Hi everyone,
I am about to start a YAB (yet another blog for uninitiated ;) )
This, my friends, is the season when the elections are upon us. Unless you have been living under a rock miles away from civilization, the parade of the multicolored parties and their cacophanies have probably left you brain-dead. And here's where I think this blog can bring in some welcome relief to help keep things in perspective.
Now, I am not going to rant and rave and indulge in vacuous partisan diatribes that have so sullied our political landscape. If you want to engage in such activities, I am sure you can find all too many blogs catering to your needs. Instead, I am more interested in initiating a discussion about American politics in general. I want to concentrate on the broader issues that are plaguing us, and the personalities of the leaders who can help shape the future for us.
It is high time that we start thinking about politics, because unless we do, we can get elect someone we will regret for a full 48 months. To put things in perspective, that is 16 financial quarters. Companies are restructured, and in some cases bankrupted, by mistakes made in a fraction of that time. So one would normally think that the person chosen to the highest office in this land will be properly understood in terms of their personality and their affiliations, right? Ideally yes. In practice, though, we decide based on gut instincts and a lot of propaganda that are incessantly handed down to us by the various media sources. So what can we do?
We have only one option. Keep asking, demand answers. There exists a wonderful law in this land which goes by the "Freedom of Information Act". We can use it to get the answers when they are deliberately hidden from us. We need to debate the various propaganda that these parties come up with, and make an informed decision on who is right and who is wrong.
Ultimately, truth has no color. What Descartes said in the 17th century still rings true : Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am).
I am about to start a YAB (yet another blog for uninitiated ;) )
This, my friends, is the season when the elections are upon us. Unless you have been living under a rock miles away from civilization, the parade of the multicolored parties and their cacophanies have probably left you brain-dead. And here's where I think this blog can bring in some welcome relief to help keep things in perspective.
Now, I am not going to rant and rave and indulge in vacuous partisan diatribes that have so sullied our political landscape. If you want to engage in such activities, I am sure you can find all too many blogs catering to your needs. Instead, I am more interested in initiating a discussion about American politics in general. I want to concentrate on the broader issues that are plaguing us, and the personalities of the leaders who can help shape the future for us.
It is high time that we start thinking about politics, because unless we do, we can get elect someone we will regret for a full 48 months. To put things in perspective, that is 16 financial quarters. Companies are restructured, and in some cases bankrupted, by mistakes made in a fraction of that time. So one would normally think that the person chosen to the highest office in this land will be properly understood in terms of their personality and their affiliations, right? Ideally yes. In practice, though, we decide based on gut instincts and a lot of propaganda that are incessantly handed down to us by the various media sources. So what can we do?
We have only one option. Keep asking, demand answers. There exists a wonderful law in this land which goes by the "Freedom of Information Act". We can use it to get the answers when they are deliberately hidden from us. We need to debate the various propaganda that these parties come up with, and make an informed decision on who is right and who is wrong.
Ultimately, truth has no color. What Descartes said in the 17th century still rings true : Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am).
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