Looking at the political situation south of the border has become an exercise in willful masochism lately. The United States have had their first African American President for just over 6 months, providing a symbol of change and tolerance to the rest of the world. Barack Obama is an eloquent speaker; an intelligent politician who represents an entirely different perspective of governance. Ironically, that perspective is calibrated within the precise ideology of every past administration, making Obama's promise of change merely a slogan for the masses. He is not, and never was, an agent of change.
One does not need a manifesto, a strict ideology or a firmly held belief within one wing or the other to identify the distractions born out of Washington politics. Conservatives cling to their base - a flock of bible thumping rednecks who lack the education and the desire to become more informed about issues and cultural progression. Liberals cling to their own pillars, such as government funded programs, incessant finger pointing and a reluctance to examine long term policy ramifications. They do have one thing in common, however - a blind procedure of bickering, distracting the public and forcing each side to set up camp in the already populated communities in which they reside. Simply put, they argue for the sake of arguing, and at the detriment of the entire nation.
Obama has been able to live inside a bubble of media adoration, punctuated by journalism's inability to call truth to power in accordance with their occupational mandate. Despite FOX News' assertion that he is being given a free ride by the "liberal media", this inaction is reminiscent of the run up to the Iraq war, when the media gave George W. Bush a free pass and assisted his quest for a military solution to a problem that did not exist. One can be reminded of legit reasons for Saddam Hussein's removal, but the explanation given to the world was debunked and uncovered as a fraud far too late. Today, Obama's apparent liberal views are accented by ultra-conservative policies, including the continuation of domestic wire taps, rendition policies, an increase in military spending and a prolonged detention policy that trumps any detainment ideas put forth by the Bush administration. Obama is shielded by the now irrelevant media, and the right wing pseudo-controversy machine that takes the focus off his legislation and places it on erroneous topics like birth certificates, Harvard professors and labels of socialism. Meanwhile, the American treasure is being depleted through war spending and stimulus packages, a disastrous economic reality abetted by a system which embraces a private currency mafia known as The Federal Reserve.
Cue the 'conspiracy theorist' label. There's a long standing tradition of dismissing alternative political assertions with the idea that those ideas are absurd, unsubstantiated and nutty. The 'left' are infamous for their government-related conspiracies - everything from the JFK assassination to the 9/11 truth movement. The right, precariously, seem to gravitate towards a self feeding conspiratorial element that nurtures fiction and paranoia. In 2009, we have seen the right wing of America exercise their most bigoted emotions towards Obama, referencing reverse racism whenever they can and questioning the President's citizenship. Meanwhile, the left have been entertaining these artificially made notions through cable news coverage and public reaction, taking the lens off the real issues and onto a bickering gauntlet of narrowly conceived arguments that need not be debated in a public forum. In short, the right and the left are assisting the ongoing policy of economic consolidation represented through the office of the President of the United States. The skin tone may change inside the White House, but the office still holds the exact mandate it always had - the advancement of economic and political interest of the global elite.
There is no tangible End Game to this conundrum of how to balance domestic policy with international ambitions. The office itself is a watershed establishment meant for the continuation of private commerce, all the while disguised as an entity of justice and fairness for the people to which the office owes gratitude. The Democrats and Republicans essentially are playing for the same team - corporate interests, international banking and a consolidation of resources, both natural and economic - and will continue to dominate policy and legislation, much to the chagrin of the American people, if they actually bothered to take a look at the fine print. Currently, these advancements march forward, while a great public speaker, inspiring billions of people, shadows the real initiative from plain sight. The promised aspect of change is actually a betrayal of confidence, but it will take both wings of the electorate to finally learn how to fly once again.
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