Difficult Democracy

With the US election virtually on our... or rather, your doorstep, its becoming very hard to keep my head on straight regarding platforms and information. Call them the spin doctors, but the US news networks, namely Fox and CNN, are doing a prime job of spinning information. They are so good that no information that you read or hear is actually the whole truth, and they are getting so fast at it, that every time one of the candidates says something, the earth spins off its regular axis.

Does this make for a credible government? No, not really. But who am I to argue? I don't live in the states, why should I care?

Well, Maher Arar also doesn't live in the States, but that didn't stop the long arm of the FBI when he stopped over in New York after a vacation with family. His nightmare still gives me nightmares, and his year of terror is what keeps my head down and to the grindstone.

Did anyone take responsibility for everything that's happened, post the 2000 election? No. Nope. Why would they? They only act, they don't clean up the messes they make.

2004 + Bush Reelected = World in Trouble

2004 + Kerry Elected = World on the Mend

The US president is almost literally president of the world. When you swing the economic and military might of the US, it is not impossible to think that all powers of the world against the US would still be a lost cause. HOWEVER, as with any corrupt leader, if Bush gets into power again, the American people can expect dissent the world over.

I know many US citizens could care less what the world thinks, but honestly, it should be mandatory that the US president keep positive tabs on the world. I would like to see a Diplomatic President, rather than Mr. War President. Those who think the world can f*ck off (its a verb this time), should take a look at what's happening to their troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. That could easily be you out there. I'm sure it wouldn't be above Bush to consider using the draft if he can't get enough volunteers. Speaking of volunteers, I bet its no surprise that most of the military force sent to Iraq was drawn from volunteers in poorer poverty stricken states... The very same that were supposed to be improved through Bush's tax cuts and NeoCon take on trickle-down theory.

Do the American people want another 4 years of this?

I'm surprised how much Conservative resistance Kerry has gotten. People will find reasons to hate him, even though they have no idea what the US would look like with him at the helm. He hasn't been elected yet, so why is everyone so uptight? We already know the horrors that came with Bush... so it can't possibly be any worse under Kerry.

Can it?