Hope was considered by many to be the greatest of the gods gifts given to Pandora. When all of the other gifts were lost from Pandora's box Hope remained. Some saw this as a curse, but Hope is something we need as human beings to survive above all else. For eight years I have felt the dark tendrils of Fear, Hatred, Intolerance and Ignorance wrapping a tight noose around my hopes for a better world. Our President, twice given the role through fraud and corruption lead us away from hope. His will be a legacy of war, death, dishonor, hopelessness, ignorance, stubborness and disrespect all while supposedly working as a messenger of God. Ambroise Bierce said that Religion is the daughter of Hope and Fear teaching to ignorance the nature of the unknowable. How true these words sound when looking back at the religio-facscist rule of the US under George W. Bush. We must never forget how we came to this point. Those of us who voted for George W. Bush must look deeply within themselves to understand why it is they felt their sacred votes should go to a man of such base character. A dark cloud has lifted but the storm still claps thunderously in the distance. We are not a nation free of racism because we have elected Obama. We are not a nation without fears or ignorances now that Obama is our rightly elected President. What we are is a people trying to remember who we are or at least, who we think we are. Electing Obama is the first step toward Hope. Obama is no god. He cannot make the world economy recover with a wave of his hand nor strike away hatred, racism and intolerance wherever he looks out. Obama is the symbol and the leader. We are the voice and the energy that moves him. Will we go back to our lives and forget what a lack of concern over politics accomlishes in a republic? Will we stand up as adults and as citizens and cry out against injustice? We are each the superhero we have envisioned Obama has become if only we cling to our Hope, dismiss our fears and return to the principles of our Constitution. We can do this. We can blast away the legacy of Bush and Cheney with our energy for change. We can destroy the military industrial complex and build a complex with a foundation of hope, peace and compassion. What do we believe? Who do we want to be? We still have a choice. The window is open, but it will not remain open forever if we do nothing.
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