Cheering Then Booing Then Cheering Then. . .

I have not written in a while because I have had something to do. It makes me wonder how many blogs are put out there because the blogger has nothing else to do. A casual perusal of the blogosphere would produce a rather obvious conclusion.
What I am doing is starting a vacuum tube equipment repair business. I have always fixed mine and other people's old TVs and radios as a hobby so I am going to try and dig my way out of this employment dustbowl the government has dumped us all in by making some money from my enterprising brainpower. Yes I do blame the government because part of what we charge them with is providing a sound basic structure on which a somewhat free economy can thrive and grow. They failed to do that in the beginning so in the end it is their fault.
I also have not written because I did not want to criticize the new prez even though I am becoming disgusted. He deserves all these good marks for being smart and progressive and hip, true enough. His wife has a vegetable garden on the museum grounds for the first time since World War Two days. She had a live jazz ensemble perform at the White House today for the first time in anyone's memory. There are lots of things to like about these people. Today he went before the AMA and told them what they did not want to hear. They boo-ed him. But then they are rich doctors making trillions off the anguish of sick frightened people so how much sensitivity can you expect from them?
Bill Maher of HBO made a good point on Keith Olbermann's show tonight. He uses his studio audiences as his political barometer. He says that in the beginning when he expressed hope for the future under the new leadership, the audiences cheered. Then when the new leadership started morphing into a mean-spirited copy of the old leadership and Bill complained out loud, the audiences boo-ed him in disagreement and blind support of their hero. Now when he rages against the machine that is stalling on ending war, stalling on Gitmo, stalling on gay rights, stalling on CIA reforms, stalling on every major promise made to get the left wing on board during the campaign, the audience cheers. So the fickle crowd has swung to and fro and to again but for different reasons.
Look at what Kennedy promised in the way of what was then liberal thinking. Then look at what he actually did in Cuba and Vietnam. And what he did not do for civil rights for African Americans. The difference between the promise and the reality is seldom mentioned in light of what ultimately happened to him. And it is unlikely that the man in the street in 1963 was fully aware of how disappointing the new leadership was proving to be. Today, the man on the street is plugged in to the instant web-o-sphere and disappointment can turn to rage overnight as seen in Iran over the last few days. I will stop there and let all this sink in as the ramifications and parallels are too chilling to expand upon. If ever there was a place I did not want to go there to, this would be it.