Politics spelled O-O-P-S

I hope everyones happy now. I hope he gets it together. I hope it all works out. Overall, I just hope he is good on his word.

I did not vote for Barack Obama. A lot of people did, but the did not see what I saw, still, they are now understanding. There is a lot of things said about our President but many of them are slanderous lies created from ignorance and racism. Those were expected. I am not speaking against anyone. I am simply observing and weighing possibilities for myself.

Photo courtesy of U.I.U.C. College Democrats.

I did not vote for Obama because he was too good a politician. Yes his values are admirable and his story inspiring. But that is not what I want in a President. I want someone with a backbone and fighting spirit. Not fighting in a war like sense. A spirit endowed with courage and conviction with a will to do what needs to be done. Someone who will be steadfast and forthright in his decisions. A doer.

President Obama is a great man and has done wonders for equality in this country. Though many don'y agree and will do their best to bring him down, I think he is doing the best he can. I still do not think this is enough though.

We need a President not a Politician. Someone who will lead with the conviction Bush had, just a bigger brain and a better goal. Someone who will stand by his morals, but for the right reasons this time. If Barack wants to do good for this country, he must do it. Cut the shit and do it. You can not please everyone, even everyone in one party. Diplomacy has its uses, but action is needed in emergencies. We are in an emergency. I just hope he realizes it in time to make the most of his presidency. That his potential for good is not overshadowed by bickering and partisan politics. That real improvement will come. I hope it will.

That Rockstar Swagger

This has gotten ridiculous. In an age ripe with infuriating political occurrences, egregious assaults on civil liberties, obviously unjust corporate practices, accelerating environmental degradation and regrettable wars for profit it really irritates me that the biggest outcries come from people concerned with pop stars being embarrassed. RIDICULOUS!

A outwardly racist representative shouts during a presidential address, I get it, it's a big middle finger to the country, but at least that assholes got the right idea! Some squeaky clean teeny bopper gets an award for a cookie cutter video for a typical bubble gum song and a revolutionary rap star steals her spotlight and says what's on his mind. By all means a dick move, but once again, THE RIGHT IDEA! Now if we could only get someone to do this about what actually MATTERS we'd be set.

There's an area of plastic trash twice the size of Texas floating around in the North Pacific, killing the marine life we depend on to sustain ourselves, yet no one seems to care. Our president continues an ideological war we had no business getting involved in in the first place, and only a few people care enough to actually protest. (And are labeled traitors and unpatriotic for trying to SAVE SOLDIERS LIVES by bringing them home. Really?) Our school systems are getting stripped down and sold to the highest bidder while politicians preach knowledge is power. (Anyone got a couple mill for one of the biggest school districts in the nation? Anyone? Oh thats right, all the financiers were too busy counting their billions to realized they've fucked themselves and the rest of the country. No worries, they get to keep their bonuses and We as taxpayers bailed them out. Perfect.) Do you see where I'm going with all this?

WAKE THE FUCK UP!

I normally try to avoid using offensive language in my postings, as an ethical choice, not because I have to, this is the internet and I can do as I damn well please, at least for now, but for the moment I just cannot figure out another way to phrase it.

Our country was built on the backs of revolutionaries. Intelligent people who challenged the status quo and believed in fighting for their ideals. (Granted they committed mass genocide and nearly wiped out a whole continents worth of indigenous people, but what country hasn't? Sadly spoken but true none the less.)

America has lost that revolutionary spirit. The idea of a government by the people for the people. It has given way to a government of the few for the privileged and it's not right. It is written into our constitution, that the people have a duty to maintain a just and beneficial government and it is their duty to replace it if necessary. I do not believe it necessary to storm Washington and toss the Senate to the wolves, but there definitely needs to be more political pressure exerted on the powers that be so we can regain control of our country.

We can wrest control of our lives back from the corporations. We can demand healthy food and good education. Clean water and a sustainable society. Fresh air and green buildings. We can do this! But only together! We must recapture the revolutionary spirit, that rockstar swagger. That "I'll do what I want when I want and you can't say shit about it," attitude. Once upon a time that was called Freedom. Once upon a time, our countries founders took that to heart, and built a society. Now it seems that confidence in righteousness is spared only on assholes and zealots, those who refuse to give it up. I think we need to take that back. The COMMON MAN needs that swag, that confidence, that belief that in this country, one can do what he chooses with his life, within reason, and make a life out of it. Not be subject to unreasonable laws and constant invasion of privacy. I believe that we can return once again to what was a FREE COUNTRY. But we need to do it together. United. As a country of everyday people, not as a government of elitists claiming to be the people.

WE ARE OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE THE PEOPLE. WE WILL BE HEARD.


FREEDOM

Oh Baby

This just illustrates the rediculous ends now available for crime. A lovely piece to come out amidst the storm healthcare reform. Coincidence?

It is a serious problem though. The potential for experimentation and exploration of the human condition is really terrifying. Depending who get a hold of implantable embryos holds the blank page in the human notebook.

UCI Pays Out for Stolen Eggs, Embryos

Irony in Education

There is an irony in American education.

We call ourselves the most advanced, the smartest, the most evolved. Yet we fail in simply subjects like geography. Our literacy levels are abysmal. Many people in our society could not even spell abysmal, much less know it's definition. It is sad that such an influential country sets such a terrible example.

Obama recently addressed children in classrooms across the country. His message was clear, stay in school, go to college, get an education. I wish he could hold good on his promise.

The first things cut in the budget are always Healthcare and Education. That is ludicrous. The two things a country needs most for a prosperous and intelligent society are the first things to go. That line of thinking makes absolutely no sense. Why would the first cuts go to the most vital programs? School has never been more expensive and our country pays the most of any for health care. Shouldn't those be the last things cut?

It is not lucrative to educate a society. They consume less and question more. That is why the government fails so miserably at reforming our society. Big money is made off snack food sold in schools, unnecessary consumer goods imported from cheap labor countries and trends put forth by advertising agencies. Corporations control government with lobbyists and campaign contributions. Business reforms and government contracts. Those are the priorities. Not healthy educated people.

People who know about economics don't get sucked in by stupid sales gimmicks. They don't spend beyond their means. They questions authorities decisions and hold them accountable for their actions. They observe and analyze society. They do not go down like sheep. They do not accept this ridiculous cycle of governmental corruption at the hands of big corporations who have no regard for public welfare. They grow up to be lawyers, economists, green business owners, entrepreneurs, politicians and activists. People who want real changes.

It seems ironic then that people are not educated in this country. That a country built on the foundations of progress and equality is one of the most unequal countries in the world. We say all these things about education and children, but we do nothing about them. Students are left without books or directions, buried under conspiratorial bank loans just to try to better themselves with college. It seems as though the country is set up so that all that is preached is made unattainable. Like we are meant to struggle.

The struggle is what makes money. The struggle is what the corporations want. It is what keeps the status quo. If we are made to desire all these things, then we will do whatever we are told to try and get them. IF making more money will buy me more things, then I need to make more money. Students are drawn into college and then away again for the same reason. Money. It is so ironic to me that it is the same reason for both decisions.

Kids are conditioned by media to want certain things. Nice clothes, big houses, fancy cars. Yet when it comes to education, the key to getting all that, the banks work to make it hard. The system works against you. Colleges are set up with standards and restrictions that only some are allowed in. Not the most intelligent, but the most connected. Those who will bring the school prestige and awards. Championships and notoriety. Even our education system has become corrupt.

Obama preached about education, but I think only as a last resort. There are no jobs for these kids. No factories for the average person. No good wage for an honest days work. No where else for kids to go, other than a school that will not teach them how to do a job, because there are no jobs to do. There is no education not sanctioned by the government. No classes on how the world really works, or how the government screws every day people. How billions are wasted in wars for profit while the poor die on the front lines for a few measly dollars in a corporate profit margin. We speak of education, but hold it for the few, the proud, the rich. It is not for the innovative young mind, or the politically aware youth. It is for the cookie cutter with the white collar. He who will uphold the status quo. Those that wish to make a difference are left a outcasts. People with crazy idealistic visions. Wild dreams of a world at peace with earth and each other. Those people are crazy, not students, sociopaths. Right? Right?