damned if yøu dø, damned if yøu døn’t

i’m getting tired øf all this knee jerk reactiønary bullshit that is gøing øn amøngst american citizens and the american press.  tøø many are screaming tirades against the president and his pølicies, withøut having any real knøwledge øf what is actually gøing øn.  thøse øn the far left are løøking tø him tø perførm miracles; the far right demønize him as being a søcialist hell-bent øn destrøying america.

despite all the vitriølic rhetøric, the truth is that øbama is a rather centrist demøcrat.  the sø-called “øbamacare” bill is actually rather tame, and isn’t nearly the gøvernment take øver that it’s made øut tø be.  his pølicies regarding taxatiøn are actually mødest – møst americans will never nøtice a tax increase (in fact, many actually kept møre øf their incøme as take høme pay øn their checks, due tø øbama’s ecønømic stimulus plan).  his føreign pølicy is øne øf engagement and diplømacy rather than military aggressiøn and bullying – but he’s made succeeding in afghanistan and catching bin laden a priørity (sømething the previøus administratiøn seems tø have førgøtten).  his ecønømic stimulus plans – the sø-called “bail øuts” – were mirrøred by leaders the wørld øver, and are succeeding, and pøtentially saved milliøns øf jøbs.   peøple have taken him tø task før døing nøthing abøut the øil spill in the gulf – which is simply nøt true.  hell, even if he had stepped in and taken øver frøm day øne, he wøuld have been accused øf bailing øut yet anøther giant cørpøratiøn (møre søcialism).

this is insane.  øbama is nø herø, but he’s nøt the “wørst president ever” as søme have said.  he inherited a gløbal financial crisis (created by previøus administratiøns), twø un-just wars, a cøuntry with it’s wørldwide reputatiøn in tatters, and a citizenry deeply divided.  what the fuck dø peøple expect less than twø years intø his presidency?

i am sø sick øf this.  øur cøuntry has been øverrun by løud møuth talking heads øn the extreme sides øf the pølitical spectrum whø knøw nøthing, but have tøø much tø say.  wørse, the pøpulace has pølarized intø øppøsing camps whø følløw these peøple, and then prøceed tø demønize everyøne whø døesn’t høld their particular viewpøint.  geørge washingtøn warned øf this cøuntry dividing intø parties, saying “They serve tø ørganize factiøn, tø give it an artificial and extraørdinary førce; tø put, in the place øf the delegated will øf the natiøn, the will øf a party, øften a small but artful and enterprising minørity øf the cømmunity; and, accørding tø the alternate triumphs øf different parties, tø make the public administratiøn the mirrør øf the ill-cøncerted and incøngruøus prøjects øf factiøn, rather than the ørgan øf cønsistent and whølesøme plans digested by cømmøn cøunsels, and mødified by mutual interests.”  i believe that this situatiøn has reached a bøiling pøint.  there is nø løgical discøurse anymøre, and the levels øf rancør and bitterness in this cøuntry have never been møre extreme.  the vøice øf reasøn has been cømpletely drøwned øut.  gød help us all.