Nobody Asked Me by Fred Easter

Deliriously happy because Obama will be President

Wednesday, 28 November 2012 11:07 Fred Easter

Nobody asked me but I am monumentally relieved and deliriously happy to have "four more years". Deliriously happy because Obama will be President for the next four years, and relieved because Mitt Romney won't. The thought of Romney and Ryan "running" the country made my blood run cold. And, as the more specific details of the election are teased out, my delirium turns to euphoria.

Coalition stood up, locked arms and outvoted big money

Thursday, 08 November 2012 13:23 Fred Easter

Nobody asked me, but, I think we have witnessed the birth of a new nation.

Nobody asked me, but it is disappointing that Americans, according to the polls, could be nearly evenly split on their choices for president.

Monday, 05 November 2012 11:33 Fred Easter

On the one hand, we have a president who, even before his inauguration, was handed the worst set of economic conditions seen in America since the Great Depression of 1929. Moreover, Republicans set about, from day one, to make his job as difficult as possible. Republicans filibustered their own ideas when the President embraced them, out of fear that they might work and put folks to work. Pundits called this strategy "keeping millions out of work, in order to take one man's job." Republicans have used every "code word" to vilify this president without having to call him the "n" word. While many Democratic presidents have been called "un-American," this is the first president to be repeatedly called "not" American.

Gene Saffold remembered as a great financial mind and friend to many

Monday, 05 November 2012 10:36 Fred Easter

The Carleton College Multicultural Alumni Network (MCAN) is mourning the loss of one of its own.

Don’t let lies and suppression color the truth in this election

Tuesday, 30 October 2012 10:47 Fred Easter

A part of me will not miss the end of this election campaign season.

It's been a long, ugly grind. I am grateful that Michele Bachman, Rick Perry and Herman Cain didn't hang around for the long haul. Mitt Romney's presence has more than filled the void they left. My tolerance for posturing and outright lies seems to be decreasing with age.

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