Today Robert Gibbs said that it is not the business of the United States to get involved with who should be in power in other countries, and in this case, specifically Egypt. Although the citizens of that country are clearly in support and are indeed DYING to get a more democratic government, the U.S. could not or would not ask President Mubarak to step down because, again, this was not our place. This is funny because we are in the middle of two conflicts right now in which we set out to depose the ruling government in order to install a more friendly, democratic government. Although both countries undoubtedly had corrupt rulers, neither was begging for support to have a democratic government like Egypt is. So what's the difference?
The U.S. happens to support Mubarak.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Why I Can't Be a Democrat
Since I was thirteen years old I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I was a 100% blue-hearted Democrat. It was Mr. Lockhart's eighth grade civics class, and in the middle of the 1992 presidential election. Everything about the party spoke to me; strong public education, improved standard of living for the middle class, equal wages for all minorities, and the list goes on and on. I was so stoked I even went up to Washington, D.C. for Bill Clinton's inauguration.
It would seem though that the party that I believed in doesn't exist at all. I would say it is a myth or a fairy tale but those at least have some moral, meaning, or special truth to them. The Democratic Party I fell in love with is simply...non-existent.
Two wars with promises of there being no end in sight. Continued record high unemployment while the rich get richer. Public education: a farce. Constitutional rights be wittled away on a daily basis, save a misguided interpretation of the second amendment. All this and much more while Democrats do little to nothing to stop it - and in many cases encourage it. An accomplice in any crime is just as guilty.
For these reasons, I have decided to write with a Populist point of view - that is, writing from the point of view of the People. I will go back to being a Democrat when Democrats go back to being Democrats.
It would seem though that the party that I believed in doesn't exist at all. I would say it is a myth or a fairy tale but those at least have some moral, meaning, or special truth to them. The Democratic Party I fell in love with is simply...non-existent.
Two wars with promises of there being no end in sight. Continued record high unemployment while the rich get richer. Public education: a farce. Constitutional rights be wittled away on a daily basis, save a misguided interpretation of the second amendment. All this and much more while Democrats do little to nothing to stop it - and in many cases encourage it. An accomplice in any crime is just as guilty.
For these reasons, I have decided to write with a Populist point of view - that is, writing from the point of view of the People. I will go back to being a Democrat when Democrats go back to being Democrats.
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