I don't believe that Obama is magic. Hell... I don't even believe that Jesus is magic (Sarah Silverman is closer). I don't think that he'll wiggle his fingers and all of the problems in the world (or even in America) will be solved. It's going to take awhile for him to even make a dent in the mess we've gotten ourselves into... and who can say if he'll even be able? But the fact of the matter is that WE have gotten ourselves into that mess, and we cannot expect HIM to get us out of it. One man can't do the work of a nation... no matter how innovative and resourceful he is. And although conservatives will argue that we liberals think he's the next messiah, I don't believe that most of us do. He can only do what a man can do. It is up to a nation to make real change. I can't say that everything will be perfect. What I can say is that, for the first time since I myself have emerged on a global plane, I will not be ashamed to say that I am an American. And I will not avoid eye contact with discussion of America in a global perspective. MY global perspective began in 2003. For the first time in 6 years, I will be comfortable admitting that we have faltered as a nation because I know now that we're TRYING to regain our footing. He's not gonna be perfect. No one is. But if you tell me that he could possibly make things WORSE... well, I'll believe it when I see it.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Sometimes people are really, really painfully ignorant. If there's one thing in the world that I have trouble tolerating, that's it. Ignorance. I feel like if people were actually educated on present events with a global perspective, they wouldn't say half of the things that they do. There wouldn't be half of the dissent that there is. I might be pretty far left wing. I'd venture to say that I border on socialism. I'm not, however, saying that I think conservatism is ignorant. American politics would collapse if not for a two party system. Honestly, I feel as though we should have MORE than two parties. I don't believe that one party should dominate politics -- or even that one party is absolutely right. That would be fascism. What I do believe is that most people don't care to educate themselves on current events, the world, and how we, as Americans, relate to that world.
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See...the way things work in politics..only a global scale is, the policies you implement you will not last long enough to reap the congratulations for...ie, the bush/reagan administration changed a lot of things and set forth policies that made the economy great....but during clinton's run..america loved him, but it wasn't because of anything he did, he just fell into it...same thing happened to bush the second..clinton made these arrangements with other countries, sold our secrets, and so forth..so we got to see the crumble of our nation under bush...now i'm not saying bush didn't help it - but you know..when bush ran against gore...i wanted gore to win, because i wanted a democrat in office when things went to shit...i made this prediction years ago...nobody believed me or listened..it sucks...it takes time for things to change and go in effect...soo even if obama does do good things..his progress won't be seen for awhile..what we will see first is the bailout made by congress and everything else that was implemented under bush...
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