An interesting day...

I get to the doctors office today and I am led to the back by a very professional and friendly nurse. We get to chatting and I find she is an ER nurse - nothing to blink at. After spending some quality time recently in the hospital I have a whole new found respect for ER people. We get to chatting about the weather and how really careless drivers are between going too fast and driving too close and we came to the conclusion that people just don't think and there is very little common sense in use out there on Midwestern roads. Then she said something that blew my mind - "The new man in the White House will bring back common sense". I nearly fell over. Honest to goodness she believes that Obama can make people use their common sense. All I could reply was "I sure hope so!" and left it at that. Well let's face it I certainly didn't want to piss off the person handling my test. But WOW. I found her naivety most shocking. Here was an obviously intelligent woman, seemingly well read and up to date on current events but then that came out. I have to admit it made me so curious and I wanted to ask 100 questions as to how, why and when, but like I said I didn't feel I was in the right place.

For the longest time I had thought this Obama cult thing was media hype, do people really believe he is going to give them free healthcare and pay their mortgages?! Are people really so gullible? To think that Obama is going to make people have common sense is really stretching it a bit. I think it was Gandhi who said "Be the change that you want to see in the world", no one can make you change, you and only you can make that change. Perhaps people can inspire you but ultimately only you can change you. Maybe Obama inspires people to be better, if that's the case all the power to them, I hope they succeed in being a positive change in their communities and maybe even the world.

The scary part of all this cult like Obama worshipping is the fact that no one seems to like to mention the fact that he's only human, just like you and me. He's apt to stumble and fall, screw up, make bad decisions and mistakes just like the rest of us. What will all these people who believe in his infallibility do when he eventually does screw up or fail? It isn't pretty when peoples heroes take falls. I wonder if he realizes that he carries the weight of the hopes, dreams and aspirations of many people on his shoulders? Not to mention the burden of the many people who just want everything handed to them free and clear? How will they react when they find out that their unrealistic expectations will go unmet? How will the hero worshippers take learning that their god is only flesh and blood? Only time will tell...