Right now i am seriously annoyed. My mail boxes are flooded with Political Spam (among the requisite ads for penis enlargements). I don't need this crap and the quickest way for me NOT to vote for a candidate to to have them (or their people) to annoy me with this mess. I hate politics! And worst they are filled with links to weblogs offering to explain the "truth" about this or that opponent. Truth and politics should never be used in the same sentence. I'm astonished at the number of political weblogs. On Typepad alone, they far outnumber the more creative people with something to say about life in general.
Now this doesn't mean I won't vote. I have my absentee ballot and voting to me is sending a message to a candidate I least like to "kiss my ass!" What I don't like is all the meaningless debate on policies that will never be fulfilled, promises that will never be kept and the endless backbiting. Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth and so far removed from the day-to-day realities, they they might as well be aliens.
And they are the same worldwide. I've seen this up close and personal. In Japan, Australia, Brazil, Italy and even here in Finland. They all seem to be reading from the same script and just using a different language. The only difference is, in those places as opposed to the American political scene, is that many have some guidelines in place that won't allow certain behavior...namely money! I can't believe the amount of money spent in elections...money that frankly would be better spent on programs that might have a chance of working and not wasting it on meaningless attacks that just confuse people. Politicians in general work on the principle of "If you say it enough times, people will believe it" and they generally assume that John-Q-Public (or Jane) doesn't have the brains to figure things out for themselves. And I'm really annoyed at a politicians use of the "fear" card. Dick Cheney's remarks come to mind. Politicians believe that instilling fear in the general public makes a more malleable voter!
Desist! Stop sending me this crap. As of this moment I have 44 political emails in my mailboxes and a sheaf of political snail-mail 1 foot high. Hmmmmm...winter is coming soon to Finland, so I can get some practical use out of those!
US Politics... what you gonna do?
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Posted by: Ivy | September 15, 2004 at 10:05 PM