HOPE-TECH

Dear United States of America;

I love you.

Today is a good day for us all to feel proud of our federal constitutional republic's tradition of peaceful and orderly transfers of power. We have voted with our hearts full of hope and pockets full of change that we can believe in.

Oh, U.S. of A., how I love your ability to hope that now Washington, D.C. will not be politics as usual, despite all the evidence to the contrary. Given how the Democratic leadership of Barry, Harry, and Nancy puffed their chests and in indignant speeches vowed that in no uncertain terms, that they would NOT accept anyone appointed to the Senate by Rod Blagojevich or by his taint. And they stuck to their principles, I had hope. For about a week. Then Rod outmaneuvered them all and sent Rolland Burris with a steaming plate of crow for them to eat. And that's when Barry proved to be a uniter. He united Nancy and Harry at the table where they both ate a whole big heaping helping. But they seemed to enjoy it, so I'm sure they'll get over it and not hold a grudge. (hee hee)

I love how in the end the will of the people was served. Not the people who happened to be citizens of Illinois mind you, but sacrifices were required. The people wanted their bread and circuses (and their Bruce Springsteen concert), and did not want to have their feel good buzz killed. To quote that other guy, "Mission Accomplished!"

So today, we stop being a divided country, and become one big Obama-Nation.

Remember, "ERIC" is the Y of "Am-ERIC-a".

Love;

Eric "Scope" Collins

PS - Mad super props to my good blog buddy Cora of Love Letters by Cora for letting me borrow her style for this post. And never say that I'm not a giver. For being a her her sweet and sexy self, I hereby present Cora with the S.T.A.R. Award: