A relief that doesn't truly relieve the basic flaws in our system of government. But, we need to recognize that, at best, Obama will bring us back to the status quo of the Clinton years, and avoid any substantive and needed change in our system of government. To save us from the abyss, from John McCain's implosion and Sarah Palin's end times, should we elect Obama/Biden? Of course. Looking towards the future, we are wise to remember the wisdom of the ancient phrase, and develop a strategy of governance that integrates its tenets.ДЄs we watch the Republican campaign collapse like a house of cards, its unstable alliance of neo-cons, libertarians, and Christianists disintegrating in the gale of the economic crisis, we are once again promised an alternative in the Democratic ticket. 'Pan Metron Ariston'Вќ was a common expression in ancient Greece which translates as 'all good things in moderation.' Coupled with Santayana's 'those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,'Вќ both expressions are exceedingly relevant to our so-called 'modern'Вќ times.

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