Spiritual Growth Through Politics
[ Comments Off ]Posted on May 20, 2010 by admin in Politics
Thursday, May 20th, 2010Maybe change DOES come from within. It certainly doesn’t seem to come from Washington. But I wouldn’t mind if Obama still ACTED like it does.
 Maybe Small Change Is Good Too |
As one of the early supporters of Mr Hope and Change, I have to confess that the last two years have been a real exercise in personal and spiritual growth for me, often inspired by politics. I’ve learned to accept that people can be even greedier and more irrational than I imagined, and that change doesn’t happen overnight. I’m usually cynical enough to read between the lines of the kind of talk the president served up on the campaign trail, but was still moved by his words and the upswell of hope that he inspired across America and around the world. Now, not so much. Mostly because he doesn’t come across as the same person I voted for in 2008. Strangely, all I really want from the president right now is for him to talk like he’s campaigning! I don’t expect that after the recently approved finance reform legislation takes the beating policy always takes moving through congress that it will fare any better than the health care bill did; Washington is just far too awash in the self-interest of the affluent elite that live and work there. So stop being so damned modulated and reasonable, will you Mr President? I don’t think we’re getting anywhere, and now Teabaggers are co-opting your brand. I have a friend who – when a street person asks him for change – actually uses the old line “change comes from within, brother“. I’m now learning a new truth in that. It’s certainly not likely to come out of Washington in a hurry. Maybe I need to learn that small change is a good thing too.
Things I Wish Obama Would Say In A State Of The Union Address
[ Comments Off ]Posted on January 27, 2010 by admin in Politics
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010It really boils down to simple things, like HEY AMERICA! You’re fat, rude, and greedy! Chill out!
For quite some time, I’ve wished that when a president says utterly irrational things in a State of the Union address, he would say positive things instead of things like “everyone wants to kill us because we’re so great and they’re jealous so we’ll just have to bomb someone”. So when I voted for Mr. Hopey Changey, I think I was fantasizing that in one of his speeches he would say something like “Our team of political and social analysts has spent the last year reviewing the key problems in America, and have reached some simple conclusions and developed some simple solutions. First of all, you’re all too fat, lazy, greedy, rude, and watch WAY too much TV. Y’all need to stop eatin’ those sticks of butter and supersizin’ all six meals each day. Get off your butt and at least GO FOR A WALK if that’s all you can manage. Once you’re off your butt, when you run into people, make eye contact and say things like ‘HI! HOW ARE YA?’ and hold doors for them and let them go first in line, and say ‘EXCUSE ME’ if they’re in your way instead of snorting and having a hernia. If you’re one of those fortunate enough to own six cars, two houses, and have more than a million in cash at your disposal, THINK ABOUT SHARING some of that. How many houses can you live in at the same time? We’ve also decided that corporations and government should BENEFIT PEOPLE OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT RUN THEM. Therefore, we’re stripping corporations of their human rights (um, they’re not human, right?) and stripping legislative, executive and judicial pay back to nearly nothing, so that whole “public servant” thing makes sense again. You’re also no longer allowed to sue people every time you stub your toe on their sidewalk, but all medical malpractice suits are hereby judged in favor of the patient. We all know that even the flippant ones were the result of the greed and mismanagement of the health care industry, right? And this whole lawsuit thing extends ESPECIALLY to kids. Children can no longer sue their parents, and parents can no longer sue the kids’ teachers. If the neighbor’s kids are acting up, BUST ‘EM. And you and the teacher are the grown ups, remember? TALK IT OUT. Oh. And no more padded playgrounds and helmets. All the dumbest and clumsiest kids are surviving grade school and creating a really feeble gene-pool for the next generation. I think that should cover it for this year. We’ll be back next year to see how things turned out. There may be a pop quiz in June though.
Welcome To Obamastan
[ 1 Comment ]Posted on December 3, 2009 by admin in Politics
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009It’s a shame, but whatever mess continues to evolve in Afghanistan will probably be remembered as Obama’s.
I have to admit that I’m a little peeved with the president right now. For the record, I voted for the guy, but now he’s gone and put me in the uncomfortable position of having to watch him actually follow through on a campaign promise. As rare as it is, a politician keeping a campaign promise should be cause for a celebration of some kind. But no. Of all the hundreds of promises Barack Obama made on the campaign trail, he had to follow through on this Afghanistan thing. I don’t think I’m alone when I say that what I was hoping for when I voted for the guy was that he meant it when he implied that he’d get the US out of Iraq, and that he was kind of fudging a little when he said he’d be a man of action in Afghanistan. In fact, I know I’m not alone. Even the usually liberal-friendly Der Spiegel suggested that Obama’s Afghanistan speech sounded like “a campaign speech combined with Bush rhetoric“. A stance I can’t argue with personally; Obama’s feeble justification that we’re still going after that rascally al Quaeda is patently absurd. Current intelligence suggests there are only around 100 of them in the entire country. That means we’re spending $300 Million per terrorist to deal with each of them. Which sounds a bit pricey to me. And frankly, sounds like bullshit. The president only used the phrase “status quo” twice in his speech, but he could’ve left it out altogether. In my opinion, his speech clarified that he has in many ways completely adopted the Bush era status quo, and is continuing the “War On Terror”. Very convenient for any world leader, because as Monty Python member Terry Jones pointed out back in 2002, It’s hard for abstract nouns to surrender. Aside from the current domestic economic situation, there are many reasons I vehemently oppose the direction Obama is taking regarding US military presence around the world. Amongst them is the fact that I have a nephew that like thousands of other soldiers is being pulled away from his family here at home after two voluntary tours because of the US military’s continued stop loss policies. An atrocious way to treat a young person that has already risked their lives for our country. It’s a shame that this will probably be remembered as Obama’s mess, but he has choices. I personally think he’s making bad ones, but what do you think?
President Robama – Our New Robot Overlord
[ Comments Off ]Posted on July 4, 2009 by admin in Politics
Saturday, July 4th, 2009Some reports are claiming that Barack Obama is a negro robot from the future.
See Robama at approximately 1:05 |
I’ve suspected for some time that all the world’s elected leaders are immediately replaced with robots upon taking office as part of a vast alien overlord conspiracy. Well, now I have evidence. If Disney’s Magic Kingdom can create creepy robot presidents from the Uncanny Valley like this (see Robama at 1:05) and this (see Robama at 1:20) for entertainment purposes, imagine what the dark ops people that created stealth bombers have up their sleeves. You’ll find this absurd (because that’s how an effective conspiracy works) but there is a war raging around the world, and the media is so tightly controlled that you won’t find out until it’s too late. That new Terminator movie? It’s just part of a massive PSYOP to prepare your mind for the inescapable fact that we will soon serve our robot masters. This report from a soldier in the field explains how Barack Obama’s robot army has taken over the world with their “million megawatt smiles and crushing fistbumps“. C’mon. A charming, impeccably articulate and intelligent president who exhibits almost zen-like serenity under pressure, is ridiculously handsome and is black? This had to be a dream come true. Or a robot invasion nightmare. You decide.
Obama’s First One Hundred Daze
[ Comments Off ]Posted on April 11, 2009 by admin in Politics
Saturday, April 11th, 2009Is Obama our hope for the future, or has he pledged himself to Satan?
Clearly, we haven’t even reached the traditional 100 day marker of a new administration, but personally, I border on feeling like I was chumped again. Don’t get me wrong, I in fact voted for the man. And I believe in my gut that he’s a good person, with good values. Which is why I’m concerned. He’s only 47 years old, and swimming in a shark tank of Washington insiders. Talking to a friend the other day, we agreed that maybe Obama needs to get all FDR on their ass, so to speak. Jon Stewart recently made light of the conservative media’s desperate assertion that Obama’s a tyrant. But in a way, I think we need a tyrant. Not a demented, imperialistic fiend like Dick Cheney, but a single, solid voice that will speak about what we all know is the right thing, and galvanize the heart of our country. In the meantime, if the Obama administration doesn’t stop being more like the Bush administration than the Bush administration was – by doing things like expanding the Bush era State Secrets doctrines (it started in January, and is only getting worse) – I’m gonna have to start believing the hype about Obama’s pledges to Satan. Never mind his bowing to Saudi King Abdullah, I’ll accept that as a simple protocol gaffe, one that hardly compares with the kind of crap Prince Philip pulls on a regular basis. But seriously, what do you think? Can Obama handle the current state of affairs?