political rant
So tonight was interesting. I was wathcing Farenheit 9/11 with my family. I'd already seen it, so it wasn't quite as gripping as I remembered (2 hour documentaries tend to be like that the 2nd or 3rd time you see them), but it was still very good. I ended up leaving halfway through to go do something else (I left in the middle of the Iraq War footage of children with missing body parts because of America's innacurate bombing), but the movie still got me thinking. I had forgotten some of the things Moore said in this film. I remembered the big things, but I had forgotten many of the details. It was really quite amazing to watch parts of it again and remember, with renewed hatred, what Bush has done to this country. It makes me so mad. There are just so many secrets, lies, frauds, coinicidences, economic ties between the Bush and Bin Laden families, profits made by the Bin Ladens, Saudi royal family, and the Bush family because of September 11. There's just so much crap; the administration claims to care about the people (of America), but they're really just screwing us over in order to please foreign investors. These businessmen turned politicians are still focused on making money. That's their only realy purpose. Ugh. I am just so mad. I could...spit. For those of you who haven't seen Farenheit 9/11, you really should. I'm not saying that everything Michael Moore says is true, but I think all of his facts are correct. His theories and opinions...well, I wouldn't put it past the administration, but you can all decide that for yourselves. The point is, if you haven't seen it, you should. Even if you currently think its lies. Especially if you think this.Now I've been primarily talking about the Bush administration, Sept. 11, and the Saudi oil conglomorates. They make me mad, its true. But what makes me even madder is this damn war we're fighting- if you can even call invading another country and forcing our will upon them fighting a war. Firstly let me say that I did/do not support the regime Saddaam Hussein had in place. And I think something needed to be done to address that. By the UN. Not us. Same with Afghanistan. I don't agree with us going in there either; why not Saudi Arabia? More than half of the Sept 11 bombers were Saudis, not Afghanis. Saudi Arabia's govt. also has ties to terrorism. And they have oil (like Iraq). Unfortunately, the Saudi royal family has secured their country for quite some time due the billions of dollars they have invested in our country's economy. we go in there, our economy will go into cardiac arrest. which is why we chose Iraq and Afghanistan. Easier targets. Good for oil (Iraq), good for our (Bush's) image (afghanistan), good for economy (lie, but people believed it). It's ridiculous. Ugh. I'm just so incredibly frustrated and disillusioned right now. I want to make changes, but I think America is past help. I think the time of our empire is waning; our government is becoming corrupt (much like Rome's), we're losing worldwide support and respect, and we're starting fights we can't finish. My theory is that by the end of our lives, this country will be close to crumbling. it won't be the self claimed most successful form of government in the world, which is unfortunate, because people who believe we are a democracy will become disillusioned with this type of rule. What most people don't realize is that we're a republic. If American democracy fails, it will have the same effect as the failure of communism in the Soviet Union. people now believe communism doesn't work; in reality, no one knows if it works or not because no country has avery truly had communism. What russia/USSR practiced was NOT communism. It was a brutal dictatorship that spiraled out of control when it did not follow it's communist creed. Likewise, if the US dies, democracy may die with it. This is very upsetting for me because i truly believe that some form of democracy is best. which is why I am disillusioned with this country right now. because we aren't a democracy. We are destroying ourselves by electing people like Bush who hurt our country, people, world, and environment like this. These people aren't friends of freedom, democracy, and humanity, but rather of money. that's all they know and carfe about. If our time continues to wane, it is our own fault. Lack of eduication. Dishonest politicians. Group think. Religion. Yes, whether you believe me or not, reliegion is causing serious problems in our govt. It dictates the way people vote. The religious right elected Bush; proof (in my opinion) that people should vote with their heads and not their religion (if that's possible; for some it is not). That's why Jefferson wanted "a wall of separation" between the church and state. But we don't have a wall. we don't really have anything. Just an inconsistant amendment.
The other day, my dad was talking to me and telling me how he had been asked the question "If our Founding Fathers were alive today (or whatever) and they saw our country, what would they think/do/say?". I said I thought they'd start another revolution. I really think they would. We've strayed so far from our ideals...i don't even know what to call our type of government anymore. I'm just so mad. I really, truly, honestly hope I get into McGill. I can't take this much longer. Not only am I stuck in this country with a government I don't really trust or agree with sometimes, I'm stuck in one of the reddest states around. Texas. Ugh. enough said. I hope whereever I end up going, its not here. I hope I have that choice. i don't know how I'll survive another 4 years of this. You might daying I'm being overdramatic, but only another true liberal would know what I'm feeling right now. The isolation. Loneliness. Aliennation. Take Government for example. Half of the stuff Mrs. Eyer says I don't agree with or want to comment on, but I have to hold back, because I know that would only spark a fight in the class. It would be everyone versus me. Because no one has anywhere near the same political ideologies as I do. I mean, just between me, Pam, and Aaron Kane there would be a huge debate. A Liberal (me), a Libertarian (Aaron), and a Populist (Pam according to the ideology test we took) would be so incredibly opposite it wouldn't even matter what the rest of the class thought. Honestly we could argue starting tomorrow and go until the day we died from old age and our views our still so different that we wouldn't even come close to agreeing on anything. I know during 1st block Mark Knowles (who is about the same as me) speaks up, but he has Brian Comartin there to back hiom up. I have nothing. And I'm so sick of fighting everyone on these issues. I'm so sick of suddenly being forced to stand up for my beliefs and jsutify them. I don't want this fight right now, especially not during Government. I wish I had Mark or Brian (or whoever else is that liberal) there to back me up so I could speak my mind. Because I know I often don't agree with this stuff. But Mrs. Eyer, like, forgets, or just ignores it. During her discussions she'll talk about the middle opinion, the conservative opinion, and then touch on the libertarian and populist opinions. THen she'll be like," oh yeah the liberals...but we don't have any in here do we?"
me: " well I am"
erik (at the same time): "yeah, wasn't that kelly?"
other people (same as me and erik): i thjought we had some liberals in here"
mrs eyer (speaking over us): "no? ok, moving on."
don't get me wrong. I like mrs eyer. her class is usually fun. but when it comes to talking about parties and ideologies, i just always feel completely aliennated. wow. this blog got kind of off topic. oh well. its all related. im tired of this. of all of it. i quit. i'm going to bed.
posted by kellyisdelightful @ 1:34 AM
2 Comments:
heath, your comments are boring! encouraging, but boring. :)
While I know i'm not as liberal as you and my dear cubby (mark) I am always willing to listen to you're political rants! Remember we call them French class lol!
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