It’s Christmas Eve in America. Not literally, but for those who are outside the States, today’s the day when we attempt to end the 8-year mistake that has alienated this country from the rest of the global village.
Resonator doesn’t necessarily shirk away from politics, but we do tend to favor the dancefloor to the pulpit. That said, today is one the most important days of our lives, and to describe it as any less is to vastly underplay the importance of this moment in American history.
I was listening to The Enemy’s We’ll Live And Die In These Towns last night, and found myself caught up, for the first time since, really, since Barack Obama’s now-historical DNC speech, the one that brough him to serious attention, in the grand, sheer, child-like joy of what we as a country could be on the precipice of.
And I guess that’s the point, really: for one moment, for one minute, let’s all stop and realize that we may have, in our life times, seen the power of people. The power of change. Granted, I’m picking a song about factory-town UK ennui to epitomize it, but I can’t very well throw up a Springsteen song. And besides, this is about the new guard, isn’t it?
Resonatormag is adding its voice to the list of those who, like bands, web sites, celebrities and Food Network stars, seem to think they have any influence whatsoever on the movement of political culture in America by saying: VOTE. Not because we told you to, kids in the U.S., but because you need to.
I’m wide awake in America, and I’m waiting to hear the news.
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