| My God...the man has only won the election less than a week ago...and already, there have been plots to assassinate him. Two youths (ages 20 and 18) have been arrested for plotting an assassination hit on Obama, as well as a few other local people within their neighborhood or some shit. I haven't seen/heard all the details...but there it is...quick as history (of sorts) has been made, is as quick as someone or another is hot to try and end it before it's begun.
I'd like to say I did my part and voted...but I gotta tell you...I haven't voted since I was legally old enough to take part in the privilege. All told, I'm about as political as a cardboard box, and I can't say I'm hip to every issue that there is...I have enough to do and more than enough to worry about, and most--if not all of that--is under the very roof I live in. From where I sit, it's pretty difficult to be civic when I've become such a cynic to what goes on within the political system. So many people are quick to blame the presidents we elect when shit goes wrong...and while I'm sure there have been presidents who've used their position for their own gains (as well as the gains of those with their fingers in the proverbial till), what a lot of people seem to forget is that the president is nothing more than a figurehead. I mean...presidents have all these advisors...their Cabinet, speech-writers, et, al...who basically spell it all out for him before he makes a speech, arrives at a foreign country, addresses the nation, appears before the media...what have you. When you also consider the checks and balances system between the two major parties (Democrats and Republicans, natch), and the wealth of power as distributed between the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and Congress...is it any wonder so many once good ideas suddenly seem to get all but forgotten about??
Every new candidate that comes along seems to offer the same speech...the same promises...the same glib layouts and plans. What they too forget is everything I spelled out already. Seems once they're in office, they quickly realize that there's many more chefs stirring the pot already, and have that much more work to do to try and change the way the pot gets 'stirred.'
I'll admit...it's been a while since I've actually read any books that divulge an honest sense of how things are done in D.C., and because of that, I do have a certain naivete when it comes to all things politics...but, if there's something I'm missing here or there's something vast I've left out in this equation...by all means...educate me...inform me of something I've not given any thought or credence yet. I'll impart an honest set of eyes, at least...lol. |
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