Well, no flames per se although I did get asked if I was facile. At 10:52 at night I don't get paid enough to be anything but. (No, I don't get paid, duh. I found the definition of facile in the American Heritage Dictionary, it was actually the third listed usage of the word.)
The post that I would like to comment on first is Clementine's. She, I assume 'she', stated a very fundamental and deep philosophical concept and to over simply what she said, "things will be what they will be'. Not to say exactly but to make reference to none the less; "God's will will be done". That is to say that the war with Iraq was inevitable, that the financial crisis wasn't going to last no more than a four or five years anyway, although a little less with someone else in the office, and that the devastation and recovery from Katrina, still ongoing I would say, happened, could of happened, no other way. Well, I don't believe that things are fore written and I believe that one man, woman, or child can change the world. So I would greatly discourage Clementine from assuming that the fate of New Jersey, New York, and the surrounding area are going to be basically the same whoever is at the top of the federal relief effort, which the President ultimately is.
I also want to comment on Charles_Mann's post, who also stated that whoever is President does not really matter. The part I want to comment on is his statement that Obama will be President until mid-January anyway. The effort to rebuild the area Sandy damage or destroyed will take much longer than two and a half months, otherwise Bloomberg would have stuck to his early position of not endorsing anyone. The endorse refers to a time after mid-January. There are thousand(s) of people getting up this morning whose home is still dark, who might not get a shower today, who might be hungry most or all of the day. The people who are the generals of this war to recover their cities and states are requesting a Commander in Chief who will help the troops of this country win the war of recovery. (Oh shit, I was being facile again.)
