So things look kinda bleak for the U.S right now. Good news is that thanks to the news things always look bleak. Bad news is that all the historical signs of imperical collapse are present; internal corruption, discontent, over extended military, money problems, and the arrogance of thinking that you are beyond the historical signs of imperical collapse.
I watch the news and see the happenings in Libya and think "oh no". It's not that I think the United States shouldn't step in to try and stop genocide, it's just that everytime we step into the Middle East (Libya is close enough) we end up making things worse. It's an ancient part of the world and the mentality that exists there is older than the U.S. We just don't seem to comprehend the fact that not everyone agrees with the U.S, not everyone needs us. The world existed long before the United States took the reigns and it will exist long after us as well. We will never be able to help others for as long as we refuse to accept the fact that we are not the end all/be all of righteousness.
That's just one of many concerns I have for this country along with the polarization and financial issues. I just hope that Obama is up for the challenge.
I hate it when nitwit Republicans refer to Obama as the "messiah" as if everyone didn't rally around Herr Bush after 9/11. The truth is that Obama is president because Republicans put him there by being colossul failures who made everything worse. We have rallied around Obama to fix the mess that they made. I'm not saying the Democrats didn't screw things up or add to the problem, but you would be hard pressed to convince me the Republicans aren't more to blame. And yes Whoopi Goldberg (wisest person on TV) I am finger pointing, because I think in order to solve a problem you have to point at it first.
Obama, please don't screw this up. Pretty please. The last thing we need is the Republicans having a valid reason to say "I told you so".
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