tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post7760452787715497684..comments2023-03-30T07:59:35.962+02:00Comments on Small Wrinkles in Spacetime: Black and WhiteJohn Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647833154827132967noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-74050133123599736512009-09-26T07:05:00.278+02:002009-09-26T07:05:00.278+02:00You just returned from Oman? If I weren't just...You just returned from Oman? If I weren't just back from India I would be green with envy.<br /><br />I thought a long time about Mr Carter's observation when I read it - thinking how this man has established quite firmly that he is one of your "intellectuals" and therefore has the right to make observations about his world.<br /><br />Personally, I am convinced that nearly anything Obama does which advocates change to the firmly established status quo will be looked on with suspicion by those who believe that only WASPs <i>really</i> understand how to lead. And this powerful minority with both wealth and influence will always consider anyone else who tries to speak (or <b>gasp!</b>) aspire to leadership as having "notions above his raisin'." (Consult any number of US authors from 1760s to the present and you will find this a prominently expressed sentiment).<br /><br />Jimmy Carter is from the South... if he's not allowed to express the truth, who is? I have personally wondered how long it will be before someone with strong convictions about "raisin'" and a big gun makes his own statement. <br /><br />Oh, how I hope this is just catastrophizing on my part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com