Right now, as I write this it is 12:28 AM on January 20, 2009...Finally. I'm not one of those people who considers midnight to be the next day, like my friend Jonh Schwartz aka Sgt. Semantics, aka Shakin' Not A Jew. Anyway, I'm kind of loosey goosey with the semantic thing--unless it serves myzelf to be otherwise. But I fucking digress...
All I wanna say is that Bush is done. It's been such a long, shitty eight years, politically speaking. I feel that I personally, as a citizen of the United States of America and above all the world, have aged dramatically and violently during George Bush's presidency. Sure, everyone feels like that during every presidential term--it's called time, duh! But this is different and I feel you might agree. It's been a hurtful time for a lot of us, beyond our family and friends, for the country at large--but we are all connected to each other in this country and world and we have been wounded. This is not news to anyone and I don't really have anything that profound to say, I'm just happy for all of us who have had some semblance of positive growth and joy over these last eight years. Hoorah for us.
I'm not a Barack Obama nut and I voted for him because he is black. Of course I did. What we don't need is another aging white man from Washington DC in the White House. I have always said that I would vote for a black president, on principle, long before I heard the name Barack Obama uttered. I want to vote the farthest thing away from old white men as possible. I want my president to be a member of as many minority groups as possible. Give me the blackest, womanest, cripplest, gayest candidate you've got. Does this make me a bigot? Possibly, but I do recognize the ridiculousness of what I've just said. It's about the right man for the job, right? Maybe I'm a hippy but I deal with people based on the vibes they're giving me, not what they'd like me to see. I like Obama's vibe, but I am cautiously optimistic in that I don't think that he has all the answers to our problems, and he certainly does not have them just because he's black. Barack Obama is a politician, and is putting his best face forward, sure, but somehow I feel like this guy has the potential to be different from some of the other presidents I've seen (I'm only 28).
That being said, trust no politician, regardless of their winning smile and what minority groups they belong to. We need to save ourselves and save each other. These politicians aren't going to do shit for us that won't somehow benefit themselves, keep that in mind. I understand and respect the fervor and excitement of a new year culminating with the last days of the worst presidency ever and the promise of a new African American president taking the reigns, the day after Martin Luther King to boot! I'm just as excited as anyone, but I still don't really give a fuck about what these crooked politicians are up to. Racism is a problem, but classism is a plague. Barack Obama's not here to save you. We as a country have achieved a social victory, not a political one.
Next post will be about me and my dumb friends getting drunk and making music, promise.
-YMJ
"FNA"
2 comments:
Thanks for the shout out. You really are a sensitive soul soldier... But I do agree with your sentiments.
Once more for good measure: Fuck Bush.
awesome man.
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