The Dumpster Fire of Obama's Moral Authority

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295. Life in the short-timers bubble

You must not pay close attention to news analysis or second day stories. But this news wasn't "buried." It got picked up widely.

It was a catalyst for the NY Times to start using the word torture, as one example. This probably doesn't seem a significant thing to most. But when history is written and primary sources are mined, this will represent a turning point.

Perhaps this isn't playing out as you want. If you lift your head above water you will understand this isn't a point in time, one and done thing.

No matter what language was used, the news is reverberating. A seed was planted and it will grow.

Look back on seemingly small statements that took time to grow. The approach by the Obama admin to gay rights seemed slow, and I was tired of waiting. But the way it was handled is masterful. The seed was planted during the second inaugural. And it grew, watered by so many other acts -large and small - by LGBT people and our allies. Look around you. See how far gay liberation has come. It wasn't just Obama, but he sure played an instrumental part.

Do you see a pattern? If not, you need to pay more attention.