Saturday, April 21, 2007
Two Bowls of Shit
One of my favourite political comedians is American: Lewis Black made quite a good point when he said that choosing between two canditates for president is like choosing between two bowls of shit; http://youtube.com/watch?v=zGgR0BvvwM4.
Now, I am not American but I share the same views when it comes to choosing between political parties in America, or Israel or anywhere else.
Today's politicians are a joke... they are people who have one, fixed and polished agenda that is mostly based on what the voters want to hear.
For instance, let's take the last elections for presidency in the United States: George W. Bush was already in office and he was already in the middle of two wars (Afghanistan and Iraq); something that should have significantly decreased his popularity among the American people, but apparently not; he was re-elected.
Now, I am not saying that the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan aren't justified, that is not what my arguement is about.
However, let's take a glance at what really happened: There were elections, it was obvious that Bush was much less popular than before, yet, the results showed he actually did better the second time, so what really happened?.
He addressed the issue of gay-rights; the idea of opposing gay-marriage suddenly was a major factor of what people would vote for.
George Bush, in the middle of two wars and many more issues, addressed the logically unimportant issue of gay rights in order to gain the enough votes that would allow his second term.
Now, it's not that the voters were right or wrong when electing Bush in favour of his gay rights ideology; it's the fact that people do not have the ability to come up with the right list of priorities, and politicans unfortunetly exploit that.
The same thing happened in Israel after Ariel Sharon became incapacitated due to a stroke:
Ehud Olmert immediately took charge and gained baseless popularity that would allow him to become a prime minister; so baseless that nowdays his approval rating is about 3%.
So I am thinking, whose fault is it, people who vote for bad leaders, or bad leaders who enter the political system in the first place?.
I don't know the answer, but I believe that countries are unnecessarily damaged because of those incompetent political systems; and I can only blame the ideology-based agendas that sorround us, both in the media and the common consensus.
To sum it all up, I think that there should not be fixed ideologies anymore and political systems should be more dynamic and more professional.
Thanks for reading.
Now, I am not American but I share the same views when it comes to choosing between political parties in America, or Israel or anywhere else.
Today's politicians are a joke... they are people who have one, fixed and polished agenda that is mostly based on what the voters want to hear.
For instance, let's take the last elections for presidency in the United States: George W. Bush was already in office and he was already in the middle of two wars (Afghanistan and Iraq); something that should have significantly decreased his popularity among the American people, but apparently not; he was re-elected.
Now, I am not saying that the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan aren't justified, that is not what my arguement is about.
However, let's take a glance at what really happened: There were elections, it was obvious that Bush was much less popular than before, yet, the results showed he actually did better the second time, so what really happened?.
He addressed the issue of gay-rights; the idea of opposing gay-marriage suddenly was a major factor of what people would vote for.
George Bush, in the middle of two wars and many more issues, addressed the logically unimportant issue of gay rights in order to gain the enough votes that would allow his second term.
Now, it's not that the voters were right or wrong when electing Bush in favour of his gay rights ideology; it's the fact that people do not have the ability to come up with the right list of priorities, and politicans unfortunetly exploit that.
The same thing happened in Israel after Ariel Sharon became incapacitated due to a stroke:
Ehud Olmert immediately took charge and gained baseless popularity that would allow him to become a prime minister; so baseless that nowdays his approval rating is about 3%.
So I am thinking, whose fault is it, people who vote for bad leaders, or bad leaders who enter the political system in the first place?.
I don't know the answer, but I believe that countries are unnecessarily damaged because of those incompetent political systems; and I can only blame the ideology-based agendas that sorround us, both in the media and the common consensus.
To sum it all up, I think that there should not be fixed ideologies anymore and political systems should be more dynamic and more professional.
Thanks for reading.
