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<DIV>Let the sister preach it -- as often as possible. </DIV>
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<DIV>And a note to all of my evangelical brethren: Yes, God does establish
governments, sometimes for a nation's prosperity and well being, other times as
judgment. Whether the U.S. is now pregnant with resources or heavy
under rebuke certainly is open to thoughtful debate, but one thing is
inarguable: a nation that ignores its poor, vulnerable and
outcast and succumbs to the idolatry of wealth, force and
privilege is a nation in dire need of a prophetic call from the church
within its borders.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>And no, that isn't an original-to-Keely thought, either. I seem to
have read it someplace . . . </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>keely emerine mix</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:auntiestablishment@hotmail.com">Joan Opyr</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020 Moscow</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 03, 2004 3:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] New and improved
headlines</DIV>
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<DIV>Wait, Carl, Tom, Dick, Scott and other discouraged Democrats
-- don't despair. Instead, read these breaking headlines!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Shirley Ringo Wins! Tom Stroschein keeps seat
on Latah County Commissioners! Judge Hamlett retained! Patty
Murray stomps George Nethercutt! Barack Obama will be the
first black man since Reconstruction to win a seat in the US Senate.
Stephanie Herseth of South Dakota holds onto her House seat and
actually increases her majority. Barbara Boxer's opponent,
whoever the hell he was, gets proverbial tar beat out of him! This is
all good news . . . nay, it's excellent news. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Give me a P, give me an O, give me an L-L-Y-A-N-N-A! Why?
Because I said so, that's why.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Listen, you lot -- I've had cause to worry of
late that the mother-lode of ready topics that I've been
mining these last few years for my Auntie Establishment
columns would simply dry up. A Kerry presidency might have
done something about job loss, outsourcing, health care, the falling dollar,
Social Security, Medicare, the environment, our dependence on foreign oil,
and sorting out the quagmire in Iraq. With a firmly Republican
Senate, House, and Administration -- and, coming soon, a fully conservative
Supreme Court -- that danger seems to have passed. Phew!
Yesterday's vote was a boon to the lazy, i.e., me. Now, once again, my
column will virtually write itself. Thank heaven, or rather, Ohio.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>As far as I can tell, George Bush won 51% of the popular vote and the
same states he won last time around (with perhaps New Mexico tossed in for
good measure). He is now, legitimately, our President. This time
around, we can't blame Florida, Jeb, or Pregnant Chad. And what's more,
the world cannot and will not blame them either. We will be obliged to
bear the full responsibility for our decision, and believe you me, we
shall. I don't mean to go all Dick Cheney on you and suggest that this
opens us up to another terrorist attack -- that would be cheap. I would
like to suggest, however, that I doubt we'll be hearing much of that old
canard from our foreign friends, "We love you Americans, but we hate your
President." Instead, what we'll hear is "What the hell were you people
thinking?" And I'll be happy to tell them: Karl Rove, the political
mastermind of the Bush Administration, successfully managed to play the
events of September 11th, 2001, like a hand full of aces. I am forced to
bow both to Mr. Rove's political brilliance and to the dual power of
fear (of another terrorist attack) and loathing (of gays and lesbians)
in mobilizing the GOP base. The fact that 11 anti-gay marriage
initiatives were on the ballot in 11 swing states played no small
part in Mr. Bush's victory. While I think that's a sucky way to
win, it's clear that the gay-card has now joined the race-card in
the Republicans' winning repertory.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>But that's okay. Melynda and I are pleased to be in such good
company. We've always sided with the underdog, and now we are the
underdog. Strangely enough, I think that's why I don't feel
defeated today. Sure, I moped around the house this morning, muttering
into my coffee cup about nationwide lead-poisoning and the South's
reputation for in-breeding, but this afternoon, the sun has begun to poke
through the clouds and I have begun to feel energized. Why?
Because what would America be without her dissenters; without her
critics? Our country voted yesterday for four more years of
the four past years, and we have no reason to assume that a
President who can't admit to mistakes won't go on to make many, many
more It'll be our job -- actually, our duty -- to point those out.
And to object. And to fight for what we believe in, to respectfully
but firmly disagree, and to gird up our loins for the battles to come.
I'm ready. Right now.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bring it on,</DIV>
<DIV>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>PS: I must admit to fairly salivating at the fun we'll all
have when Kentucky sends the drooling and demented Jim Bunning back
to the US Senate -- that's what we really needed, a replacement for the
late Strom Thurmond. Also, the jokes I've already plotted at the
expense of Oklahoma's "Queer Revere," AKA Tom Coburn ("The Lesbians
are coming! The Lesbians are coming!") are, to quote the great
Milton, thicker than the fallen leaves at Vallambrosa. What's
tragic for the country is bread and butter for the comedian. It's
hootnanny time, folks, for Jon Stewart, for Bill Maher, and for small-time
jokers like little old me. Hip. Hip.
Hooray. </DIV>
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