Politics of a Great Nation
Maybe Micheal Moore is on base. Maybe he isn’t. All that matters is that we are all definately thinking about our country right now. The youth in this country are thinking about some very interesting questions. Who is the right choice? Am I a Democrat? Republican? What the hell do either of these parties even stand for. I can sure tell you which person will suck most at the job. But who will do the best?
A lot of people you talk to right now will argue that we are at a fundamental turning point in our nations history. I for one am pretty leary of everything going on in the White House right now. But honestly. How do we really have any idea what information is correct. Pete, made an exceptionally good point today that a nation’s prosperity is defined by the amount of information it’s citizens have. It’s amazing the amount of information we think we have. But do we really?
Worldwide globalization. Saudi Arabian Oil. Indian technology economic explosion. Chinese manufacturing domination. Energy dependence. Gay marriage. Abortion. US tax policy. Terrorist extremism. So many issues, so little time. Our lives are clouded with information that moves so quickly, half of us don’t truely have time to really explore every issue we want to. We hope that we can trust our leaders and the information we receive. But can we?
Kelly and I debated for 2 hours over dinner at Cheesecake. As we went round and round battling each others points from both sides of the proverbial fence, one interesting point was agreed upon. Leadership is almost always defined by what the previous leader let go. There comes a time when the nation is so neglected internally that we need to shift to a president on the other side. Inversely, after a stint of external ass-kicking, war, and defense spending, we seem to see the cycle move the other way. This makes absolute sense.
Now, I’m just as pissed off as the next guy about Iraq and the loss of life going on both in the US military and Iraqi civilians. But can any of us say we really know what is going on over there? Why 9/11 happened? What this all about? Or why we are really there? Not one of us can define this answer to this question with absolute certainty. Who are you going to vote for? Why? How do you know what side of the fence you are on?
One thing is for certain. It involves money. A lot of it. It involves the very fabric of a very wealthy and powerful nation. A ruling country that is determined to stay in power. This is so complicated it’s hard to put one’s head around. How do our leaders grasp it? It’s just another bunch of fraternity guys trying to make sure the house doesn’t get kicked off campus. How long will we stay on campus?
Now, if we could only figure out how to make voting accurate and easily accessible…
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