10/4/08

As John Falls, So Shall We Stand

Why is John McCain acting so angry and delusional? Why is Sarah Palin so frustratingly evasive? Why are both sides lying or exaggerating about so many issues and policies? I am happy to hear that Barack is staying steady in his tone and climbing in the polls. It seems McCain (or McCain 2.0, depending on your beliefs in body-snatching) is doing himself in each time he opens his mouth. But as I have noted before, McCain has turned into a human talking points memo... a broken record... a canned act... a puppet. His mistake is continuing to rely on a team that is internally split; one side is the maverick who wants to champion his departures from party line (ie. immigration) and the other side is the Bush-style-red-button-pressing-Rightist. He is bound to come across as schizophrenic, unsteady and disingenuous (at best).

I like this video of Maddow; you can see McCain being described as 'Uncle Ziggy in the ZigZag Express' by Newsweek's Jonathan Alter. Watching McCain blame Barack for the financial crisis has helped me realize how purely delusional he really is. Thank goodness Barack can use it to highlight the fact that 'John must be feeling panicked.' An irrational panicked old man for president will hopefully scare the centrists over the fence to the side of all that could be good in the world.

UPDATE: This profile of McCain in Rolling Stone is captivating. He comes across as entirely consistent... in his blind ambition, disregard for others, complete lack of humility and inability to stand up for anything. SCARY!

AND: Frank Rich has put together a compelling rationale explaining why Palin is Cheney with lipstick. SCARY!

AND: Apparently, Barack is going to hit John on the Keating incident in a big way. As Joe would say, "What is past is prologue." I hope the chickens are coming home to roost.
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Why Lotus? Why Pine?

The lotus signifies the progress of the soul from the primeval mud of materialism, through the waters of experience, and into the bright sunshine of enlightenment.

The pine signifies longevity and endurance because of its green foliage year round. In both good and bad weather, the pine thrives year after year thus it also represents pure life and constancy in the face of adversity.

Yunnan Province is a mountain landscape created when the Indian Sub-continent crashed into the tropical lowlands of Burma. It is a place with hundreds of unique species and dozens of amazing topographies. When I walk the mountains of Yunnan, I breathe fresh pine air and marvel at the indigenous wildflowers. Yunnan is also the conduit through which Buddhism came to China, along the caravan trails from India. The lotus is a Buddhist symbol of purity and perfection. When I photograph these flowers, I am always captivated by their geometry and peace-inspiring colors.

my motto

Look well to this day For it is life The very best of life.
In its brief course lie all The realities and truths of existence,
The joy of growth, the splendor of action, The glory of power.
For yesterday is but a memory. And tomorrow is only a vision.
But today well lived Makes every yesterday a memory of happiness And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore to this day.

--from the Sanskrit