presidential debates and birds
Oct. 1st, 2004 07:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dream_labyrinthI've read the transcript of yesterday's debate here.
Really interesting. I'd vote for Kerry anyway, but I think he did a much better job at the debate than Bush.
Bush just seemed too much like a stubborn teenager who, even if he was proven wrong in something, could never admit that he was able to make mistakes.
I haven't watched it, but I have heard that Bush was very nervous. That is a good sign, I think, because it means he sees Kerry as an opponent who needs to be taken seriously.
I don't know how much the debates will matter in the elections. In Germany, I fear people go for short and simple messages rather than for actual political discussions. But there's hope.
On top of my monitor I have three figures of birds. An eagle, an owl and a falcon. As the light is behind me, they cast shadows on the wall. Looks really great. I have a weakness for large birds, birds of prey especially.
Funny, really, as I can't stand most birds. Chicken and other poultry is plain disgusting, all the birds people have as pets are, in my not so humble opinion, poor creatures that are forced to a way of live totally unnatural to them. (Yes, there is a difference in my eyes between these birds and a cat or a dog, as cats and dogs are bred to live with humans, and they are genetically not the same as wolves or wild cats, lions, tigers, pumas or other Canidae and Felidae.) But seeing a falcon or a harrier or even an eagle gliding over a field and than going down to grab a mouse and gaining height again in one gracefull movement, that is something really special.
Just wanted to say that.
Also: I haven't listened to the Lord of the Dance soundtrack in ages, I've forgotten how much that makes me want to dance myself.
Really interesting. I'd vote for Kerry anyway, but I think he did a much better job at the debate than Bush.
Bush just seemed too much like a stubborn teenager who, even if he was proven wrong in something, could never admit that he was able to make mistakes.
I haven't watched it, but I have heard that Bush was very nervous. That is a good sign, I think, because it means he sees Kerry as an opponent who needs to be taken seriously.
I don't know how much the debates will matter in the elections. In Germany, I fear people go for short and simple messages rather than for actual political discussions. But there's hope.
On top of my monitor I have three figures of birds. An eagle, an owl and a falcon. As the light is behind me, they cast shadows on the wall. Looks really great. I have a weakness for large birds, birds of prey especially.
Funny, really, as I can't stand most birds. Chicken and other poultry is plain disgusting, all the birds people have as pets are, in my not so humble opinion, poor creatures that are forced to a way of live totally unnatural to them. (Yes, there is a difference in my eyes between these birds and a cat or a dog, as cats and dogs are bred to live with humans, and they are genetically not the same as wolves or wild cats, lions, tigers, pumas or other Canidae and Felidae.) But seeing a falcon or a harrier or even an eagle gliding over a field and than going down to grab a mouse and gaining height again in one gracefull movement, that is something really special.
Just wanted to say that.
Also: I haven't listened to the Lord of the Dance soundtrack in ages, I've forgotten how much that makes me want to dance myself.
