Back in Black!

Hey Obama! It's nice that you're in the white house, but stop screwing up my TV with your damn inauguration!

Yeah, I know. I don't watch that much television, but I like to have the freedom. A giant party dedicated to the new supreme leader of the new world order is more than I can stand. I can't believe the amount of money they're pouring into a celebration dedicated to someone who is a public servant, and who will likely break the hearts of Americans when he screws it up. What's that? He's not going to make a mistake? He is after all Barrack Obama, A.K.A. son of the black Jesus, the second coming. Give me a break. He's human, and like all politicians likely corrupt to some degree. The old adage 'absolute power corrupts absolutely' still holds true. If you believe American culture, then the President is master of the world, but that will just make his fall from grace all the greater. I confess that I do not know what George Bush senior could have done to hurt his image other than puking on the Japanese head of state, but if you look at the two who succeeded him, then you have to wonder if it's going to be a trend. President Clinton slept with an intern, and President Bush divided the country so badly, as well as mismanaged a war, to the point where most of his own nation hates him. Has there been president since Eisenhower who hasn't had a storm cloud or shadow following him? Even then I can't think of a President who has not manipulated world affairs, or helped to create war.

I'm willing to go back to Afghanistan again. Just one more time. I don't want to be having the same moral and ethical arguments with myself over going a third time. The war is going on too long, and it all started with a 'terrorist attack' on U.S. soil. I'm kind of a conspiracy theorist, and the evidence for 9/11 just doesn't add up to me, but then again maybe I'm influenced by the things that I see, and there's not one right-wing film maker that is out there that has bothered to offer a counter argument about why things came to be. To most people on the right it is what it is, an attack that should have never happened, and the war is now a result of that attack. Maybe I want to believe that things are going to change right away. Maybe I want to believe that the new President will be able to snap his fingers and alter the state of the world. After all his platform was about change, about a new dawning of America. Maybe he'll fix the softwood lumber trade, re-invigorate the automobile sector, find alternative energy, and put man back on the moon and send someone to Mars. Maybe he'll heal the rift in the Middle East, find a way to end all war, and bring the world together in peace. Maybe...... More likely maybe he'll be corrupted worse than he likely is, start another war somewhere, plunge the world further into despair, and potentially be assassinated. Wow. That last piece is scary. But you have to believe that the first black President has someone gunning for him. J.F.K. got hit, and he was extremely popular. Even Ronald Regan had a nut job stalking him. What's makes you think that Barrack Obama is bullet proof? I hope for his sake that everything goes well, because instability in North America is at an all time high between the wars, trade problems, the lousy economy, and a plethora of minor issues. I don't need a phone call in the middle of the night telling me I'm on a Domestic Operation because the country decided to fall apart. The older I get the more tired I get of hearing about young men and women in body bags over a conflict that should never have happened.

So Mr. Obama you better not be a disappointment. I've lost faith in Canadian politicians, I rather not loose faith in international leaders as well. Someone has to be sensible.

Freeman