I hadn’t really planned on ever writing a journal entry here. However, given the politically skeptical nature of most of the stuff I post here, I thought what the hell… just this once.
OK, so America has made history, and the election of Obama is probably a good thing. America seems pretty proud of itself, and I guess that’s not such a bad thing either…. they’ve been down in the dumps for a while and a little bit of confidence goes a long way… that said, America can take the whole self confidence thing a bit far.
As mentioned, Obama’s victory is probably a good thing. That said, I really think that America needs to settle down on the whole “we’ve made history… PRAISE GOD” bizo. The reality is, that if Americans cared this much about politics all year round, every year, the planet wouldn’t be in the state it’s in.
Honestly, rigged electronic voting machines, supreme courts stacked with your best mates and massive corporate/military interests not withstanding, America voted in an illiterate warmongering daddies boy muppet, not once, BUT TWICE! So easy on the “we’ve made history” team. 2 Illegal wars, hundreds of thousands of dead innocent civilians, the almost complete obliteration of human and civil rights in nearly every developed country through manufactured paranoia and the collapse of the worlds economy later, you had already made BIG history with your votes. But hey, congrats on voting in someone literate.
So, is the new guy going to make a difference. The way I see it, sadly, probably not.
Both major party candidates (and it’s the same here in Australia, UK and just about everywhere else in the world), are pre-approved by the most evil, self interested and damaging corporate honchos on the planet. If they hadn’t been, they wouldn’t ever see the light of day. They are both funded by the same assholes, which means they’ve made a lot of promises we don’t know about, upon which their political survival depends. Ultimately, race has nothing to do with it. Nobody winds up in that chair unless they’re playing the game. Sure George W thought the game was pin the tail on the donkey, or space invaders, but he was a willing participant none the less. He sort of had to be, he can’t get real jobs anyways.
The way I see it, the only upside here is that African Americans have finally seen some justice. They’ve fought way too long and hard and suffered way too much to spend another 4 or worse, even 8 years getting fucked over by another rich white guy. It’s high time that they got the opportunity to be fucked over by a rich black guy.
I could be wrong, I really hope I am. After 8 years of baby George I’m just glad they chose someone who can read…. Praise God, High Five!
H M Bascom
I for one am glad that the long dark days of Dubya are behind us and we have a chance to clean up our act a bit. I don’t know if Obama is the answer, but I am confident that a McCain/Palin administration would have meant more of the same — and worse — for the whole world. I have my fingers crossed and I am hopeful that President Elect Obama can keep at least 1/2 of his campaign promises.
Enjoyable read and well written, even if it is a bit cynical. :-) High 5 right back at ya! Yes He Can (read, that is)
democracy:
True that… McCain was a meat head…. largely veiled by the fact that he’s a “hero”… and Palin was just hilarious, and promises to be back in 4 years… which is good, gives her time to brush up on her jeeograffi, you know, places and stuff. You’re right, it would have been the same shit, different corrupt puppets.
Yeah, cynical is what I do….like i said I hope I’m wrong. Thanks for reading it Helen