In response to my previous post regarding voting for hope...
I just finished voting. When I arrived at the courthouse to vote, they told me where my precinct headquarters was located.
"Go to "New Hope Church of God"
Really...a church? To Vote?
And when I arrived, my eyes focused on one word...
Hope.
It will be intersting to see what happens when the polls close.
I voted for hope.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
BULLWORTH, OBAMA, and AMERICAN HOPE
If you haven't seen Bullworth, you should.
It is the story of a white, middle aged congressman played by Warren Betty, who rips the lid off the political correctness bullshit of interviews we have become so accustomed to in our medias efforts to show us who our "real candidates" are, mind you this is possibly due to a brain tumor, but the effect is insanity with a purpose. Hallie Berry plays a hitman turned love interest, who ultimately witnesses the living dream assasinated in front of her. There are many moments in this film that feel over the top, and yet, the film is brilliant. It exposes our underbellies as a society, ALL our underbellies; white (caucasion), black (African American), Asian, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Latino, Colombian, Salvadorian, Hispanic, and the many MANY mixes of our ethnicities in between. I find it interesting that in a few mintues I will go stand in line again, hopefully able to vote.
And who will I vote for...
That is the hard one, the thing that has rendered me less excited, less sure, and completely confused as to what I should sacrifice and for which greater good. I have realized that men like Ryan are something I cannot support or even relate to. I have realized men like Ryan have no business in politics anymore, as they have nothing to do with the American people as a whole, but rather a fading (hopefully) era of frightening beliefs and lack of connection with the diverse public.
And yet, Romney is part of an economist mentality that regardless of his intelligence, we need a bit more of to figure out our middle class extinction. Or maybe that is a misguided hope, because there is no real proof he is going to be able to fix anything at all, and the cost of him slashing and buring women's rights by giving the government extreme power over personal decisions is a risk I cannot take. Not for me so much as for my fellow females, who may one day find themselves in a room, needing the right to make their own choice.
I don't understand why religion is in government. Didn't the Anabaptists fight for seperation for a reason.
And Obama...I have to point out here that I do not believe this man is a terrorist. Mainly, for no other reason than I would think if he was trying to be a "Homeland" type plant by some identified enemy...wouldn't his name be something like Jack? Or John, Or Bob? But not...Obama..and not admitting anything about muslim connection.
So past that concern..how has he done?
He was handed a war torn country, a recession, and a monumental moment full of expectation and weight.
He was given a congress better suited for time out on a playground than for running a country.
He was handed a voting public whose interest in anything beyond a 10 second slam fest of misleading messages was nill.
He was handed millions of people losing jobs, facing evictions, and being defrauded in some of the largest investor schemes of our time.
He was handed a country looking for hope, but unprepapred for the real overhaul it will take.
He was handed a country looking for a team captain...
I am sure he has not lived up to the epxectations and hope I had, but I am sure that between the two...he is still the one who gives me hope.
So in this election, I vote "hope".
It is the story of a white, middle aged congressman played by Warren Betty, who rips the lid off the political correctness bullshit of interviews we have become so accustomed to in our medias efforts to show us who our "real candidates" are, mind you this is possibly due to a brain tumor, but the effect is insanity with a purpose. Hallie Berry plays a hitman turned love interest, who ultimately witnesses the living dream assasinated in front of her. There are many moments in this film that feel over the top, and yet, the film is brilliant. It exposes our underbellies as a society, ALL our underbellies; white (caucasion), black (African American), Asian, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Latino, Colombian, Salvadorian, Hispanic, and the many MANY mixes of our ethnicities in between. I find it interesting that in a few mintues I will go stand in line again, hopefully able to vote.
And who will I vote for...
That is the hard one, the thing that has rendered me less excited, less sure, and completely confused as to what I should sacrifice and for which greater good. I have realized that men like Ryan are something I cannot support or even relate to. I have realized men like Ryan have no business in politics anymore, as they have nothing to do with the American people as a whole, but rather a fading (hopefully) era of frightening beliefs and lack of connection with the diverse public.
And yet, Romney is part of an economist mentality that regardless of his intelligence, we need a bit more of to figure out our middle class extinction. Or maybe that is a misguided hope, because there is no real proof he is going to be able to fix anything at all, and the cost of him slashing and buring women's rights by giving the government extreme power over personal decisions is a risk I cannot take. Not for me so much as for my fellow females, who may one day find themselves in a room, needing the right to make their own choice.
I don't understand why religion is in government. Didn't the Anabaptists fight for seperation for a reason.
And Obama...I have to point out here that I do not believe this man is a terrorist. Mainly, for no other reason than I would think if he was trying to be a "Homeland" type plant by some identified enemy...wouldn't his name be something like Jack? Or John, Or Bob? But not...Obama..and not admitting anything about muslim connection.
So past that concern..how has he done?
He was handed a war torn country, a recession, and a monumental moment full of expectation and weight.
He was given a congress better suited for time out on a playground than for running a country.
He was handed a voting public whose interest in anything beyond a 10 second slam fest of misleading messages was nill.
He was handed millions of people losing jobs, facing evictions, and being defrauded in some of the largest investor schemes of our time.
He was handed a country looking for hope, but unprepapred for the real overhaul it will take.
He was handed a country looking for a team captain...
I am sure he has not lived up to the epxectations and hope I had, but I am sure that between the two...he is still the one who gives me hope.
So in this election, I vote "hope".
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