This week turned out to be a very happening week, so here are a few thoughts from the week…
While not the main news of the week, this definitely took my attention as it was like a breath of fresh air in the age of extremely partisan politics, with a highly regarded republican leader endorsing a democratic candidate for presidency purely based on issues
What we need is more politicians who have the guts to cross over the aisle on issues and not get tied down by ideologies.
Sandy wreaked havoc across the northeast, blew over in a non-partisan manner. It also showed that no country, irrespective of how powerful it is, have to bow down to mother nature. On the positive side, it also showed that the country has the resilience with stories of human survival and the sense of community all across. Along with it, it did bring out gaping holes in the basic infrastructure that is badly in need of improvement (and more investment, now that is a bad word in some quarters).
Oh, and BTW, for all those who are for reducing Government, it took a Sandy from the Caribbean (some would say from Africa) to show it is more than just for Medicare and Social Security……, and also highlighted how short we are in terms of the first responders who are over worked these days with more frequent, yet larger magnitude natural disasters…, and yet we continue to say there is no climate change happening…
Whether you call it Global Warming or Climate Change, there is something happening, changes that are much more rapid over the past 5 years that is very unlike the past 50-100 years. You can call it hallucination and ignore it, but that would be plain stupid, but if that is what the populace is…. there is only so much that can be done…., Maybe not if we make the correct choices…
With the most important election in the world coming up early next week, I have to pen a few words on my initiation to understand politics in US, and why being an independent puts you in a good place to judge…., so check back in a couple of days…
-Ramanuja Iyer
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