Problems with Politics

Hiya there, fellow peeps. Haven't been up to much lately. I finally came up with a new idea to post up on YouTube. I call it "What Most See". Hopefully it lives up to the concept. If not, well, a glorious failure is still glorious, yes?

I've been thumbing through the media lately. Seen the big uproar surrounding Nancy Pelosi's visit to Syria, which I believe she has every right to do. The far right can piss and moan about the infringement on the sovereignty of the Executive Branch by this "traitorous act" which is undermining American influence abroad. Let's not face the hypocritical truth that Bush has been infringing on both the Judicial and Legislative Branches of government since assuming office: Appointments without Congressional approval, searches without warrants, politicizing of various posts, etc. Last I saw, the American people voted for a change in government policy and at least the Democrats are willing to try anything to not only salvage a badly battered American image but also seek out a new path after the repeated headbutting this administration has done against the wall in Iraq which is not working. By the by, Bush can piss and moan about how Congress is undermining him when A) He doesn't seem to eevn understand the machinations of government. The President isn't blessed with all mighty power despite what his entire life has led him to believe (the glory of the aristocracy in politics) and B) The last official I saw who attempted to centralize authority in his own office, created prison camps outside judicial control, stripped citizens of various civil liberties, created a system of corruption led by dubious figures, and started wars in order to cover up a failing domestic policy was Hitler. Yes, people, we have ourselves a Hitler here despite what so many conservatives wish to say. The honest truth is that many people are using the same exact excuses to defend Bush that they used for Hitler. He doesn't know what is going on in his administration. It's all the officials serving under him doing these unlawful acts. Bush wants what is best for us. I don't know where any American learned their policy on leadership, but I was taught that if something went wrong during your tenure whether it was the highest of subordinates or someone at the bottom of the foodchain, you were responsible. What we get with Bush is denial, denial, denial. He sacrifices everyone beneath him in order to stay atop the power structure.

Bush himself is the greatest illusion. It is now coming out that he is not the incredibly devout Christian he made himself out to be. He made the greatest of proclamations that he was going to work with the new congressional majority only to continue on stubbornly and then point the finger at Democrats when things aren't working when what he is doing has been what hasn't worked in the past sex years!

I remember when Bush was running for office way back in 2000 when he was being presented as the "moral" candidate after the debauchery of Clinton. Let's face facts. Bush has proven himself far more immoral than Clinton ever was. His daughters are complete whores and you can flame me for that one if you want. I don't remember any stories of Chelsea using a fake ID to buy alcohol. Bush has given kickbacks to corporations and the rich, stripping the middle class of their monetary standing. People can say all they want about "trickle down" economics but if it didn't work in the 80s then why would it work now? The proper way to describe trickle down economics isn't to say that when the wealthy become wealthier they invest into the economy and bring us all up with them. Trickle Down Economics is really nothing more than the rich being a sponge and water being currency. Only when the rich are saturated to bursting does anything seep down to us below. The only way to get that money to us, the lower classes, is to squeeze it out of them. Otherwise, that currency will forever remain in their bloated form.

And though this rant is beginning to stretch, I want to point out that final problem with this nation: the growth of religious fervor in government. Now I have nothing against the faithful as long as they realize that their faith has a place and that is in their homes and not in mine. I am tired of the fundamentalists trying to "save my soul" and defend their actions in the vaguest and most subtle of terms. First, most say that America is a Christian nation and was founded on Christian principles. That is of itself a lie. America is based on the importance of the individual, freedom, and liberty; all founded on the philosophies of Greek democracy (who were not Christian at the time) and to a smaller extent Roman law and English common law which evolved from the majority forcing a weakening of the minority. The founders of this country were largely Deists. That is a brand of Christianity which believes God created the Universe and then stepped back to allow it to run on it's own: the best example would be that of a watchmaker creating an elaborate design and then letting it run unhindered. These men believed in the glory of God, but they also believed that God was not a part of the real world anymore. It was up to man, with the tools God gave him, to create something safe, secure, and just. The problem is most fundamentalists believe God is still walking around down here telling us what to do, telling us to bury our heads in the sand rather than to question. There is only one type of figure who never allows you to ask why and that is a tyrant for if they don't have an answer then there isn't one. Second, Christians of this extremely conservative streak bely the collapse of morality in this nation and the need to reinforce our schools and culture with Christian upbringing. Amazing that they label themselves purer than the secular variety of citizen when the Catholic Church and even numerous Protestant sects have had harsh revelations come to light even worse than that of the secular variety of priests knowingly being allowed to molest children, preachers taking donated money to indulge in drugs and homosexual affairs (God would be so proud), and the only type of education most fundamentalists believe in is the reading of the bible. Fundamentalists in this country are taking on the form of the Islamic extremists we are currently dealing with in our war on terror. We thought the enemy was outside our borders. The truth is they have been within ours for years. Bomb an abortion clinic. Afterall, they are "murdering" children. Keep vegetables on life support. God would want that. Don't believe in evolution. It is against God. But didn't the bible explain evolution in Genesis? Last I read, Genesis explained existence along the lines of the Big Bang (Darkness and Light separating), the creation of planets, the emergence of water, life appearing from that water, and then man emerging from the animals. That is evolution though written in very poetic form. But hey, I'm openminded. Guess I can see over the fence built by my less illuminated forebears.

This rant has surely gone on too long and I know I have created enough agitation for today. So I leave you with the thoughts above to digest as you will. Hopefully it doesn't prove too unsettling to your gut instincts.