A Week to Remember

I have not said a lot in recent days about pop culture, because it doesn't seem relevant at the moment. I also have not said much about the financial crisis because a) My knowledge of the issue is limited, and b) I have family members that work in the industry and I am mainly concerned for what they face each day.

The numbers are beyond the comprehension of most of us who don't work in this realm. We see news reports of losses that we simply can't understand. Where will it end? How long will this harm the average person? I certainly don't know. Panic doesn't seem to make sense in terms of what most governments advisements say, but it is the obvious emotion.

A less obvious emotion is that of attendees at McCain/Palin events. It has been widely reported that people in the crowd at their speeches have yelled sentiments such as "Kill Him" or "Terrorist" when the top two on the republican ticket are speaking about Obama. So far, the republicans have not made any publicized attempt to stop this kind of genuinely frightening behavior.

Deomocrats didn't make any similiar calls for violence when they were frustrated by being behind Bush in 2004, at least to my memory. Granted, those folks were not in such horrific financial times. Their retirement didn't seem to be in the balance at the moment.

But the man they elected so proudly has apparently trashed their retirement, and they are directing anger at an African-American who has run a decent campaign. They can't stand it and they are getting unruly. It honestly frightens me when I look at the video of McCain supporters who seem to be "erratic", as the disputed word in this campaign goes.

If Obama wins, as it seems we'll see, will this frightening anger be an issue beyond election day? I honestly worry about that based on the anger of what I have seen.

By the way, can you imagine John McCain telling his angry crowd to stop with the dangerous rhetoric?