“One of them”

This is an old opinion piece that I had written back during the 2008 election. It doesn’ hold a tremendous amount of weight, in terms of current events, but it offers an interesting glimpse into my opinions of Obama then, compared to them now. Little has changed, other than my hope in him is slightly less now, than it was then. Never the less, there is frustration in this tongue that often finds few ears who care enough to listen.

Everyone needs to vent.

God doesn’t seem to have time for much of anything anymore, except for random appearances in a food item or stain. Most of the day he is out blessing America, as quickly as our politicians can demand it.

In a world where religion has become a Prada bag and Jesus is the new carry-all, I think we can safely say God is meaningless as a statement of faith. The majority of politicians in office are neither religious, nor concerned with your well being. The con of man in the last 60 years of American politics is the unspoken truth that most Americans are far too lazy and uneducated to be troubled with the truth or even bothered to admit their politicians neither share their values or their concerns. A quick trip to Wal-Mart can net you all of the materials you need to run for office, more so if you plan sliding by on the Republican ticket.

A crucifix to attract the faithful, a pocket Bible to allow quick access to “honest truth” and a few baseball hats to be seen wearing in public. How else are we ever going to know that you are an average Joe,  “Just like us”? Make sure to keep the receipt, as it shows that you shop only American stores, stocked with the best goods China can make!

In an age where religion is trying it’s best to kill its other bastardized cousins, we are lambasted daily by their messages of peace and unconditional love. Barring of course, it’s discovered, you are not one of them.

We all listened to John McCain talk endlessly of the horrors he endured as a P.O.W, so much to the point that some of us wish he had gone mute from the trauma. We get it John, torture is a horrible thing that no one should ever endure, unless of course its “one of them”. McCain is so against torture in fact that he has said many times how wrong and inhumane it is, that no one using such devises should be allowed sanctuary. That hasn’t stopped him from being close friends of Senor Bush, who thinks simulated drowning is a kin to a ride in Hurricane Harbors “Lazy River”. Will McCain head any counsels demanding that Bush and his officials be held accountable for their actions? Of course not. No one wants to ridicule the retarded cousin, that’s just cruel. If only Obama had Karl Rove on his side, maybe then we would see ads in which a deep and troubling voice would say, ‘John McCain doesn’t even have the common sense not to get tortured. Is this the man you want running your country?”

If the tables were turned, you can be damn sure that would be the case.

It’s also ironic that the “party of God” holds so dearly to their crosses and religious iconography. Most of them completely unaware that the word crucifix is derived from the Latin word cruciare, meaning to torture. Named after the crosses the Romans used to torture their victims upon, leaving them to die. The same crosses Jesus had supposedly been killed upon himself. Now the party tries desperately to distance itself from those pathetic acts of torture perpetuated by the president (a member of their party), while their candidate speaks as a victim of torture himself. All this, while speaking of their great faith of the man who was tortured on the cross. McCain wouldn’t dare hold Bush accountable for this breach of the Geneva Convention because red necks across the country applaud him for “doing what had to be done.” Never mind the fact that a heinous act anywhere is an affront to god and their “faith” or the fact that those who tortured John McCain felt they had just as much right to do so as the Romans who killed Jesus. Something tells me all sides are covered in ideological shit.

In two hundred years, people will look back on this and judge us with a heightened sense of awareness and compassion towards our fellow man. They will see the short sided and selfish acts of half a nation desperately trying to secure its own safety at the cost of the rest of the world, the environment and human rights. The party of immediate results at the cost of the future.

Any woman who is voting for McCain primarily because he chose a woman as his VP, should never be allowed to vote again, just as any minority doing the same because Obama is black. People in this country tend to forget what an awesome right voting is and they throw it away. We vote on who has the best hair, the prettiest wife and who looks the most faithful. People talk about Obama and say he is elitist and too educated. I am not sure what strain of Stupidia they contracted, but the president of the United States should be well educated and if he comes off as elitist to you, it’s only because you are poorly uneducated, intellectually lazy and hold no command of your native language. I understand the last 8 years have lead you to believe the President is supposed to be an international joke, but I assure you, even dumb asses get lucky once in a while. While the Democrats are not offering leaps and bounds better compared to the Republicans, at least they expect to do the work themselves, instead of foolishly “giving it to god.” or blaming everything on “one of them.”
Once, in my life, I would love to see a candidate with more integrity than faith, more truth than talking points and more us than them.

Here’s to hoping.