Change We Can Believe In Is Turning Into The Same Crap I Believed Before!

By J-One Royal Fam

It was reported that President Obama supports extending some "un"-Patriot Act provisions. This seems to be a complete campaign contradiction and proof for some that Obama is just another former President Bush. This comes with other news that the administration is also going to extend the trade embargo with Cuba. Where is the change?

Maybe, Glenn Beck's 9/12 project is working. "Returning America to the way it was on 9/12!" Well, lets see: We are on the verge of a race war. We are continuing the Patriot Act. Trillions of dollars are being funneled from us to a few people, while we talk to President Carter about what Kanye did at the VMA's!! Enough is enough!

I am proud to say that my outlook on the election is proving to be true. I haven't really liked President Obama since he turned his back on Rev. Wright. No matter how you feel about the good Reverend, he made valid points that if Obama had agreed with... he might have lost the election, but shown some REAL change we could believe in. What does he do instead... rebuke his former pastor, get elected and do the same crap Bush did! Who looks like the ranting fool now.

The "un"-Patriot Act is pretty much the primer for the execution of the constitution because: "America's chickens have come home to roost!" He vowed in his campaign this was going to be history upon his election. Now we want to keep some of it? Keeping some of Bush's cabinet members was ban enough and keeping "un"-Patriot Act is just.... just.... unpatriotic!

Cuba is another issue. It's hard to talk about Cuba when people either don't know where it is, or think it's the devil because that's what they were told in school. Well, I'm going to give you the quickest history lesson never told. READY: Cuba is hated by our government because, the person who was in power before Castro let America rape the land of it's natural resources. Then in comes Castro trying to preserve the land, pushing the tycoons out of the country and in comes the trade embargoes, anti-communist propaganda, and missile crises which helped turn Cuba into an almost alienated third world country. Don't believe me...? Look it up.

So, this is what happens to a whole country if the United States doesn't get what it wants! Hmmm.... intriguing! So, out of pure speculation, I'm guessing Obama didn't like what Cuba had to say when he was trying to reach out to his Hispanic voters and have talks with Cuba. I guess they aren't able to re-rape the country for resources that we "desperately" need. Or maybe, it's another political move to distance himself from REAL change we can believe in!

Open Your Eyes...That's What They're For!!


J.R. Junior Says...

I must say... I agree with you J-One. But, through my research of the history of this country, I have found that it is the politician's job to get people to vote for him. That is it. The way to survive and maintain a job is to get elected and re-elected. It is in the big corporations' interests to cast Cuba out of our markets based on the fact that the Cubans refuse to give more than what is given.

The absence of change is the reason we are still fully committed to the war in Afghanistan nearly 8 years after we invaded; and, we are still talking about increasing troop levels. This gives me an eerie experience of deja vu. Maybe this has happened not too long ago in a place called Iraq.

But, I do see an attempt at change: the whole health care debacle. A great opportunity to fight the powers (huge corporations). Telling these companies that you will no longer be allowed to make profit at the expense of millions of American's lives is a rather bold statement and a separative path away from the administration before. But, there is always a downside to being the "good politician"--if the term even exists or make sense. When you began to make attempts to cause any kind of impact on a company, you are asking for blow back. When their interests are at stake, corporations talk of layoffs immediately or how the changes will effect the economy negatively. And, a good politician does not want to hold the burden of pissed off constituents, because he still needs these people for election. In the instance of Rev. Wright, Obama was seeking election and his image was twisted negatively, so he did what he thought would improve his chances for election.

The system is not set up for people who want to put all of their ideas ahead of all else. Outside forces, actually, determine an official's votes and causes. Some of these outside forces are: lobbyists, polls & approval ratings, and of course, party affiliation. Lobbyists for corporations or causes lean on officials using vises of campaign contributions as well as the influences they have on voters. Officials want to stay on the people's good sides. They want to be liked; settling for the opposite could mean no election or re-election. Being affiliated with a particular party, also, stands in the way of change. The official is almost obligated to automatically oppose the other party's stance; this is a HUGE problem in the U.S. because of the two party dominance. Adopting another party's view can alienate the official from his or her own party. Political figures needs their own party's prominent figures for endorsements in elections as well as support for candidacy for higher posts and other billets.

In essence, an elected official must appeal to the mainstream. No minority is significant enough, unless that minority's power is enough to directly affect the mainstream. This has been Mr. Obama's position. He has, so far, ignored the issues of poverty, crime, and the justice system. Education reform has not yet really been introduced besides a talk to children. There has been no real debate introduced concerning immigration. And, when it comes to the colossal issue of race, President Barack avoids it or denies that there is a problem at all.

There have even been many instances of neglect. Small businesses have been forgotten about, but almost daily there is rhetoric concerning big businesses of Wall St. Troops are still put in harm's way to support the ideals of G.W. Bush and his followers & supporters. And, there is always talk about the American middle class. Issues that plague poor communities are put aside to appeal to the much larger middle class.

In conclusion, people in the system do not change the system; The system changes the people in it. The system cannot be changed, unless the system changes. Yes, we are in new times. Some things have changed. There is a first Black American president. All I say is... We have a new uniform. We have adopted a new mascot. But... We are playing the same game. Wake Up And Smell The B.S.