Corona Haze, by Bex Tyrer (~15 mins) The Coronation, by Charles Eisenstein (~30 mins) It's not too early to start thinking about Australia after the crisis, by Jim Chalmers Among many other things, Chalmers reminds us that during World War II, Australia’s political leaders began planning for “victory in peace” in a country which becomes “a mighty fellowship in which the happiness of each will be assured by the effort of all”, which is pertinent to the discussion below. Before I can engage with any of the ideas they discuss, though, I want to follow up on my last post, On Trump. One of my readers suggested that...
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On Trump

30 March 2020 A couple of days ago on Facebook I shared an article by Richard Wolfe in The Guardian, titled “No Greater Love Hath Trump than to Lay Down Your Life for his Re-election” (you don’t need to read it to follow this discussion), to which one of my Australian friends commented: "Can you explain please why Trumps’ approval rating is at an all time high? Are Americans totally mad?" Which got this reaction from a loved one in the USA: "because we the people think President Trump is the first one in years that gives a damn about us and not about making himself richer at our expense. I don’t know why the Australian people have such a dislike of President Trump and thought President Obama was the best President the United States of America ever had. So, perhaps while we are boggling y’all’s minds y’all are boggling ours. Just saying." There were two follow-ups expressing agreement and gratitude for these observations. One of them then posted this: "HOW...
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